WHEN THE MOHEGAN TRIBE BUILT FORT HILL ELDER HOUSING MANY YEARS AGO, THE CLEARED THE LAND AND PROCEEDED TO BUILD THE BUILDING.
AFTER THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED, A FLAT BED TRACTOR TRAILER BROUGHT IN A TRUCK LOAD OF WHITE BIRCH TREES. THE WHITE BIRCH TREES WERE PLANTED COMPLETELY AROUND THE BUILDING. EACH TREE WAS PLACED ABOUT TWENTY SOME FEET OUT FROM THE BUILDING.
OVER THE YEARS, THE TREES HAVE GROWN UP, AND SOME OF THE TREES ACTUALLY HAVE TOUCHED THE BUILDING. TO MAKE THE TENANTS HAPPY. THE TREES HAVE BEEN TRIMMED BACK. SOME OF THE TENANTS FEEL THAT THE NEARNESS OF THE TREES TO THE BUILDING IS CAUSING MILDEW AND MOLD. THE DECKS ON THE BUILDING DO AT TIMES NEED TO BE POWER WASHED BECAUSE OF THE GREEN MILDEW.
EVERYONE SEEMS TO WANT A GOOD VIEW FROM THEIR WINDOWS. WHAT WE ARE ENDING UP WITH IS THE PEOPLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR HAVE A BLOCKED VIEW, WHILE THE PEOPLE ON THE FIRST AND THIRD FLOORS HAVE AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW. WE HAVE COMPLETE AREAS WHERE THEY ARE NO TREES STILL STANDING BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY CUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY WERE AGAINST THE BUILDING. SOME TENANTS FEEL THAT IT IS AN EYESORE.
MAYBE WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BEING PLANNED, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OR WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE, SHOULD HAVE PUT IN SHRUBS OR BUSHES AND NOT PLANTED THESE WHITE BIRCH TREES. I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE WHERE YOU CLEAR THE LAND, BUILD THE BUILDING AND THEN PROCEED TO PUT TREES NEXT TO THE BUILDING. MAYBE THE THE TREES SHOULD GO, AND BUSHES PUT UP INSTEAD? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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As a landscape gardener I have seen time and again homeowners plant trees/shrubs too close to buildings/walks/drives. A prof. designer would know how big a tree/shrub will get. Birches generally grow taller than wide. 20 ft may seem close, but was the idea to give one Fort Hill dweller privacy from another's window or to give the 'in the woods' feel? The limbs can be thinned to allow view/air flow. Trees shield the building from the summer sun/heat and give home to the birds. Perhaps one can adjust one's idea of 'a view' to include the lovely bark and the beautiful fall foliage or even sit back and listen to the wonderful music of the leaves.
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