7200 S Broadway Not Looking Good

7200 S Broadway Not Looking Good

The demolition by neglect on the block of 7200 S Broadway continues unabated. Here some recent photos. Greg Johnson wrote a wonderful piece about he block in 2017.

Nextstl 2017- Carondelet’s Historic Watkins Block Threatened

Nextstl 2014- Entire Block of South Broadway in the Patch to See Rehab? (7200-30 S. Broadway)

Update Feb 2, 2022 – A demolition permit was issued on January 19th. The city had a tool, the “demolition by neglect” ordinance to try to avert this outcome. Why didn’t the city use it? Who dropped the ball?

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