More access lost

Rumor has it that the Ball park area was sold and a new apartment building is going in. At this point I do not think it is a rumor as I have heard it from multiple sources.........

That possible sale came up long ago and, as I recall, it was the fire area.
Kinda think they said back then that it was actually private and not owned by the town.
Only issue will be if access  is still OK from the North side- most is from that side as it is.
If they own all across the River-more pay too play is likely- or no fishing at all- insurance would be nuts.
Also might depend whats already on the deed in regard to fishing.
They just keep chipping away up there in regard to access, parking , etc.

New town houses going in.....

I wonder if NYS made a bid on this property or made any effort to maintain PFR?  While I don't fish this piece of water during silly season I do stop by to watch the show.  If PFR are curtailed at this location it will just add to the madness farther up river.  Too bad.
 
I wonder if this sale will impact drifting the river down to the ball field ramp?

dimebrite2
I heard about this back in September and have been waiting to hear about the official sale... I'm pretty sure the river bed falls under green acres all the way up through Haledane run... 13 and 11 are gonna become a very busy intersection

Green Acres?  Is that what the development will be called? 
 
If enough people make enough noise, it is possible that DEC will do something about access here.  Barclay had specifically deeded fishing rights for his piece of river bottom, this may not be the case along Haldane.  On Oak Orchard, organized noise was successful in getting a piece of access that had been privatized by the landowner in conjunction with a couple of old friends from P Town turned back to public access.  It is all in how the deed was written, but a case could certainly be made that a precedent for public access has been established at that location.  Certainly, harping about it here is not going to get anything accomplished, maybe questions at the P-Town SOL meeting. 
 
Last I knew, the Altmar hotel owns the parking lot across from Malinda's.  You could tell something had gone on with the housed this fall because the posted signs had moved up river from where they were last year.  
 
I would also be watching what goes on on the other side of the river from Tailwater.  While all that land shows as under DEC easement, it is also all for sale, and since the easement only allows the river bottom and 35 feet inland, some of the trails could get a lot more difficult.  Same at 2A, the company that bought the Left bank looking downstream appears to have something in planning, and they have posters on many of the trees that also have PFR signs on them.  Maybe not so surprising considering how many of the temporary residents behave while they are in town, I know I'm still picking up a bag of trash everywhere I go every time I remember to bring the bag. 

Oops, send me a dummy ticket

Yes the "hotel" owns that lot. And no, that is not pfr on that bank downstream of 52 bridge. Lucky, green acres protects the water through the village up to the 81 bridge if I'm not mistaken. Access is another story