Property Owners Around Denny Blaine Took the Stand This Week

Property Owners Around Denny Blaine Took the Stand This Week

The first week of the Denny Blaine Park trial has concluded, and it was spent on neighbors and their lawyers making the case that the nude beach is an out-of-control public nuisance. The trial is existential for a legendary, decades-old queer hangout. If neighbors get their way, the city could be forced to ban nudity at the beach or even close it. Understanding what is going on here requires a preamble: The trial is really the culmination of a y…