|
Lack Of Viable Residential Areas: OTR Example: Housing is the major land use in the OTR area. The housing is generally apartments above street level retail establishments. The housing is primarily "older row buildings with no front or side yards and small open space areas only as interior courtyards or along the alleys in the rear of buildings. Residential use is a major problem in the OTR area. Most of the proporties show 34"years of neglected maintenance by absentee landlords." (CCPC, 9) "Only 6.4% of the buildings in the area were considered "sound" and therefore useable. |
