Comments on: Help Us Find Homes for Trees http://test.uppergreenside.org/2007/04/19/help-us-find-homes-for-trees/ Working together to make the Upper East Side more sustainable Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: » Blog Archive » Filling empty sidewalks with trees http://test.uppergreenside.org/2007/04/19/help-us-find-homes-for-trees/#comment-109 » Blog Archive » Filling empty sidewalks with trees Mon, 07 May 2007 13:55:21 +0000 http://test.uppergreenside.org/2007/04/19/help-us-find-homes-for-trees/#comment-109 [...] in the sidewalk, drop a note to our neighborhood green advocacy group, Upper Green Side which is collecting a list of places that need trees. And keep an eye on their site in general, because Upper Green Side is providing direction and [...] […] in the sidewalk, drop a note to our neighborhood green advocacy group, Upper Green Side which is collecting a list of places that need trees. And keep an eye on their site in general, because Upper Green Side is providing direction and […]

]]> By: Randy Kirk http://test.uppergreenside.org/2007/04/19/help-us-find-homes-for-trees/#comment-79 Randy Kirk Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:17:36 +0000 http://test.uppergreenside.org/2007/04/19/help-us-find-homes-for-trees/#comment-79 I don't have any plots to inform but would like to add (question), what is the regulation for cutting sidewalks to plant trees? (or is it essentially impossible) I felt quite embarrassed, recently traveled to Odessa, Ukraine (gdp per person of less than $2000 per year) and the city looked very nice, in a large part due to tree lined sidewalks. I noted there, the concrete has been laid to allow for tree planting (holes in the sidewalks) -they've been there for over 100 years however. I don’t have any plots to inform but would like to add (question), what is the regulation for cutting sidewalks to plant trees? (or is it essentially impossible)

I felt quite embarrassed, recently traveled to Odessa, Ukraine (gdp per person of less than $2000 per year) and the city looked very nice, in a large part due to tree lined sidewalks.

I noted there, the concrete has been laid to allow for tree planting (holes in the sidewalks) -they’ve been there for over 100 years however.

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