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Treeless at Center Pointe: Carroll's answer

Roy Carroll sent this e-mail response to my post wondering about the lack of trees at Center Pointe:

Allen,

The entire design team for Center Pointe really wanted to place trees in front of Center Pointe. Unfortunately, we have an issue we could not overcome in order to plant trees and other vegetation in front of Center Pointe. The issue is our underground garage. The Center Pointe underground garage extends beyond the façade of the building on the east, park side, south and west. The garage actually extends to within a few inches of the back of the curb on Elm. The garage ceiling is only about 8 inches below the sidewalk of Center Pointe and is solid concrete.

Thanks for the information, Roy.

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Posted by Allen Johnson on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 9:15 am

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SueP

July 28, 2009 - 11:50 am EDT

Sometimes, when you ask a question you get an answer. Hopefully, this will preemptively avoid accusations. Good job, Allen. Good information.

axhandle

July 28, 2009 - 4:56 pm EDT

Why not large tree pots like you see some places? You could even have benches coming off of them since there is nowhere to sit on that side of the street.

brian444

July 30, 2009 - 2:46 am EDT

Tree are God's curse on humanity. Just last week, a tree cost me $200 for seeking liquid refreshment from my sewer line. Chop them all, let God sort them out.