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[b]Of course DC doesn't suggest harming any trees at Hearst Park,[/b] but they've tried to stay away from discussing tradeoffs as much as possible.  One of the proposals (which DPR admitted is not to scale) shows the pool where one of the tennis courts is.  (How a pool, pool house, surrounding pool deck and equipment fit on the footprint of one tennis court is beyond comprehension, but again DPR's drawings do not represent accurate scale).  The tennis courts sit under the canopy/drip line of a number of large oaks.  Any excavation (which for a pool is pretty deep) in the vicinity of the tennis courts will impact the root structure of the large trees, which would have to come down.  [/quote]

So you admit you are creating alternative facts and then go on with blah blah blah.

NO ONE has suggested removing any trees. Period. Full stop.

Please stop with it and move on to another area of hyperbole that can be shot down.

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With all due respect, you are the one who is being disingenuous.  Of course, DPR is not conceding that trees will be harmed, just as they are trying to avoid a full public discussion of the other hard tradeoffs that come with a pool in this small park.  And if using drawings which (in a rare admission) DC admits are not to scale isn't "alternative facts," it's hard to know what is.  But anyone with any construction and arboreal knowledge knows that they can't pour footers and excavate for a pool, pool house, etc. under the drip line without compromising the trees.[/quote]

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