Parking lot at 817-821 7th Street NE

Parking lot at 817-821 7th Street NE
Originally uploaded by rllayman.

This is the illegal parking lot I mentioned in a blog entry yesterday, and below is a photo of the buildings that were demolished. Had these buildings been maintained over the years, rather than neglected, they wouldn't have ended up in the condition they were in during their final days.
Photo by Peter Sefton.

A mid-block parking lot is not sound public policy and is anti-thetical to neighborhood stabilization.