In the 1890's the philanthropist William Rhinelander Stewart conceived the plan for the square's marble arch as a way to fight commercial encroachments.

This prevented any commercial encroachment up to the Nature Lodge, securing the woodland feel of the camp.

"Zoning laws have been designed to protect residential communities from commercial encroachment," she said.

Paving the land over for a fake farm for tourists will change the character of this valley and open it to other commercial encroachments, the farmers say.

Residents are fighting to preserve the rural ambiance against commercial encroachments through a newly formed civic organization called Goldens Bridge 2000.

Some decried the commercial encroachment in a nominally amateur sport.

In the event, even ordinary and ruined nature is endowed with an eloquence that two centuries of commercial encroachment and human intervention still can't silence.

Increasing traffic, demolition of historic buildings, commercial encroachment into historic neighborhoods, and the loss of open space led to the beginning of grass roots preservation efforts.

The problem is not just commercial encroachment; it's that virtually anything goes.

Homeowners here, like those in Brookville, say they fear that commercial encroachment will depress their property values and increase traffic.