In the late 1960's, a big developer, the Uris Building Corporation of New York City, bought the 225-acre club and broke off the 50 acres in Stamford, where there was one-acre zoning, into 43 lots.
The crime affected the college at all levels, said Mr. Todd, 25, not least that students were afraid to venture off the 100-acre campus.
Mr. de Blasio said the jails could be closed in 10 years, providing the city could reduce the number of people who cycle through the city's system to 5,000; low enough, that is, for every inmate to be taken off the 400-acre island and housed instead in jails elsewhere in the city.
A yard with a fountain, as well as a patio with a pool and spa, finish off the half-acre grounds.
By selling off 10 acres, the developers are accommodating the town's wish to own the lot, manage it and collect parking fees.
In the district of Puna, Mana found a raw vegan commune where she could work in exchange for living in an off-the-grid hut on 50 acres of jungle.
And the developer sold off two acres to the Fountains, a private company based in Tucson, Ariz., to build a planned assisted-living complex for the elderly that is to be part of the project.
Inisfada was converted to a retreat house in 1963, and in the 1970's the Jesuits sold off 90 acres that became the Estates I and II, gated, upscale housing along Searingtown Road.
The first section, funded by Congress in 2018 for construction starting early next year, will cut right through our 100-acre refuge, sealing off 70 acres bordering the banks of the Rio Grande.
The company has also sold off 18 acres next to the O2 in the Greenwich Peninsula.
When town officials announced in 1997 that they intended to sell off the site's 64.5 acres for the appraised value of $24 million and use the money to fill a two-year budget shortfall, there were protests that the land should be preserved as open space.
