Just 45 miles north of Trump Tower in New York City lies a dagger-shaped swath of land dominated by thick brush and brambles almost indistinguishable from other forested areas of upstate New York. It鈥檚 lush and green in summer, barren and brown in winter, dotted red and pink by occasional apple trees or dogwoods. There鈥檚 little unique or notable about it, except its name: .听

The park is a short ride away from a popular state park named for another New Yorker-turned-president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Not surprisingly, it was originally supposed to be . But Trump donated听the land to New York State over a decade ago鈥攁n act of philanthropy doubling as a tax write-off. Since then, the park hasn鈥檛 just gone undeveloped鈥攊t鈥檚 practically rotting.

Follow signs promoting the park, as a tourist might, and you鈥檒l find an overgrown, unmanaged piece of property: a barely paved road seems to lead nowhere; asbestos-filled buildings covered in graffiti are crumbling; parking lots are overrun with weeds. There are听no staff or amenities, no trails or campsites. It is a park听in name only.听

How did a man known for plastering his name in gold across the world鈥檚 most ostentatious buildings come to be associated with a failed state park? Here鈥檚 how.

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on Sep 18, 2015 at 1:13pm PDT

1998

Trump buys 436 acres of undeveloped land from another real estate holding company in Westchester and Putnam Counties .听

2002

Trump withdraws plans to build a private golf course on the land, for holding up necessary permits. Trump says he鈥檒l sell the property to housing builders.听

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on Jul 29, 2016 at 7:18pm PDT

2006

In a surprising reversal, Trump decides to donate the land to the State of New York. at the April 19th press conference with then-Governor George Pataki that the land is worth $100 million, but that his children had convinced him to 鈥渄o something really spectacular鈥� in the name of conservation. Trump on his taxes.听

, New York State agrees that Trump鈥檚 name 鈥渨ill be prominently displayed at least at each entrance to each property.鈥澨�

2010

A budget crisis leads to closings at 58 parks and historic sites across the state鈥擠onald J. Trump State Park, still mostly wetlands and forest, . New York stands to save $2,500 a year by closing the park.

In response, Trump . The threat proves empty, however, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation maintains control of the land.听

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on Jul 21, 2016 at 5:20pm PDT

2010-2012

Residents of Yorktown try to lease some of the land inside DJT to build a dog park, but one of the buildings on the property is . The state refuses to pay for its removal. A

Late 2015

In response to then-candidate Trump鈥檚 remarks about Muslims and Mexicans, New York politicians call for stripping Trump鈥檚 name from the park. State Senator Daniel Squadron introduces the 鈥�.鈥� Petitions begin trending online as well.听 becomes a popular alternative.

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on Mar 27, 2017 at 6:15am PDT

November 2016

Donald Trump is elected president. New York residents continue to drive by () signs for the state park which has been closed for the better part of the decade and does not appear on the . The fate of the dog park, the only idea that has gained any real traction within the park since it was donated, remains in limbo.

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