Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Wrecking Cincinnati: 135 Huntington Pl

NEIGHBORHOOD: Mount Auburn
YEAR BUILT: 1925
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: HPL Realty Company LLC (The Christ Hospital)
ASSESSED VALUE: $12,180
HAZARD: --
CONDEMNED: --
ORDERS: October 2005, for exterior paint. Reissued to new owner in September 2007. Ordered vacated and barricaded in October 2008 due to a lack of utilities and stolen copper. Reissued to new owner in March 2011. The owner lost an appeal on the Vacant Building Maintenance Fees and decided not to rehabilitate the building, selling it in December 2011.
REASON RAZED: Razed for valet parking and for a surface lot for oversized vehicles that cannot fit into The Christ Hospital's West Garage, which will be the only garage open during the hospital's $265M expansion. The expansion project includes a new 332,000-square-foot orthopaedic and spine center, a new materials management building, and a 900-space visitor parking garage.
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