Oddly enough, Homewood isn't really too bad, mainly because it's essentially been nearly completely depopulated. A place can only be so scary with so few residents, you know?
I remember well being toured around town with Herodotus and specifically asking him to take us through Homewood, just so I could see what the fuss was about. Honestly, while it has obviously seen far, far better days, its not so much scary as it is simply depressing in terms of being so dilapidated.
On a brighter note, so nice to read that the renovation/residential conversion for the midrise in East Liberty is about to begin. Should really make a huge impact on the Penn Circle area, no question about it!
Just as an aside, for anyone who's wondering about the former Goodwill regional headquarters building on Carson St. at 26th St., the renovation and residential conversion is definitely still continuing, albeit seemingly quite slowly. My guess is that there was a LOT of environmental remediation to be done, probably a ton of asbestos and lead paint, and I'm sure that slowed things down a lot. Should be awesome when it's finally finished, though!
Aaron (Glowrock)