URBAN BLIGHT does not exist. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-1250135-6’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @blightly)http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/<a href="http://www2.ohio-votes.com/news/2012/may/31/3/community-fighting-mad-over-bad-houses-ar-1055487/">Community Fighting Mad Over Bad Houses | Ohio Votes</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/24152794265http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/24152794265Thu, 31 May 2012 18:12:28 -0400<a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/tax-credits-target-low-income-areas--1359276.html">Tax credits target low-income areas</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/24122584678http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/24122584678Thu, 31 May 2012 06:03:43 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/28/whitehall-might-raze-10-of-condos-in-troubled-complex.html">Whitehall might raze 10% of condos in troubled complex | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/24056615297http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/24056615297Wed, 30 May 2012 06:07:00 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/10/city-private-funds-might-raze-hotel.html">City, private funds might raze vacant East Side hotel | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22834901935http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22834901935Fri, 11 May 2012 06:21:37 -0400“We don’t want them knocking stuff down, leaving us with flatlands.”<br/><br/> - <em>Kathleen Bailey, Near East Side Area Commission quoted in <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/06/128-worst-of-the-worst-houses-slated-to-be-first-to-fall.html" target="_blank">128 ‘worst of the worst’ houses slated to be first to fall | The Columbus Dispatch</a></em>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22646152200http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22646152200Tue, 08 May 2012 06:21:57 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/02/poindexter-village-was-once-a-haven-for-the-poor.html">Columbus Mileposts | May 2, 1940: Poindexter Village was once a haven for the poor | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22314473074http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22314473074Thu, 03 May 2012 06:21:10 -0400“Just as the Romantic imagination was fired by the ruins of classicism, contemporary artists are inspired by the tumbled temples of the industrial world.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c35512c4-8f84-11e1-9ab1-00144feab49a.html#axzz1tXkWeVKU" target="_blank">When industry gives way to art - FT.com</a></em>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22251178442http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22251178442Wed, 02 May 2012 07:13:00 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/01/city-council-to-pay-to-remove-graffiti.html">City will pay to cover graffiti | The Columbus Dispatch</a>: <p>[object Object]</p>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22249356896http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/22249356896Wed, 02 May 2012 06:19:00 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/27/the-tower-will-fall.html">Blighted Poindexter Tower to be demolished soon | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/21969660574http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/21969660574Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:21:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2s5fkmRAl1qd9zcyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/20/court-closes-down-long-blighted-motel.html" target="_blank">Court closes down long-blighted motel | The Columbus Dispatch</a>)</p>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/21488976441http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/21488976441Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:22:05 -0400<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/us/detroit-struggles-with-financial-rescue-plan.html">Detroit Struggles With Financial Rescue Plan - NYTimes.com</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20521761183http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20521761183Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:14:16 -0400“The use of street art as an economic development tool is an ironic turn, considering that many artists have used their work to draw attention to injustice or imbalance in the ecosystem of the city. Much of Gaia’s street art in Baltimore offers a critique of a capitalistic society built on private property and the disinvestment in the American city.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://grist.org/cities/gallery-walls-cities-embrace-street-art-as-a-ticket-to-success/" target="_blank">Gallery walls: Cities embrace street art as a ticket to success | Grist</a></em>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20520133371http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20520133371Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:20:13 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/03/county-likely-to-ok-fund-for-land-bank.html">County likely to OK fund for land bank | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20460744607http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20460744607Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:20:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1v9npergi1qd9zcyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2122554/At-worlds-end-Artists-reveal-stunning-post-apocalyptic-images-worlds-major-cities.html" target="_blank">At world’s end: Artists reveal stunning post-apocalyptic images of the world’s major cities | Mail Online</a>)</p>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20404018505http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20404018505Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:30:41 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/02/developer-sprinklers-too-costly-in-apartments-near-casino.html">Sprinklers too costly in casino-area apartments, developer says | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20402349819http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20402349819Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:11:33 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/03/27/blight-that-defoliates-popular-boxwood-plants-now-in-ohio.html">Blight that defoliates popular boxwood plants now in Ohio | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20057473487http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20057473487Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:20:05 -0400<a href="http://www.planning.org/news/daily/story.htm?story_id=170730998">Bill Would Provide $4B for Urban Demolition Bonds</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20003683079http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/20003683079Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:20:06 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/03/19/judges-huge-fines-get-landlords-attention.html">Judge’s huge fines get landlords’ attention | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/19622019485http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/19622019485Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:20:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0wal2Imrk1qd9zcyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2012/03/15/nyregion/PRESERVATION3.html" target="_blank">Chasing Boom, Nonprofit Group Stumbled - NYTimes.com</a>)</p>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/19308786673http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/19308786673Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:03:02 -0400<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/03/05/chic-shelters.html">Chic shelters designed to revitalize neighborhoods | The Columbus Dispatch</a>http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/18844794855http://blightly.onlineveracity.com/post/18844794855Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:40:05 -0500