Thursday, May 2, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 4015 Gulow St

NEIGHBORHOOD: Northside
YEAR BUILT: 1884
USE: Three-family dwelling
OWNER: Chi Properties LLC
ASSESSED VALUE: $61,220
ORDERS: January 2008, for chimney, siding, guardrails, porch, and exterior paint. A civil fine was issued in July 2008. Orders were reissued in October 2009. A second civil fine was levied in October 2010.
CONDEMNED: October 2010, adding a deteriorated fire escape, unsafe exterior steps, exposed roof sheathing, gutters and downspouts, windows and doors, and litter and weeds. A civil fine was issued in September 2011, then again in February 2012. A criminal case was prepared, but later dismissed. By April 2012, the building was being occupied illegally.
HAZARD: May 2012.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program. Demolished using Moving Ohio Forward program funds.
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