Residents of the Astoria neighborhood in New York’s Queens neighborhood were stunned by the sudden appearance of trees planted in the middle of sidewalks in recent days.
After the discovery of these trees the day after Christmas, people immediately took to social media to survey the community, criticize this new obstacle or share their happiness at receiving this unusual gift from the city. Some even did all three at the same time.
“This is my building. I’m the director. We were not notified. It just happened,” Eric Elias said under the alias THISISDAM in the comments of a Reddit post.
“I solved the problem [et j’ai] I hung two Christmas baubles on the tree,” he added, finding a hint of humor in the situation.
Other Internet users are quite concerned, even furious, about the location of these trees.
A resident of the neighborhood, Maria Dourmas Hriso Mallis, even claims, on the Astoria Facebook page, that such a project would deserve a civil lawsuit for “Message from the public and obstruction of the sidewalk reserved for pedestrians. Danger for wheelchair users and disabled people. I’m sure there are many code violations that the city imposes on property owners that can be reported to the city. »
Although trees have been successfully planted in similar locations before, city parks department spokesman Gregg McQueen acknowledged that this may be a mistake in this neighborhood and said the trees will be moved, as he stated in an interview with New York Post.
2023-12-31 13:13:20
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