Thursday, June 20, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 4122 W Liberty St

NEIGHBORHOOD: West Price Hill
YEAR BUILT: 1914
USE: Two-family dwelling
OWNER: Kay F. McNutt (Florence, KY)
ASSESSED VALUE: $54,290
ORDERS: July 2007, for porch. Orders reissued in March 2009 for porch, exterior paint, soffit, cornice, and gutters and downspouts. A civil fine was issued in January 2010, and the owner said she was trying to contact People Working Cooperatively for help with repairs. By that August, all contact had been lost with the owner. The property was ordered vacated in September 2010.
CONDEMNED: March 2011, adding a failing awning, broken and missing windows, and litter. Another civil fine was issued in August 2011. A criminal case was filed in February 2012, and the owner later pled no contest and was entered into a housing diversion program.
HAZARD: October 2012.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program. Demolished using Moving Ohio Forward program funding.
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