Yes, this is the street on which Marabel Chanin lived. In fact, Mlive.com had a story that links to video from the initial story done on Marabegl. You can find the link here.
For a sad follow up piece, see here. And for yet another follow up piece, see here.
The Google Street view does not give a great view of her house, but here it is.
This is a very sad story all around. It is astounding to think that in a matter of five years, a neighborhood can go from generally functioning and occupied to this state of abandonment.
In terms of demolition priority, I am not entirely surprised this is not first on the list. If no one still lives on the block, then I can imagine sites with people living nearby would be a higher priority. It does look like a handful of houses remain occupied, but it is too difficult to tell without driving by.
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