Photo: Russell Bates, February 1, 2012. The lower lot of the Semi Tropic Spirtualists' Tract looks dramatically different than it did last fall. (Click on photos to enlarge.)
Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 28, 2011. It used to be pretty damn park-like. We're still waiting for a response from CD13 on the developer was able to secure the native tree removal permits without first securing their grading & building permits.
Note: most of the trees in these two photos are non-native and could be removed without permits. However, without an approved grading permit, we could be doomed to decades of a denuded and dangerous slope if this developer, like so many before, falls into the Legacy of Failed Development.