Thursday, February 21, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 1255 State Ave

NEIGHBORHOOD: Lower Price Hill
YEAR BUILT: 1885
USE: Three-family dwelling
OWNER: Kendra L. Lary (Amelia, OH)
ASSESSED VALUE: $21,170
ORDERS: --
CONDEMNED: May 2008, for a cracked and bulging front wall, deteriorated masonry, defective porches, and an interior full of trash. A criminal case was prepared in December 2008, but had not been filed 18 months later.
HAZARD: December 2008. Condemnation orders were reissued in December 2010, now with falling bricks, missing and defective gutters and downspouts. Two civil fines of $500 apiece were imposed by January 2012.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program. Demolished using Move Ohio Forward funds.
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