Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 1717 Montrose St

NEIGHBORHOOD: South Fairmount
YEAR BUILT: 1913
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: KAK LLC
ASSESSED VALUE: $30,340
ORDERS: September 2008, ordered vacated and barricaded due to missing and vandalized mechanical systems, litter and debris.
CONDEMNED: January 2009. That same year, the City concluded that the owner was probably deceased, but could find no probate records.
HAZARD: March 2010, adding gutters and downspouts, open and broken windows, a falling porch ceiling, and missing siding. The place had become a neighborhood dump site.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program.
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