I originally requested that this be reviewed by HPC. The owner didn’t file any kind of permit to do the work, and piled the rubble into the tree bed. The sidewalk was done with no regard to historic requirements. The tree bed was enlarged, and the stones and dirt from the hole we’re simply shoveled into the tree bed, which also broke and half covered the grate around the tree.

What is so difficult to see about this being wrong? This is a historic district, and when I repa Ed my sidewalk, I not only had to to use a specific color, but had to place the score lines in a way consistent with the rest of the block.

How is any of this OK?

It was not.

Resident did zero. A neighbor planted it as best as he could.