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
- 446 Strafer St, Columbia Tusculum (single-family, 1929). Razed by Cottage Hill Development LLC for new single-family construction.
- 452 Strafer St, Columbia Tusculum (single-family, 1895). Also razed by Cottage Hill Development LLC for new single-family construction.
- 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.
- 2500 River Rd, Sedamsville (mixed-use, 1900). Razed by Collins Riverside Development LLC for the long-proposed $50 million Harbor Lights project. Condemned.
- 5915 Madison Rd, 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.
- 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
A public hearing will be held at 9 A.M. on Friday, January 28 in the Main Conference Room of the Business Development and Permit Center, 3300 Central Parkway, to determine if the following buildings shall be declared a public nuisance and shall be razed:
- 1322 Knowlton St, Northside (two-family, 1897).
- 2622 Hemlock St, Walnut Hills (single-family, 1869).
- 4500 Glenway Ave, West Price Hill (single-family, 1920s).
- 965 Elberon Ave, East Price Hill (multi-family, 1880).
- 963 Wells St, East Price Hill (single-family, 1890).
- 925 Voss St, East Price Hill (single-family, 1885).
- 2131 Colerain Ave, West End (single-family, 1890).
- 2133 Colerain Ave, West End (single-family, 1895).
- 921 Foraker Ave, Walnut Hills (two-family, 1890).
- 817 McPherson Ave, East Price Hill (single-family, 1913).
- 5017 Kenwood Rd, Madisonville (single-family, 1900).
- 2324 Glenway Ave, Lower Price Hill (two-family, 1875).
- 6199 Coleridge Ave, Kennedy Heights (single-family, 1922).
