Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Wrecking Cincinnati: 4119 Witler St

NEIGHBORHOOD: Northside
YEAR BUILT: 1895
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation (CNCURC)
ASSESSED VALUE: $4,000
ORDERS: January 2007, ordered barricaded. In April 2008, the house was again ordered barricaded and vacated.
CONDEMNED: January 2009, citing prolonged vacancy, trespassing, lack of compliance with Vacant Building Maintenance License orders, broken windows, and damaged siding. A criminal case was pursued, but apparently never filed.
HAZARD: June 2009. CNCURC acquired the property two months later and kept it secured.
REASON RAZED: Razed as part of CNCURC's Blockwatch 45223 Homeownership Project, a strategy to reduce the negative effects of foreclosures through new construction, rehabilitation, and demolition activity in the area bounded by Chase Avenue, Blue Rock Street, Lakeman Street, and Kirby Avenue.
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