Developers of a proposed resort hotel on the site of the American Tin Cannery already knew they were going to have to jackhammer their way through solid granite bedrock to create underground parking for the 225 rooms, 20,000 square feet of retail space, a restaurant, bars and meeting spaces above. Theyâre now finding another hard-as-rock barrier to success: resolute residents upset over the removal of 79 trees and the possibility that the hammering will harm a nearby colony of harbor seals. âWeâre convinced that the excavation and construction for the two-year duration of this ...