But by then, the place was an overgrown forest, an unofficial dump in a ravine just above the marshlands leading to the Hudson River.
But thinning overgrown, fuel-laden forests around inhabited areas is well within government's reach.
James lives in a gloomy castle in Act I while the sylph's home is a thick, overgrown forest.
Known to be the protectors of the forest's trees, Treecko make their nests inside overgrown forests.
While banks blanket many more affluent areas like an overgrown forest, the Bronx is a financial desert.
Beyond, 15 acres of woodland plantation had become "a spooky overgrown forest", dark, lifeless and in a terrible condition.
Then he realized it was the grey darkness and the overgrown forest that made it appear so.
Around the perimeters of the sculptured back lawn was an undisciplined, overgrown forest.
He likens the disposition process to pruning an overgrown forest.
They seem to prefer dark, damp underground lairs and overgrown forests.