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Byline: Barbara Carmen
Nov. 20--Poindexter Tower was among the nation's first public-housing developments, has been a landmark in Columbus' King-Lincoln district and is likely to become rubble. The vacant 10-story tower is 46 years old and would be too costly to salvage, said an attorney for former residents who still own condominiums there. The leader of a nonprofit group trying to redevelop the Near East Side site agreed.
"It's riddled with asbestos, needs a new roof and boiler system, and has been vandalized," said E. Darren McNeal, who has represented Poindexter's condominium association since 1998. "Tearing the building down is probably the best way to go now. It would be flat, available land," McNeal said. But first, the remaining 69…
Source: HighBeam Research, Vacant condos could be razed: Owners of units in Poindexter Tower...