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Also facing demolition
A “Legal Notice – Demolition of Structure” published in this week’s issue of the Richmond Free Press has a list of properties that “have been condemned and may be demolished by the City of Richmond without any further notice”.
Listed below are the properties on the list. There are also more and larger photos in a collection in the Flickr pool.
1306 N 21st St (pictured above)
2620 Newbourne St
1211 N 26th St (pictured above)
523 N 33rd St (pictured above)
3302 E Marshall St (pictured above)
1724 N 33rd St
1722 N 29th St
2116 Cedar St
414 Chimborazo Blvd (pictured above)
1517 Spotsylvania St
1410 Spotsylvania St
1201 N 26th St (pictured above)
1408 Spotsylvania St
1604 N 28th St (pictured above)
418 Chimborazo Blvd
1316 N 30th St (pictured above)
1408 Spotsylvania St
1717 N 21st St (pictured above)
1115 N 27th St (pictured above)
3023 Hanes Ave
5408 Linwood Ave
10 E 20th St
2207 Perry St
3940 Terminal Ave
2707 Berry St
2402 Perry St
125 W 20th St
2416 Clearï¬Âeld St
1917 Decatur St
5411 Marian St
2435 Clearï¬Âeld St
What’s the deal with 1604 N. 28th? From these photos, it doesn’t look to be in bad shape.
And in real life it looked ok, too — maybe even lived in. None of them look terrible.
There are much worse right around me that I love and keep expecting to see gone one day: 1104 North 20th Street and 1200 North 20th Street
1211 N 26th also looks like a nice house that can be fixed up pretty easily.
Eric
If the city can just go in and knock down a house, why can’t they just repossess it and sell it for cheap on the condition that it gets fixed up within a specified time period?
Also, could somebody sue the city for trespassing if they knocked down your house?
The city is knocking down your house because it is a public safety threat. Gives them the right to take it down.
But redevelopment isn’t a good enough reason for a taking according to your legislature.
I would suspect they couldn’t repossess it because it wouldn’t be theirs to repossess.
I also suspect it isn’t trespassing if it is for public safety. Are firefighters trespassing when they come in your house to put a fire out?
I am just guessing on both of these.
Next question: Are there guidlines for determining if something is a safety threat?
The owner of 3302 E Marshall has applied for a demolition permit (status pending).
I’ll have to get some pics of some of these. I have pics of others… but it says “maybe.” I remember a list liek this in a 1998 Free Press which had me taking pics of buildings on 24th and 23rd St in Fairmount which are still standing.
Cadeho… you mentioned a year or so ago about taking photos of every house in Church Hill? Is this for a web site? Book? Or personal use? I was curious about what you took of our house on 27th.
Eric
1115 N 27th Street was demolished sometime over the past few days.
Any of the others mentioned above have been torn down? Looks like they have given a lot of notice for these demolitions. Took almost a year for the building on Marshall Street. Is the house at 1211 N 26th still standing?
It appears that 1201 N 26th has finally seen the wrecking ball. Sorry I wasn’t able to get a photo.