The City of Pittsburgh is making progress in tearing down dangerous properties, but problems tied to the thousands of buildings persist across the city.
Take Allentown, for example. The 200 block of Millbridge Street means a lot to Karen Zola. Her mother, who is 90, has lived on a corner lot for over 30 years.
Over time, blight crept in and stuck around. A home two doors down from hers, at 205 Millbridge Street, became abandoned and fell into disrepair. The entire front porch collapsed a couple years back, but complaints to the city yielded no results…