Thanks for that link and info.
The city leaders behind this should be tared & feathered.
"They voted 16 to 1 to break a 79-year-old agreement allowing the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts to occupy a building in a city park. The Scouts built the building in 1928, and turned it over to the city in exchange for a rent-free lease in perpetuity.source
Here's the resolution from Philadelphia's City Council which says,
WHEREAS, In 1928 the City of Philadelphia gave the Philadelphia Council of the Boy Scouts (now known as the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts, and referred to here as the Boy Scouts) permission to build, at its own expense, a building located on City land located at 22nd and Spring Streets; andSo it looks like it was city land to start with.WHEREAS, As reflected in the grant of permission, set forth in an ordinance of Council approved December 14, 1928, the building was to become at once the property of the City; and
WHEREAS, The Boy Scouts, pursuant to that grant of permission, built a building at that location,
He added that the Scouts had a lease in perpetuity with the city, an agreement that was not upheld by the City Council.
From another source
"The city's agreement with the Cradle of Liberty requires it to give the group one year's notice to vacate the building."
And the Supreme Court's refusal to take the Berkeley Sea Scouts case, letting the lower court decision stand, would seem to say that they don't.