Friday, December 28, 2012

Wrecking Cincinnati: 960 Wells St

NEIGHBORHOOD: East Price Hill
YEAR BUILT: 1915
USE: Two-family dwelling
OWNER: John Walsh
ASSESSED VALUE: $44,810
ORDERS: April 2007, for cornice. In January 2009, the building was ordered vacated and barricaded due to vandalism, broken windows, missing siding, hazardous entry stairs, a cracked chimney, and litter.
CONDEMNED: June 2009.
HAZARD: September 2009, adding a crumbling retaining wall and high weeds.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program.
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