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A tree root aeration system permitted mounding over a large existing pin oak's roots, creating a shaded place for students to unwind. Trenching for utilities was threaded through many drip lines to preserve the large existing trees on the mall. LED fixtures were used to moonlight trees and light signage. When school resumed after construction finished, the Saint Ignatius Entrepreneurial Academy sold cleaned and coated bricks reclaimed from West 30th Street, with a plaque reading "Your own personal piece of West 30th Street" for students, alumni and faculty. About 4,200 square feet of original brick was salvaged in all. More importantly, campus maintenance and liability issues have been reduced, more seating and gathering opportunities for students were added to the courtyard, and the center of Plant Palette Trees Amelanchier 'Autumn · Brilliance Serviceberry' · Cypress 'Sullivan False' Dogwood 'Milky Way' · Maple 'Pacific Sunset' Shrubs Barberry · Dogwood 'Ivory Halo' · Dogwood 'Siberian Red Gnome' Holly 'Nordic' · Hydrangea 'Endless Summer' · Hydrangea 'Oakleaf' Pine 'Mugho' · Winterberry 'Jim Dandy' · Winterberry 'Red Sprite' Yew 'Dense' · Yew 'Everlow' · Yew 'Hicks' Groundcover Black Eyed Susan · Early Sunrise 'Coreopsis' · False Sunflower 'Venus' Feather Reed Grass 'Karl Foerster' · Frikar's Aster · Geranium 'Johnson Blue' Lavender 'Munstead' · Russian Sage · Siberian Iris 'Blue Moon' Yarow 'Coronation Gold' Annuals Chrysanthemum 'Autumn Fire' · Chrysanthemum 'Goldstrike' Chrysanthemum 'Grape Glow' · Chrysanthemum 'Minruby' Chrysanthemum 'Royal Knight' · Purple Flowering Cabbage Grasses Agrostis 'Redtop' · Dwarf Fountain Grass · Kentucky Bluegrass Perennial Ryegrass · Red Fescue 'Chewings' · Rough Bluegrass Top Paneled metal wayfinding signs that 'float' in front of the low brick signage walls provide a modern touch among the traditional brick architecture. Bottom A tree root aeration system over the roots of an existing oak made an additional mounded lawn area possible for student gathering. February 2013 61