St. Andrews demolishes football field at city’s order

A downtown international school this week began demolition work on a plot of land at the order of the city, which has said was developed illegally despite being a public easement.

Construction workers this morning were at work demolishing the school’s football field, and work had begun on restoring a seasonal waterway that decades ago was a natural flood mitigation feature, according to neighbors and historical maps.

To the east of the field, excavation work had begun on what appeared to be a small waterway. A construction official told a Coconuts reporter this morning that they plan to continue extending the waterway to where it once flowed behind the home of Mayta Lerttamrab, who has rallied his neighbors to campaign for City Hall to take action.

A worker at the site told Coconuts this morning that the school initiated the work Sunday.

Workers had also…