Eyesore of the week

Property:  406 Clifford St., Lansing

Owner:  Ryan Leyrer

Taxpayer: Jacob Leyrer

Assessed:  $33,700

Owner says: Unable to be reached for comment

Architecture critic Amanda Harrell-Seyburn says: 406Clifford St. is neither the best nor the worst of propertie, but it’shighlighted here with good reason. Today, right now, it is at a pivotalpoint. A single boarded window on the north side of this two-story maynot seem like much, but it is the harbinger of rapid deterioration. Thelonger the window remains unfixed — one becomes two, two becomes four.Time is of the essence.

406 Clifford St. isn’t a total loss —yet. The path to the front porch has already been reclaimed by thegrass, the porch’s roof is starting to come apart at the seams and thedoor and a first-story window have already lost their glass and beenreplaced by plywood. The paint is beginning to peel away, the grasscontinues to grow unchecked and one only knows how long the remainingwindows will keep their precious panes. The ivy that attached itself tothe power line wires is slowly spreading across the house’s top story.It’s not gone yet, but left unchecked, nature will reclaim its formerempty lot and all that will remain of this house will be the memoriesof those who occupied it long ago.