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   EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Eighty homes within a 15-block radius are   
   being torn down in a push by the Cuyahoga Land Bank to clear out   
   a swath of blighted properties in this impoverished suburb.   
      
   The demolitions began in July and will conclude at the end of   
   October. Dozens of houses have already been cleared out in the   
   neighborhood between Shaw, Manhattan, Scioto and Hayden avenues.   
      
   And on Monday, officials held a news conference to talk about   
   the effort and celebrate what has been accomplished.   
      
   Cuyahoga Land Bank   
      
   This map shows the 80 homes scheduled for demolition in East   
   Cleveland's Ward 3. All the homes are located within a 15-block   
   radius south of Shaw Avenue.   
      
   East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King grew up in the neighborhood,   
   and called it “the belly of the beast” for abandoned and vacant   
   homes, due to the high concentration of houses in need of   
   demolition in such a small area.   
      
   Though it is bittersweet to see the demolition of homes of   
   families he knew as a child, King said the effort was a   
   necessary step to make way for the future of East Cleveland.   
      
   A demolition crew on Monday tears down a blighted home on the   
   south side of Northfield Avenue between Allegheny and Manhattan   
   avenues.   
      
   Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish noted that vacant and   
   abandoned homes often cause problems for streets they are on and   
   entire neighborhoods. He praised the demolition effort.   
      
   The county has already dedicated about $3 million to demolitions   
   in East Cleveland, and will be approving another $2 million in   
   the near future, Budish said. That money is part of $50 million   
   that the County Council has set aside to tackle demolitions   
   across the county.   
      
   Crews complete the demolition of another Northfield Avenue home   
   on Monday morning. The home is one of 80 or so East Cleveland   
   residences being torn down between between July and October.   
      
   Land bank President Gus Frangos said over 1,500 East Cleveland   
   homes have been demolished since the land bank began its work   
   about 10 years ago.   
      
   Approximately $850,000 of county funds and about $270,000 of   
   federal dollars are being used for the current round of East   
   Cleveland demolitions, land bank officials said in a statement.   
   Some properties are owned by the land bank and others are owned   
   by the city of East Cleveland.   
      
   A vacant lot on Northfield Avenue where a blighted home once   
   stood. When a property is torn down, crews clean out the waste   
   left behind and prime it for new development.   
      
   Once the homes are torn down and the lots are cleared and re-   
   covered with grass, the land will be transferred back to East   
   Cleveland for future development, officials said.   
      
   Cleveland Councilman Tony Brancatelli, who serves as chairman of   
   the land bank, said demolition can open up opportunities for the   
   creation of side yards and gardens, the construction of new   
   homes, or to piece together parcels for new businesses.   
      
   “Demolition may be harsh, but the return for demolition is vast   
   and great,” Brancatelli said.   
      
   https://www.cleveland.com/news/erry-   
   2018/08/b71d45b2941541/eighty-blighted-homes-being-de.html   
      
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