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Proposed Streetscape Plan

The current plan to reconstruct our Town Center threatens to damage and perhaps destroy much of the larger, high-quality design that has made Lexington Center an attractive place for our entire community to walk, shop, spend time, and use as part of our everyday lives.  WHAT'S AT STAKE:
-Destruction of thoughtful historic design that knits the center together, from the municipal complex to the Battle Green.
-Elimination of careful visual separation of pedestrians from ever more busy traffic, making the Center feel much more like an automobile-oriented mall.
-Removal of the existing tree cover and replacement with less effective, immature planting.
-Introduction of inauthentic decorative elements that have no place in Lexington's history.

Proposed Tree Location Diagram Overlaid Current Streetscape Plan - No trees will remain.

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Proposed Intersection and new Inappropriate Landscape Themes

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Beta's own highlight First Town Centers Historic Streetscape

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Assorted "interpretive" finishes from BETA Group presentation 

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Limited Project Focus:  Town of Lexington Website

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