tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post9219075832280228882..comments2024-02-12T23:56:11.051-05:00Comments on Daytonology: Grafton Hill Apartments I: Oldies but Goodies.Jeffereyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-13417282659651379722012-11-17T13:51:19.121-05:002012-11-17T13:51:19.121-05:00I just bought an old colonial style home there and...I just bought an old colonial style home there and i love my house, despite the apartments close by, it is rather quiet there and sadly too many beautiful vacant houses..i hope to continue to see positive changes for DaytonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-20405926527641440832008-01-19T19:53:00.000-05:002008-01-19T19:53:00.000-05:00I was wondering about the drug trade there when I ...I was wondering about the drug trade there when I was taking pix in the area. <BR/><BR/>Sidwalk pay phone at Plymouth & Central? Hmmn.<BR/><BR/>And I noticed a guy hanging out looking out over Grand from that railing on that courtyard at that big raised courtyard building on Grand sort of across from Grandview.<BR/><BR/>Made me suspect some sort of lookout thing going on.Jeffereyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-39407433648452071282008-01-19T15:22:00.000-05:002008-01-19T15:22:00.000-05:00My husband and I love our dutch-colonial style hou...My husband and I love our dutch-colonial style house in Grafton Hill. The single-family homes there are well-loved by their owners, who are close knit and very diverse. They're enormous homes (some as big as 5K square feet with at least three floors), and a lot of work has gone into them in the last two decades. One by one, a handful of dilapated homes are being restored to their former glory. Many of them are some of the nicest historic homes in Dayton.<BR/>But the apartments are a problem (except for the Commodore, a beautiful and underappreciated building which is mostly empty). We fight drug and foot traffic from the pre-war and "film noir" apartments on lower Central avenue. Many beautiful homes were torn down to make room for these post-war apartment buildings, and most of us in the neighborhood see them as a lost cause and would tear them down with our own hands, no matter their history. Two buildings were recently purchased and remodeled, and I think all the tenants evicted and we've noticed a drop in crime traffic. But we question how well the new proposed building will fare in such close proximity to problem buildings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-61959972570069202202008-01-19T10:40:00.000-05:002008-01-19T10:40:00.000-05:00Fascinating study of an area that often is ignored...Fascinating study of an area that often is ignored, but is one of the most attractive urban areas in Dayton. Keep showing us these things; maybe some day we will actually appreciate what we do have!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com