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The Ugly Truth about East Toledo

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The downtown Toledo skyline is visible behind the remains of the Toledo Edison Acme power plant in the Marina District.

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416 Main Street on the east side of Toledo is up for rent.

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An abandoned building on the corner of Sixth Street and Main Street.

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A hole in the sidewalk on Main Street.

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Cracked windows in an abandoned building in the the Marina District.

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An abandoned building in the Marina District.

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The downtown Toledo skyline is visible behind the remains of the Toledo Edison Acme power plant in the Marina District.

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An abandoned building on the corner of Sixth Street and Main Street.

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A building at 422 Starr.

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A for sale sign on a building at 422 Starr.

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Garbage, a used mattress , and carpet remnants on the corner of Idaho St. and Parker.

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A whole block of closed, boarded- up buildings including 813 Starr Avenue.

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A building at 422 Starr.

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A board on 1215 Nevada near Plymouth.

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307 Parker is burned out and in disrepair.

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Terese Hurst stands on her porch at 311 Parker and discusses the burned out house next door at 307.

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Hunter Elliott, 14, shoots a basket against his brother Nathan Elliott, 12, during a neighborhood basketball game in front of a vacant home on Platt Street.

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Burned out home at the corner of Starr Avenue and Parker Avenue.

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Boarded up building at 813 Starr Avenue.

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Neighbors Amelia Wetzel, 8, and Nick Wood. 7, take Nick's 13 year-old mix Gotti for a walk through the weeds at an abandoned house on the 300 block of East Broadway in East Toledo.

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