The Ann Arbor Chronicle » Deanna Owen http://annarborchronicle.com it's like being there Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:59:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Newport Road at Riverwood http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/06/17/newport-road-at-riverwood-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newport-road-at-riverwood-2 http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/06/17/newport-road-at-riverwood-2/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2014 01:40:29 +0000 Deanna Owen http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=139283 A giant of Newport Road in the early 1970s. [photo 1] The very top had mostly broken off as it died so it was much shorter in the end. [photo 2 ] With a shove [photo 3] late in the afternoon [photo 4] [photo 5 ], it made a mighty mess, taking part of the tree across the road with it [photo 6]. We’re still working on an exact age, but a neighbor identified the black lines as spalting [photo 7].

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Newport Road at Riverwood http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/06/12/newport-road-at-riverwood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newport-road-at-riverwood http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/06/12/newport-road-at-riverwood/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2014 22:26:23 +0000 Deanna Owen http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=138803 Critically needed roadwork is slowly starting as the “sidewalk gap” gets filled first. Trees previously flagged for removal in green have new red X’s today. [photo 1] Several previously unmarked trees have red X’s as the sidewalk area gets flagged, including an otherwise healthy tree that provides shade and seating at the bus stop. [photo 2] Yet no red or green could be found on the tree held up by phone lines. [photo 3]

[photo 4] is looking north on Newport at corner of Riverwood. Drainage from Riverwood to Alexandria is almost non-existent as the road levels out. We have not gotten any word as to what will be done to improve that when the sidewalks will add more impervious area uphill. We also have gotten no information on when the actual roadwork will start. The tree held up by phone lines is right over the edge of our property line at 2053 Newport. We think it may have started as a city tree but now leans back far enough to not look like it is.

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