Sun Baked
Sep 29, 2009, 12:17 PM
Conn. land vacant 4 years after court OK'd seizure (http://news.findlaw.com/ap/other/1110/09-25-2009/20090925053507_23.html)
By KATIE NELSON Associated Press Writer
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation's most notorious eminent domain project.
There are a few signs of life: Feral cats glare at visitors from a miniature jungle of Queen Anne's lace, thistle and goldenrod. Gulls swoop between the lot's towering trees and the adjacent sewage treatment plant.
But what of the promised building boom that was supposed to come wrapped and ribboned with up to 3,169 new jobs and $1.2 million a year in tax revenues? They are noticeably missing.
Proponents of the ambitious plan blame the sour economy. Opponents call it a "poetic justice."
...Not the only project to be in a similar state ...
Quite a few blighted areas created by cities in their redevelopment quests.
By KATIE NELSON Associated Press Writer
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation's most notorious eminent domain project.
There are a few signs of life: Feral cats glare at visitors from a miniature jungle of Queen Anne's lace, thistle and goldenrod. Gulls swoop between the lot's towering trees and the adjacent sewage treatment plant.
But what of the promised building boom that was supposed to come wrapped and ribboned with up to 3,169 new jobs and $1.2 million a year in tax revenues? They are noticeably missing.
Proponents of the ambitious plan blame the sour economy. Opponents call it a "poetic justice."
...Not the only project to be in a similar state ...
Quite a few blighted areas created by cities in their redevelopment quests.
