Abandoned/Vacant building count
Total as of January 3, 2011: 4,787 buildings
% Change in past month: +0.3%
% Change in past six months: +4.6%
% Change in past year: +15.7%
% Change in past two years: +54.8%
% Change in past five years: +171.5%
Buildings demolished in the past 30 days
- 305 W 5th St, Downtown (commercial, 1875). Long eyed for residential or mixed-use redevelopment, the building fell into hazard status and was demolished following findings that the building had been too heavily altered to remain subject to historic district regulations.
- 1207 Neff Ave, Lower Price Hill (single-family, 1884). Public nuisance demolition, owner deceased.
- 263 McCullough St, East End (single-family, 1900). Destroyed with adjacent building in a two-alarm fire on November 18, 2010.
- 259 McCullough St, East End (two-family, 1910). Destroyed with adjacent building in a two-alarm fire on November 18, 2010.
- 5915 Madison Road, Madisonville (commercial, 1900). Owned by the City, this vacant building once housed the Madisonville Emergency Assistance Program. This block at Madison and Whetsel is being eyed for massive redevelopment.
- 217 E Clifton Ave, Over-the-Rhine (single-family, 1830). Demolished by Cincinnati Public Schools as part of its Rothenberg School renovation project.
- 1742 Larch Ave, College Hill (single-family, 1952). Razed by Ohio Presbterian Retirement Services, which operates the surrounding Llanfair Retirement Community. No code violations.
- 1738 Larch Ave, College Hill (single-family, 1952). Razed by Ohio Presbterian Retirement Services, which operates the surrounding Llanfair Retirement Community. No code violations.
- 1734 Larch Ave, College Hill (single-family, 1952). Razed by Ohio Presbterian Retirement Services, which operates the surrounding Llanfair Retirement Community. No code violations.
- 5207 Ravenna St, Madisonville (two-family, 1903). Public nuisance demolition, lender-owned.
- 5704 Adelphi St, Madisonville (single-family, 1910). Public nuisance demolition.
- 6203 Sierra St, Madisonville (single-family, 1951). Public nuisance demolition.
- 2252 Vine St, Mount Auburn (two-family, 1935). Public nuisance demolition.
- 142 E McMicken Ave, Over-the-Rhine (mixed-use, 1895). Demolished by Cincinnati Public Schools for ease to loading docks at Rothenberg School.
- 1616 Pleasant St, Over-the-Rhine (multi-family, 1880). Emergency demolition following a New Year's Eve fire.
- 1618 Pleasant St, Over-the-Rhine (single-family, 1927). Public nuisance demolition, fast-tracked due to the collapse of one of 1616 Pleasant St's walls during a New Year's Eve fire.
- 1936 Queen City Ave, South Fairmount (single-family, 1875). Demolition of condemned building by owner.
- 2797 Montana Ave, Westwood (single-family, 1907). Public nuisance demolition.
Public hearings
- Cincinnati City Council Livable Communities Committee: Public discussion on a motion to approve part or all of the recommendations set forth by the Historic Building Loss Task Force. Wednesday, 1/19/10, 2 P.M. City Council Chambers, 801 Plum Street, Downtown.
- No More Demolitions in OTR & West End Facebook Group Meet and Greet: A meeting and strategy session of a Facebook group dedicated to saving Cincinnati's historic buildings. Saturday, 1/22/10, 4 P.M.-6 P.M. Crazy Fox Saloon, 901 Washington Avenue, Newport.
