Sunrise Assisted Living on Mass Ave – 4-story dense residential with plenty of setback with room for many large trees, shrubs and planters.“Old Bile” condos, with plenty of setback and room for large trees and shrubs.Widened setback leaves room for shade tree planting and large landscape planters. Staggered setbacks with room for varied plantings and street trees.
Examples of insufficiently green
A well-known “canyon” with no room for trees or any plantings.No setback
Examples of struggling green
Large shade trees in the buffer strip are often damaged to make room for overhead wires.Street trees without sufficient space struggle to survive.What happens when you try to squeeze trees into too small a space.
