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There was a huge fire Monday morning at Carroll Park in Pigtown. Luckily, it wasn’t the Carroll Mansion as some people initially thought. Turns out it was the bath house. This is still a substantial loss for local little league teams. They were supposed to start up soon, but instead lost their offices and equipment in the blaze. I wonder if the City will rebuild. I love the park and during the season play softball there every week. I used to play basketball there frequently too. Two years ago they added four more hoops and last year the football field was improved as well. But the park still has all of the problems of the city in general. If you look closely, it’s not hard to find needles, condoms, vials, etc. Not to mention guys on dirtbikes and homeless guys passed out on the bleachers. Hopefully the City will keep investing in the park and we will see continued improvement.

I’m going to try to stop by the park this week, maybe tonight on my way to check out a house in Morrell Park that’s up for auction. In the meantime, check out WJZ for video of the fire and aftermath:

They’ve been putting out a series of videos lately documenting some of worst examples of illegal dumping in Pigtown. I love that they call out the owners by showing their information. You might even recognize a few of the names such as the one and only Barry Glazer. Unfortunately, the soundtrack may get stripped due to copyright infringement, but you still get the point. Don’t let stuff like this stop you from investing in an “up and coming” neighborhood. Neighborhoods like Pigtown need good responsible property owners to come in and get involved. Once the tide turns, you can sit back and enjoy having the smallest mortgage on the block! Finally, if you want to know more or get more involved in Pigtown, start by joining their Yahoo! group here.