TIL: 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"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hess_triangle



Submitted March 21, 2015 at 12:05AM by jyes_please http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zq69z/til_in_1914_daniel_hess_refused_to_sell_the_last/