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Originally Posted by eschaton
I think a lot of the Over-The-Rhine buildings were effectively vacant and abandoned before the neighborhood was gentrified. Likely even some of the ones which had stores occupying their first story had upper stories which were unused except for storage. Here in Pittsburgh, even though Downtown has had something of a renaissance over the last decade, there are still tons of smaller (2-6 story) 19th century buildings downtown which have vacant upper stories - likely because the long-standing owners don't have access to the capital needed to do an extensive rehab.
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yep otr is a poster child for a back to the city movement success story in full progress. luckily that came along and it escaped even more teardowns.
