This company is not a good citizen. Several years ago they built the Larstrand at 227 West 77th Street (at 77th and Broadway.) During construction they removed several large trees that taxpayers had funded on Broadway. These trees were promised to be replaced when construction was finished. They were not and now the building may occupy the ugliest block in the neighborhood. Trees help make the... [more]
This company is not a good citizen. Several years ago they built the Larstrand at 227 West 77th Street (at 77th and Broadway.) During construction they removed several large trees that taxpayers had funded on Broadway. These trees were promised to be replaced when construction was finished. They were not and now the building may occupy the ugliest block in the neighborhood. Trees help make the Upper West Side a desirable place to live. They sequester carbon and cool the "heat island effect" that kills thousands annually across the globe and will in NYC when we have a serious heat wave.
They have been contacted by my City Council member and me over a period of years and have failed to correct the damage they inflicted on the neighborhood. Rose Associates is a bad developer/owner. Please support any other developer until they do the right thing.
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Response by 300_mercer
about 6 years ago
Posts: 10571
Member since: Feb 2007
I am guessing you can’t force them legally. I thought Manhattan is going to drown due to rising sea level anyway. Will these several trees save us?
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Response by front_porch
about 6 years ago
Posts: 5317
Member since: Mar 2008
Street trees are the responsibility of the Parks Department. (I live in a co-op higher up on the UWS, and the trees in front of our building are provided by the City, which, side-note, isn't super-great about scheduling when they come). Can you have your council member talk to Parks?
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Response by jas
about 6 years ago
Posts: 172
Member since: Aug 2009
It takes a tremendous amount of effort to get the City to act on issues like these, and the Parks Dept is notorious for its poor management. My strategy in the past is to engage a block association to help lobby the Council Member for the change, with a parallel track to engage the Parks Dept. You'll have to ask for a meeting with the CM's staff and have them invite the Parks Dept person for the district and for good measure, invite someone from Rose. Assume that Rose wants to fix the problem and has also had problems with the Parks Dept. Show up at the meeting hosted at the Council Member's office with as many block association members as you can. THEN repeat until the tree pits are filled. OR, just raise funds to have them replanted yourself. Perhaps Rose will contribute!
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Response by stache
about 6 years ago
Posts: 1299
Member since: Jun 2017
Amen about the Parks dept. I used to go to city pools and they were a bad joke.
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I am guessing you can’t force them legally. I thought Manhattan is going to drown due to rising sea level anyway. Will these several trees save us?
Street trees are the responsibility of the Parks Department. (I live in a co-op higher up on the UWS, and the trees in front of our building are provided by the City, which, side-note, isn't super-great about scheduling when they come). Can you have your council member talk to Parks?
It takes a tremendous amount of effort to get the City to act on issues like these, and the Parks Dept is notorious for its poor management. My strategy in the past is to engage a block association to help lobby the Council Member for the change, with a parallel track to engage the Parks Dept. You'll have to ask for a meeting with the CM's staff and have them invite the Parks Dept person for the district and for good measure, invite someone from Rose. Assume that Rose wants to fix the problem and has also had problems with the Parks Dept. Show up at the meeting hosted at the Council Member's office with as many block association members as you can. THEN repeat until the tree pits are filled. OR, just raise funds to have them replanted yourself. Perhaps Rose will contribute!
Amen about the Parks dept. I used to go to city pools and they were a bad joke.