[Lincolnparkdc] Heritage elm at 161 Kentucky

Wed Apr 12 17:19:57 EDT 2023

Thanks, John.  DDOT can get busy with the rest of the city!

On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 5:03 PM John Hirschmann <hirschj154 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Independence SW from 15th to the Watergate is the responsibility of NPS,
> not DDOT
>
> John F Hirschmann
> hirschj154 at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 12, 2023, at 16:44, Lucia DiVenere <lucia.divenere at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Thanks so much, Gina!
>
> Can you also ask your colleagues at DDOT to require work crews to leave a
> clean site when they finish a job?
>
> Orange traffic cones, orange traffic barrels, diamond shaped orange
> traffic signs (Road Work Ahead, for ex), the stands these signs are held
> on, and sand bags.
>
> These are (more and more) frequently just left behind after a job is
> completed.  Leaving the Hill and many parts of the city, including
> Independence after 15th NW to the Watergate looking just awful.  Really
> trashed up.
>
> Maybe DDOT can also pick up and take away these leftovers that are on our
> city streets.
>
> Thanks very much!
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 2:50 PM regina arlotto <citymom92 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Wow that is good history from someone who also lost a tree in front.
>> Thank you Ed. Steve McKindley-Ward (the arborist for Ward 6) is great, but
>> the entire Urban Forestry division here at DDOT are all very passionate
>> about our tree canopy, and dedicated to their work. I'll let everyone know
>> if I find out what kind of tree is going in and if they can fix the iron
>> work tree box enclosure too.
>>
>> PS If anyone ever wants to nerd out on what kind of tree is planted in
>> front of your house visit DC Tree Inventory
>> <https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/urban-forestry-street-trees/explore?location=38.904143%2C-77.011668%2C12.83> and
>> enter any address. It's pretty cool to see a detailed entry with type of
>> tree, general planting date, last inspection, etc.
>>
>> Best,
>> Gina A.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 2:36 PM Edward Wendel <wendel.epw at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> BAD NEWS/GOOD NEWS.  As an interested observer from 148 13th St., SE,
>>> who has a clear view of 161 Kentucky Avenue across the street, I join in
>>> the feelings of loss for the now missing elm tree.  It feels barren without
>>> it. But putting aside the circumstances of how its loss came about and the
>>> condition of the tree itself let me just put in some words of praise and
>>> thanks for the DC arborist and all connected with replanting trees across
>>> the District.
>>>
>>> Several years ago the city took down the elm tree which had stood in
>>> front of our house for at least the 50 years we have been living here
>>> because it was dying.  Our house felt as naked as 161 Kentucky feels now.
>>> After waiting the necessary time before a new tree could be planted in the
>>> same tree box one day we found a new tree in place, planted by the District
>>> of Columbia.  I looked at the tag affixed to the tree and it said “Swamp
>>> Tree.”  When I asked about it I was told the new trees planted were being
>>> diversified so something like the blight that struck so many elms would not
>>> decimate whole blocks of single specie trees again in the future.
>>>
>>> But a swamp tree?  We waited with some uneasiness about what a swamp
>>> tree would look like.  Turned out to be perfectly fine, a beautiful tree in
>>> its own right.  Even more important it was fast growing and has well filled
>>> the void in front of our house in a few short years. And hopefully it will
>>> now have a long future ahead of it.
>>>
>>> Thanks to everyone in the District  Government and Casey Trees who work
>>> so hard to maintain the tree canopy that covers so much of the District of
>>> Columbia. Truly a huge important project.
>>>
>>> - Ed Wendel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2023, at 1:51 PM, C Schoenwetter <catschoen27 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> Thank you for doing this, Gina!
>>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2023, at 12:00 PM, regina arlotto <citymom92 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> I've spoken with my colleague at DDOT (Steve McKindley-Ward) who is the
>>> arborist for Ward 6, and learned that he's had to cut down two heritage
>>> trees in the last two weeks because of dump trucks hitting the limbs that
>>> overhang the parking lane. The issue is the DDOT-approved traffic control
>>> plan (required for the construction permit) does not take into account the
>>> exposure that street trees have when a parking lane becomes a travel lane
>>> for diverted oversize vehicles. Steve and I have reached out to the team
>>> that approves the TCPs and asked to work on preventing this from happening
>>> again by adding another item for consideration to their review list.
>>>
>>> Both of these mature trees had survived Dutch Elm disease for many
>>> decades, and so it's really sad to have lost two old trees to a truck. That
>>> corner is very exposed now.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Gina A.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:06 AM John Hirschmann <hirschj154 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The plate number is 75-972 P
>>>>
>>>> John F Hirschmann
>>>> hirschj154 at gmail.com
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>>>>
>>>> On Apr 11, 2023, at 09:20, Martha Huizenga <martha at mhuizenga.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Here is a picture of the truck. Not sure if you can read the license
>>>> plate
>>>>
>>>> <IMG_20230410_104707191.jpg>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Martha Huizenga
>>>> cell 703-626-4026
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 9:17 AM regina arlotto <citymom92 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is good info Martha thanks so much. I'd love to know who it was.
>>>>> They will be fined by the city for destroying a heritage tree.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 9:11 AM Martha Huizenga <martha at mhuizenga.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A truck went by yesterday and hit the tree at 161. It uprooted so
>>>>>> they had to cut it down. It was a contractor but Charles Allen's office
>>>>>> doesn't think it was the Pepco contractors that are on our block.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 9:06 AM Sandra Caron George <
>>>>>> sandracgeorge at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don’t know what happened to that tree either, but just a heads up
>>>>>>> that the tree in front of my house at 147 will be coming down in the next
>>>>>>> few months. When I submitted a request for tree trimming in the fall, the
>>>>>>> arborist said it had shown no growth since 2019 and needed to come down.
>>>>>>> The arborists are super responsive so you might log a 311 request to find
>>>>>>> out if it was lawfully removed.  It is very sad to lose these trees.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 8:37 AM KnappMarketing <
>>>>>>> amy at knappmarketing.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have no idea who cut it down, but I used to live in That house.
>>>>>>>> That tree was the worst weed ever and could hardly be called a tree.  It
>>>>>>>> was like a trunk with suckers growing out everywhere - from every branch,
>>>>>>>> trunk and from roots.  It was no loss.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone.  Please excuse typos and brevity.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > On Apr 11, 2023, at 7:48 AM, citymom92 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Good morning neighbors-
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Does anyone know who cut down this old elm tree at the corner of
>>>>>>>> Indy and Kentucky in front of 161 Kentucky? according to the DC tree
>>>>>>>> inventory it was a very old tree planted in 1969, but during an inspection
>>>>>>>> in March 2021 by the ward 6 urban forester, showed no disease or issues
>>>>>>>> that would have prompted it being cut down.
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