While I was exploring Woods Run and taking some of these photographs, I chatted with an older man who lives in the neighborhood. He knew the history of every house on his part of the street, and listed off every one of them, who owned it, and what happened to it. Basically, they're all vacant, deteriorating, and left for dead by their owners who have washed their hands of the properties or died. It was very sad. I heard the same stories when I talked to people in Spring Garden. It seems to be going on all over the city, in the older, dis-invested neighborhoods. Owners die, properties get tied up in legal problems, or the people who inherit the properties wash their hands of them and let them sit too long. Taxes go unpaid, and finally the city comes in and demolishes these old houses. It breaks my heart, because some of the houses are architectural jewels, have survived since the 19th century, and are now treated like garbage.
Most of the houses on this demolition list probably suffered a similar fate.
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| 927 Langtry (Woods Run) |
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| 927 Langtry (Woods Run) |
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| 927 Langtry (Woods Run) |
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| 927 Langtry (Woods Run) |
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| Woods Run Avenue - not on the demolition list yet, but neighbor says they will be soon. Both are abandoned. |
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| 1632 Walz Street (Spring Hill) |
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| 1632 Walz Street (Spring Hill) |
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| 1616 Walz Street (Spring Hill). On the 1872 GM Hopkins map. |
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| 1616 Walz Street (Spring Hill). On the 1872 GM Hopkins map. |
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| 9 Radner Street (Spring Hill) |
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| 1405 Buena Vista (Mexican War Streets area) |
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| 1440 Hamlin (Manchester Historic District) |
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| Dinwiddie Street (Hill District) - boarded up (not on demolition list yet) |
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| Lovelace Street (West End) |
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| 701 Weston Way (West End) |
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| 701 Weston Way (West End) |
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| West End - abandoned (not on demolition list yet) |
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| West End - abandoned |
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| 47 McKnight Street (West End) |
Ward/Tract and Address
18/03 302 Allen Street
27/15 2 Boston Street
13/06 8212 Bricelyn Street
25/03 1405 Buena Vista Street
26/14 216 W. Burgess Street
20/22 3023 Chartiers Avenue
18/07 32 Climax Street
12/08 114 Continental Street
15/15 72-74 Cust Street
24/06 1416 Dehaven Street
03/05 329 Dinwiddie Street
26/15 4 Ellzey Street
01/03 1723 Forbes Avenue
18/03 842 Freeland Street
18/03 863 Freeland Street
25/03 14 Geranium Street
26/15 2716 Goshen Street
12/07 6725 Hamilton Avenue
21/07 1440 Hamlin Street
05/01 645 Hollace Street
20/22 3220 Huxley Street
18/03 737-739 Industry Street
12/07 6920 Kelly Street
12/07 6922 Kelly Street
10/17 5327 Kincaid Street
27/15 927 Langtry Street (F & R)
27/15 177 Lecky Street
20/20 509 Lovelace Street
18/03 970 Manton Way
18/03 974 Manton Way
20/19 47 McKnight Street
26/02 3907 Menlo Street
26/02 3911 Menlo Street
10/17 306 N. Millvale Street
09/01 1509 Nobles Lane
12/08 420 Paulson Avenue
12/08 422 Paulson Avenue
12/03 1309 Paulson Avenue
24/06 9 Radner Street
19/16 1549 Rutherford Avenue
20/16 1232 Shadycrest Drive
24/06 1329 Truax Way
24/06 1616 Walz Street
24/06 1632 Walz Street
03/05 1818 Webster Avenue
20/20 701 Weston Way
05/01 2442 Wylie Avenue
05/01 2444 Wylie Avenue
05/01 2610 Wylie Avenue
20/20 1016 Wymore Street
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