Downtown Mall tree plan recommends freeing fountains from cafe spaces

The fountains, once participatory features on the mall, have been choked off from the public for years.

On Tuesday, September 3 Wolf/Josey Landscape Architects will show City Council a PowerPoint presentation about their Downtown Mall Tree Management Plan (it will come early in the evening, after a report on UVA's Memory Project), which includes what you'd expect -- a report on the health of the trees, their historic/design context, recommendations for re…