There is so much happening in the background of a street in total collapse like this one is:

- $48,000 owed in delinquent property taxes across 9 properties worth an average of $15,000 a piece.

- In March, a firefighter fell through the floor of the house to the right of the burnt yellow structure in the above images. That led to a story about whether or not the city was paying medical bills for injured emergency workers (They were, though there was a pause when the city filed for bankruptcy)

- Demolitions, of which there have been about half a dozen, have not stemmed the tide of arson and exit.

- And fires – Detroit’s averaging about 15 arsons per day the last few years. This block has seen a few of them.