Fake trees in the stumps on Weybosset Street.
Fake trees in the stumps on Weybosset Street.
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maybe it is a mea maxima culpa from the “oafish bureaucracies”
http://www.projo.com/opinion/editorials/content/ED_easter24_04-24-11_TUNMJJK_v5.1f412c7.html
Did you ever find out about this?
Oh, I wasn’t putting any effort into finding out who might have put them there. The fake trees are gone now too, as are the real stumps, the planters, and the sidewalk.
It’s a shame they couldn’t at least have made an attempt at replanting.