Comments on: also facing demolition

By: Lee Alford

Lee Alford — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:02:56 +0000

It appears that 1201 N 26th has finally seen the wrecking ball. Sorry I wasn’t able to get a photo.

By: Eric S. Huffstutler

Eric S. Huffstutler — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:15:38 +0000

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?

By: Church Hill People’s News » gone: 3302 East Marshall Street - Richmond, Virginia

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:52:25 +0000

[...] also facing demolition (May 9, 2008 Posted by john_m at 9:51AM under RVANews-news, redevelopment | Tags: before/after, CAR, Marshall Street [...]

By: john_m

john_m — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:45:25 +0000

1115 N 27th Street was demolished sometime over the past few days.

By: Church Hill People’s News » code enforcement a contentious issue - Richmond, Virginia

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:53:09 +0000

[...] the street, Ms.Bullock’s house is not the eyesore that would warrant demolition (as came up in discussion when the list of houses was first published back in [...]

By: Eric S. Huffstutler

Eric S. Huffstutler — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:47:40 +0000

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

By: Cadeho

Cadeho — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:57:10 +0000

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.

By: jc

jc — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:44:10 +0000

The owner of 3302 E Marshall has applied for a demolition permit (status pending).

By: stephen

stephen — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:40:55 +0000

Next question: Are there guidlines for determining if something is a safety threat?

By: Wowzer

Wowzer — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:55:15 +0000

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.

By: neighhbor

neighhbor — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:34:25 +0000

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.

By: stephen

stephen — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:21:21 +0000

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?

By: Eric S. Huffstutler

Eric S. Huffstutler — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:09:44 +0000

1211 N 26th also looks like a nice house that can be fixed up pretty easily.

Eric

By: john_m

john_m — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:09:13 +0000

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

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:14:08 +0000

What’s the deal with 1604 N. 28th? From these photos, it doesn’t look to be in bad shape.