Several Stonely Court residents reported on the West Philly livejournal group that when the sidewalk was replaced contractors sawed through the roots that were buckling the pavement and removed them so that the new sidewalk would lay flat. One of them said that she went outside and spoke to the workmen while they were doing this and commented that this didn't seem like a good idea. At the moment I don't have any supporting evidence apart from those posts. I didn't see personally that the roots were cut, but I never looked to see if they were. I don't recall the re-surfacing in detail and wasn't paying attention when it happened. I seem to recall that there was a third tree that fell or was removed last year or the year before.
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