Thursday, June 6, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 3123 Van Buren Ave

NEIGHBORHOOD: Avondale
YEAR BUILT: 1895
USE: Multi-family dwelling
OWNER: MGDK Investments LLC
ASSESSED VALUE: $4,600
ORDERS: March 2006, ordered barricaded due to suspected drug activity and squatters.
CONDEMNED: June 2007, now with a vermin infestation. Orders reissued in September 2007, citing an unsafe fire escape, a lack of electric service, and a deteriorated front porch. Reissued in January 2010. A civil fine was issued in October 2011, but it appears that the property owner had lost it in foreclosure and had moved to Atlanta.
HAZARD: May 2012, adding cornice and box gutters, defective siding, broken and missing windows, and high weeds. The current owner acquired the property in August 2012.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program. Demolished using Moving Ohio Forward program funding.
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