Planned cutting down of 87 trees on Pelham Parkway:

As a resident of the Bronx, who goes back to the 1950s in this area, I am adamantly opposed to the cutting down of old tree growth along Pelham Parkway for “any purpose.” I saw that Mr. Santiago, noted in the Bronx Reporter, expressed a view that I fully support. The trees along that parkway, and in particular the European Lindens that line the roadways, are not “replaceable.” Taking these down is completely brainless and expedient and mars the beauty and history of this parkway. Robert Moses, one of the great civil engineers and urban planners of the 20th century, designed this parkway to create a continuity of two of the larges park areas in New York City, namely, Pelham Bay Park with Bronx Park (including Botanical Gardens and Bronx Zoo). Mosholu Parkway extends that brilliant continuity into Van Cortland park as well. Every decade or so this hairbrain idea comes up but now seems to be seriously taking shape. I just found out and I will fight it. I need support and alliances in this.
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If anyone wants to help me form a caucus against this please call me. We need to beat this back.
As far as the safety issue: they should just build the barrier and leave it at that, or, if its possible, and I doubt it very much, transplant the trees further in. Given their age and extensive root system at this point I would not expect that could easily be done.
In any event I am determined to beat this. We liv