293 – Alexis Khazzam’s sort-of Public, sort-of Private Neighborhood Basketball Court
Peoria Landmark #293
Yes, this is the infamous basketball court that Alexis Khazzam built and then rebuilt. I understand the argument, but if you’ve even driven down this stretch of Beach Street, as I did when I found and took this photo, you know it is nothing more than a glorified alley.
If you have a library card you can look up the Journal Star archives; barring that, here’s some other reading material on the issue:
http://peoriachronicle.com/2006/07/11/dear-alexis-xxoo-love-phil/
http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/06/29/zone-defense-in-the-heights-leave-kids-in-the-lurch/
June 6th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Basketball court along Beach St. in Peoria Heights.
June 6th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Sorry forgot to enter the name field for the entry above. “Basketball court along Beach St. in Peoria Heights.”
June 6th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
The infamous Khazamm court that the city made him tear down move 3 ft away from the street?
June 6th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Shazzam’s “home court advantage”…..I think I saw in the real estate transactions that he sold his house on Grandview?. It was in the 7 figures.
June 6th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Mazr- I was told by someone who knows that he didn’t actually move; it was a move on paper only.