An eyesore finally gets demolished in Schenectady

The broken-down apartment building at 16 Jefferson St. was demolished by the Capital Region Land Bank on Monday, ridding Schenectady's East Front Street neighborhood of a major nuisance. 

Vacant for years, covered with vines, with piles of garbage piling up in the back of the property, the building was a good example of the dispiriting blight that afflicts almost every neighborhood in the city of Schenectady. 

It was also, I learned, a good example of the challenges involved in addressing derelict properties. 

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