Subject: our parkways
From: Mary Deskovich (mdeskovich@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri May 23 2008 - 11:54:30 CDT
The parkways around the building look terrible. I am not able to attend meetings held on Weds so don't know if this has been discussed. And please do not MISCONSTRUED this as a criticism of dog owners (God forbid I should open that can of warms)
They will continue to be eyesores as long as dogs are walked on them (and it's not just people in our building. I've seen our neighbors using the grass for a doggie toilet) and the bus stop remains where it is. Nothing is going to grow where dogs pee. I planted tiger lilies around the trees on Throop north of the alley many years ago. I always thought that nothing could kill them, but witness that there are none growing on the sidewalk side of the trees' periphery. Note that the plants put near the underground garage last year have not returned this year. Perhaps it is time to consider paving the parkways (concrete or paver blocks), leaving raised planter boxes around the trees. In the past I seem to remember being told the city doesn't allow that, but there are very few other buildings in the neighborhood w/ what is supposed to pass for lawn in the parkways so evidently there is a way to do this and satisfy the city. Yes, the initial expense would be high, but we
would not need landscaping service during the summer saving a few bucks there. We would not have to replace the sod and plants every year, again saving money. Yes, dogs will use the planters as a target, but if they are built up several inches, only very large dogs will actually hit the plants.
Just a thought.
Mary (614)
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