DeKalb Avenue greenspace fund accepting donations
February 26, 2008 at 12:12 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsLake Claire residents attempting to preserve a half-acre of privately owned land at the corner of DeKalb and Gordon Avenues have teamed up with local greenspace advocacy group Park Pride. The nonprofit has set up a fund where people can donate “funds, stocks, whatever,” according to Teri Stewart, a local art gallery owner and neighbor of the lot. For more information, click here.
(Note: An earlier version of this post incorrectly referred to the disputed property as publicly owned.)
February 26th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Wait, I’m confused. This article states that the land is “publicly-owned”, while every other article has implied it is privately-owned. Which is correct?
I live in Lake Claire and wish the neighbors luck in this endeavor, but $1,000,000 is a lot to pay for 1/2 acre, especially when the Lake Claire Land Trust is simultaneously trying to raise $250,000 to acquire the 1/3 acre Tree Climbers International lot only a couple of blocks away.
As an aside, I don’t quite understand the repeated references to this lot being “the last publicly accessible greenspace on DeKalb Ave”. The Land Trust is 7 acres of greenspace and only several blocks away. Does that not count?
February 26th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Nast — You are correct. It is privately owned. I fixed the error. Thanks for catching that.
Incidentally, I don’t understand Ms. Stewart’s characterization of the property either.
It’s the last undeveloped lot, I think, but it isn’t public. It’s private property.
February 26th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Sorry about that. I loaded the wrong post earlier. The land is privately-owned.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Cool, thanks. A publicly-owned lot could have changed my opinion. However, telling people what they should or shouldn\\\’t do with their private property is a slippery slope.