The search, going back to 1904, indicated the town may not own the land.

"This is a situation where the town owns the land under the water."

Another problem is that the town does not now technically own the land.

If the town had not owned it, what did the 1914 lease mean?

The town owns none of the land around the building, although the owner, a local woman, allows the children to play there.

"There are a couple of other areas I know the town owns outright where maybe we can put a trailer."

The town already owns 100 acres of the land.

The town is a major service center and owns the most develop-able land of a metropolitan city.

So why didn't the town own a Tony Smith sculpture?

He maintained that while the town may have owned the land, it was "never in the business of dumping trash."