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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole place looks much better now. There is no question about that. The trees that they took out allows more sun on the field and will allow ground level shrubs and grass to thrive.

However, that building is so ugly. And, as almost everyone predicted, the project ran really really long. Three years? Why?

I am thrilled that they have real grass on the field. I hope that they finally figured out how to grade the field. [/quote]

It's becoming clear that the DC government unilaterally decided nearly to clear-cut the Hearst Park slopes to turn this once shady park into a sunny site for a swimming pool.

Cheh should definitely be accountable for the environmental travesty of destroying a sylvan green space and turning it into a heat island. Hundreds of trees have been removed and a concrete complex has been built in the south side of Hearst.  Once a carbon sink, Hearst has seen its carbon footprint increase substantially.  DC has one of the highest rates of childhood asthma in the nation, and it's challenging enough to get a tree canopy to grow in much of our city.  To willfully destroy a mature green canopy, in a public park no less, is essentially environmental crime.

Cheh owns this, and at least she needs to demand that DGS/DPR develop an accelerated plan to reforest the park, including the slopes!
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