Fortunately, it's so far safe from the real estate inflation affecting the rest of the area, because Elfland is only home to elves and dinosaurs.
This miniscule makeshift village came from the imagination of a tween – he has chosen to remain anonymous, because he's 8 years old, or an elf or maybe, it's to keep the magic alive – who started it solely for the diminutive creatures to call their own.
In August, the boy and his parents began building Elfland from the ground up, giving new life to a vacant dirt lot filled with chunks of rock and overgrown weeds. But a month later, as word of the fairy-tale settlement spread, neighbors who discovered the secret realm started quietly making additions of their own.
What began as a modest display at the corner of School and Summer streets has become a grass-roots activity.
Now Elfland is perhaps the city's most talked-about new neighborhood, an enchanted place its creator says is filled with "flying cookies" and "spiky green hats and green clothes," and where the average height is 1 inch.
The founder of Elfland says that the elves who live there keep crickets as pets, and that each family consists of about 22 elves, none of whom age. He also explains that the elves, who have lived in Elfland since 1382, were previously unable to build their own structures due to an ancient troll curse.
It's really a thriving community, equipped with a host of facilities that include a hospital, a library, a skating rink, a dinosaur farm and a community garden full of magical herbs.
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