> From: David Fey >
>> .... a "virtual boundary" that has no physical marker. In fact, this
virtual boundary now runs right through the middle of one of the new
industrial buildings in the Seward Place industrial park. I hope we will be
able to work with the Longfellow neighborhood to realign this boundary ....
>>
About a year ago Bryn Mawr and Harrison had an interesting
negotiating meeting to clean up a border that was ill-defined in some
locations - running through lots and buildings, etc. Most of the new line
was decided upon in one meeting by three resident representatives from Bryn
Mawr and three from Harrison, and facilitated by a staff person from the
city planning department. Everyone seemed to have a little different idea. I
was pushing for the use of Bassett Creek as the border as much as possible.
First we completed the easy sections where all agreed on the creek. Then
thru compromise we finally worked it all out. The final line uses a street,
RR tracks, creek, and property line. Although part of the subsequently
published property line section on the east end was a surprise to all six
Harrison and Bryn Mawr participants.
I had heard that this Harrison / Bryn Mawr border was the last ill-defined
boundary to be digitized into the new GIS mapping system, but now it sounds
like this was not the case. Southwest Journal did an article on the Bryn
Mawr / Harrison border redraw (if this link does not work, search 'archived
publications' with somelthing like "harrison border")
http://www.swjournal.com/swjournal/myarticles.asp?H=1&S=212&P=47135&PubID=12
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Dave Stack
Harrison
(where Bassett Creek is the border for most, but not all, of the line with
Bryn Mawr)
