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By way of further example, and because quite a few universities also do this by "accident" of having land left over after either moving or redoing their campuse
by techsupporter 8y ago
By way of further example, and because quite a few universities also do this by "accident" of having land left over after either moving or redoing their campuses, the University of Washington owns approximately 10 acres in downtown Seattle, including (notably for various court cases about where the authority of the university, as a non-political arm of the State of Washington, and municipalities intersect) 4th Ave, a city-maintained street of public use.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Tract_(Seattle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Tract_(Seattle)
- oasisbob 8y agoOff-topic, but it's very normal for private entities to own public streets in the US. At the time when these areas were platted and lots conveyed, the streets were dedicated to the public use, but were not deeded to the municipalities. As a general rule, in most US states the adjoining landowners are assumed to have fee simple ownership and reversionary rights to the land underlying the streets. As a public policy matter, courts are loathe to create situations where tiny little bits of land are separately owned and can't be put to productive use. (the strips and gores doctrine.) For WA, Holmquist v. King discusses this in depth.