Landscape architect: several 1991 Main Street trees are failing or incompatible with planned sidewalk grades
September 15, 2026 | Danbury City, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Landscape architect Terry Hahn summarized a multi-year review of Main Street plantings, saying many of the trees installed in 1991 are now at the end of their intended 30-year lifespan and show structural issues.
Hahn cited individual problems including dead branches, canopy deformities and root girdling near hydrants and utilities and said those factors, plus sidewalk displacement, support selective removal to begin a new planting cycle. He said the earlier 1991 design resulted in a monoculture of Zelkova trees and that the new plan proposes a broader palette to reduce species-specific failures.
Hahn cited individual problems including dead branches, canopy deformities and root girdling near hydrants and utilities and said those factors, plus sidewalk displacement, support selective removal to begin a new planting cycle. He said the earlier 1991 design resulted in a monoculture of Zelkova trees and that the new plan proposes a broader palette to reduce species-specific failures.
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