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September 27, 2005
Houses stand stubborn
The Cincinnati Enquirer
by Steve Kemme
The three houses sit in isolation in the vast expanse of empty land cordoned off from Edwards and Edmondson roads by a chain-link fence extending around half the block.
The houses draw curious stares from passersby seeing them for the first time.
The three structures are the most visible reminders of a protracted, bitter battle over whether Norwood had the right to use eminent domain to seize homes and businesses so that commercial developers could demolish them and build an office-retail-condo project.
NoLandGrab: We've brought you news about the Norwood homeowners in the past. Like the Kelo case, this case is considered to be a bellweather in the national fight against eminent domain abuse.
One of the greatest ironies about the situation in Norwood is that this "isolated" neighborhood was made so when Interstate 71 was built using eminent domain and carved the neighorhood in two.
Posted by lumi at September 27, 2005 7:17 AM