Saturday, September 27, 2008
DEMOLITION
By the numbers
1,000: Number of dilapidated buildings torn down in Youngstown since January 2006.
8,405: Number of “excess housing units” in the city in 2006.
900: Number of buildings still on city demolition list.
$1.5 million: Amount of money dedicated to demolition in 2007.
Source: Mike Damiano, supervisor of demolition in Youngstown