Saturday, 21 March 2015

In 1914 Daniel Hess refused to sell the last bit of his property to the city of New York…

Hess_triangle_cropped In 1914 Daniel Hess refused to sell the last bit of his property to the city of New York after the rest his property had been seized via eminent domain, and today it remains on the sidewalk with a tile that reads “Property of the Hess Estate Which Has Never Been Dedicated For Public Purposes”.






from Crazy Facts http://ift.tt/19GnEuP

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