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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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Abandoned Homes

Buffalo's vacant houses, street by street

Updated: 08/07/08 3:30 PM
Where are the city's vacant properties? Search here to find out how many properties on a particular street are vacant and owned or targeted for ownership by City Hall.
Neglected homes and vacant lots leave Buffalo residents angry

Updated: 07/07/08 12:25 PM
If there’s a forgotten Buffalo neighborhood, a street abandoned and left for dead, it’s Ruhland Avenue. Walk down the quiet, tree-lined avenue, and you might think you’re in rural North Collins instead of the East Side. Walk a little farther and you’ll discover seven out of every 10 properties on Ruhland are vacant and abandoned.
Buffalo wants to tear down its abandoned homes

Updated: 07/08/08 2:33 PM
Peter Roetzer stumbled across the building at 454 Rhode Island St. during a tour of West Side homes last year. What some saw as a run-down, vacant house — a blight on the neighborhood — Roetzer saw as an intriguing brick structure full of character.
Youngstown, facing problems similar to Buffalo's, shrinks by design

Updated: 07/09/08 11:48 AM
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio –Smaller, not bigger, is the mantra in this former steel town. Or as Hunter Morrison, one of the brains behind the city’s downsizing plan, is fond of saying:
How we did the study of vacant housing in Buffalo

Updated: 07/07/08 12:20 PM
The Buffalo News’ study of vacant housing in Buffalo was based on a computer-based analysis of property records from the state, county and city, as well as housing data compiled by the U. S. Census and the U. S. Postal Service.