Wednesday, December 12, 2007

CHIA website features Hall of Shame

The website of the Clifton Heights Improvement Association (CHIA) features a vacant buildings Hall of Shame, even linking to a PDF containing 23 photos.

The Hall of Fame currently lists 16 buildings identified by its CHIA Vacant/Abandoned Buildings Team as blights on the community and four that have been demolished.

The City's most recent Abandoned-Vacant Building Maintenance List, issued weekly by the Department of Buildings & Inspections, lists a total of 43 condemned or vacated properties in the neighborhood.

The photo album has not been updated since July.

I think that this is a brilliant idea, but I would add some more status information if possible. I would like to see them differentiate between those who just don't care and those who are at least making an effort.