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July 16, 2008

Street Trees

Is it improper to request a street tree from the city for a tree pit that's not in front of your house? Nothing in the rules/request form indicates that you have to live in front of the pit for which you are requesting a tree, but maybe it is implied. There is a tree pit down the block from my building with only a stump (the tree was cut down for reasons unknown to me), and it creates an unfortunate gap in the otherwise tree-lined block.

Posted in Forum by brooklynguy at 1:07 PM | Comments (10)
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Unless there is more to it than the quoted language suggests, this escape clause would be very useful to any buyer looking to get out of the contract for any reason whatsoever if Obama happens to lose (even if completely unrelated to the fact that he lost).

Posted by: brooklynguy at October 28, 2008 11:34 AM in response to The Obama Escape Clause

I asked this same question a while ago and it sparked a mildly heated debate. Search the forum archives for the topics "Street Trees" and "Trees in front of your neighbor's house?"

Posted by: brooklynguy at August 15, 2008 11:39 AM in response to Street Tree Request

On this topic, are there any issues with buying a second apartment in one's coop to use in the manner suggested above (leave the apts as is, but use the one upstairs for bedrooms and the one downstairs for living area)? Obviously it would be annoying to have to leave one apartment, walk through the common area and enter another apartment in order to get from your living room to your bedroom, but is that the only problem with an arrangement like this?

Posted by: brooklynguy at July 23, 2008 4:33 PM in response to Conversion

I'm the person. I told my neighbor that I requested a tree in front of his house, and I woke up the next morning with a severed horse's head in my bed.

Just kidding. I still haven't decided one way or another. The general consensus from the original thread seemed to be that it is completely fine to request a tree for a tree pit in from of someone else's house. I think your viewpoint will affect how you frame the issue - "requesting a tree from the city in front of someone else's house" versus "requesting a tree from the city on the public sidewalk down the block from your home."

Posted by: brooklynguy at July 23, 2008 10:01 AM in response to trees in front of your neighbor's house?

This is a coop and probably can't be rented out, so if someone bought it for PS 321 zoning wouldn't they have to live there (and squeeze in their family/child) or let it sit empty?

Posted by: brooklynguy at July 16, 2008 4:00 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 130 8th Avenue, #3H

Ray - I was just worried that perhaps the only person legally entitled to request a tree is the owner of the property behind it (given that owners are obligated to clean up snow on the sidewalk in front of their property, etc.), or that I may be stepping on toes by requesting a tree in front of someone else's house (especially if they were behind the removal of the tree that previously occupied the space, which looked beautiful and healthy to me). But I think I will go for it and put in the request.

Posted by: brooklynguy at July 16, 2008 3:53 PM in response to Street Trees