Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 35 Wuest St

NEIGHBORHOOD: Avondale
YEAR BUILT: 1901
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: Johnnie W. Harris
ASSESSED VALUE: $52,240
ORDERS: May 2012, ordered vacated due to structural failure and a lack of water service for at least two years.
CONDEMNED: August 2012, for rotten frame walls, unstable floor joists and a washed out stone foundation that had led to severe water damage and caused the structure to move.
HAZARD: December 2012, adding defective downspouts and missing windows. In January 2013, the right side of the house collapsed into the neighbor's yard.
REASON RAZED: Emergency demolition of a hazardous building due to a structural collapse.
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