Originally Posted by
frymaster
yup. horowitz is a real hero. a man with the vision to realize that what la really needs more of is grey industrial buildings instead of urban farms. he could have just kept the money, but decided not to.
I never said that Horowitz was a hero... I just said that he has the right to keep what is his.
Further analysis of the story:
Horowitz only agreed to sell the land to the city because they threatened to use eminent domain to take it away from him to build a city project anyways. So he sold it to them... with clauses in the contract that if the city didn't use it the way that they said, then he had buy-back rights.
Well... the city canceled their project, and Horowitz filed for his repurchase rights. While the fight was going on in court, the gardeners stayed. Even after he was allowed to buy back his land, he allowed the gardens to stay while he arranged his development/sales plans. He could've booted them at any time.
When he finally settled his affairs and was ready to sell the land... BINGO! That's when the gardeners decided that THEIR use was better and more admirable than his and that they would do as they pleased... no matter if they owned the property or not.