Wrecking Cincinnati: 8429 Anthony Wayne Ave

NEIGHBORHOOD: Hartwell
YEAR BUILT: 1890
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: Michael Steele
ASSESSED VALUE: $43,120
HAZARD: October 2007.
CONDEMNED: April 2007, having been stripped of its copper and lacking working utilities. The owner (Steele) could not be found.
ORDERS: October 2004 for porch guardrails, gutters and downspouts, basement and foundation holes, sink holes, and non-conformance with building codes and plans. Previous owner was locked up in rehab and couldn't address the violations. Later, he lost the building in foreclosure. In September 2005, the house was ordered barricaded and, the next month, ordered vacated. New owners were issued the same orders in June 2006.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program.
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