2061 EASTERN PKWY applied for Certificate of Appropriateness

Applicant Gillian Langley is asking for a Certificate of Appropriateness to remove three columnar Silhouette sweetgum trees from the front yard at 2061 Eastern Parkway (owner: Murrell Dennis David) and replace them with redbuds. She reports the columnar trees, planted around 2019–2020, have shot up past her three‑story roofline in a spindly way—one has girdling roots and two have drooping top limbs (one over the porch)—and she’s already planted a dogwood and transplanted a large azalea. Langley also seeks approval for an unobtrusive porch ceiling fan and lists the project cost at about $2,000 as she aims to keep the trees from threatening the house or neighboring properties.