Slum Life In New York City During the Nineteenth Century's Gilded Age

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9. Some are beyond repair.

I photograph abandoned buildings and some of the houses I venture into are barely standing... they count in that estimate given in the graphic. That's not to say there aren't some that could be repaired but then you'd have to get the owners' to actually give up ownership and a lot of times, the owners can't be tracked down. I know some cities are starting programs where they seize the property by condemning it after which they tear it down.