This artist loft building is finally pretty much done in Braddock, took these this afternoon. What's cool too is that the sign at night has the neon lit up.
Untitled by
photolitherland, on Flickr
Untitled by
photolitherland, on Flickr
And there's a couple of other abandoned buildings along the main drag that have scaffolding on them so hopefully thats good news.
Braddock overall is looking worse over the worse. Every year there seems to be more and more and more abandoned houses popping up and then therefor more and more junky vacant lots after they get torn down. Just looked it up, Braddock is obviously still losing population but not at as high of a rate as it historically has been.
1880 3,310 156.6%
1890 8,561 158.6%
1900 15,654 82.9%
1910 19,357 23.7%
1920 20,879 7.9%
1930 19,329 −7.4%
1940 18,326 −5.2%
1950 16,488 −10.0%
1960 12,337 −25.2%
1970 8,795 −28.7%
1980 5,634 −35.9%
1990 4,682 −16.9%
2000 2,912 −37.8%
2010 2,159 −25.9%
2019 (est.) 2,105 [2] −2.5%
I mean, I wouldnt want to live in Braddock, poverty is through the roof and so is crime and unfortunately, its just a little too disconnected from the city for it to ever come back and gentrify.