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Detail of a building along Central Avenue across from Albion and alongside the railroad tracks.

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Detail of a building at Central Avenue and Jeep Parkway.

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Bags of garbage lie in the middle of Castle Drive in front of the former Press Equip. Corp. building.

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A well-cared for garage next to one not well maintained, off the alleys between Glenwood Avenue and Maplewood Avenue.

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An occupied house on Central Avenue. A man who said he owns the property says his daughter and her five children live in the house. He says someone drove a car into the front porch, so he had to prop it up while waiting for a piece of heavy equipment to support the roof while he repairs the front.

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1545 Jermaine Drive.

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1524 Jermaine Drive.

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3015, left, and 3017 Jermaine Drive.

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The faded paint appears to read "Romanoff Electric Motor Service Inc" on a building along Central Avenue alongside the railroad tracks near Albion.

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An empty building on the south side of Central Avenue at Albion near Jeep Parkway.

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3365 Detroit Avenue.

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Garage on left is behind 3335 Detroit; that on right behind 3333 Detroit Avenue.

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Garage of alley behind 3365 Detroit Avenue.

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A dump site in front of a boarded up brick building on Castle Drive between Maplewood and Glenwood Avenues.

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3247 Glenwood with an overgrown hydrant.

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3150 Glenwood Avenue.

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Detail of a boarded-up house on Glenwood.

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A Cadillac seen from the alley behind a house posted with "No Trespassing" signs. The house is in the 3300 block of Detroit.

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1955 Talbot is boarded up in west Toledo.

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Delores Kelly, 65, looks from her porch at 1243 Avondale toward the decrepit house next door.

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Old and dirty furniture in an abandoned grass area on Campbell between Sobieski and Pulaski.

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Abandoned factories on Oakwood Ave. between Clinton St. and Smead Ave.

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Abandoned factory buildings on Oakwood Ave. between Clinton St. and Smead Ave.

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A school bus drives down Lincoln Ave. near an overgrown sidewalk near Smead Ave.

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Demareon Hartfield, 9, center, loads a couch cushion into the back of Ryan Parker Sr.'s, right, truck to move some of his mother's furniture. Parker's home sits next to 3219 Maplewood Ave, which is a deserted home.

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An abandoned building at the intersection of Jeep Parkway and Central Avenue.

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