"There is a serious problem with disrepair in the borough.
Ms. Gibson said her roof had a "chronic problem" of disrepair, and alerted the city to her concerns.
Despite the space problems and disrepair at Greenburgh, many of the library's users are so devoted to it that they are blind to its flaws.
An 1864 report by Lt. Col. Barton S. Alexander, the aide de camp to Gen. John Gross Barnard, chief engineer of the defenses of Washington, described the way Fort Jackson had been allowed to fall into disrepair: To fix the problems at Fort Jackson, Alexander recommended the addition of an artillery section, a second company of infantry, and various improvements to the fort itself.
It is the story of how scores of people were left to perish in what is being described as a block riddled with fire and safety problems and disrepair, just metres away from some of the wealthiest streets in the country. .
As more homes entered foreclosure, more neighborhoods were riddled with problem properties -- some in disrepair because of their owners' financial problems, a few boarded up to deter squatters.
Her home is an apartment building that fell into disrepair when the owners encountered tax problems.
Andrews complained about the property's disrepair after moving in a year ago – there were problems with the gas and damp.
Her garden, however, was in disrepair and her daughter, Amanda, who was having health problems of her own, was not strong enough to restore it.
But there are still vast swaths of Detroit, once populated by the working middle class, black and white, that are largely abandoned and desolate, the houses gone or in disrepair, the jobs long gone, and until that seemingly intractable problem is dealt with, Detroit can never have a true renaissance.
