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ASHLEY MURRAY and JOEL JACOBS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, via AP Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP This Thursday, Jan. 28 picture shows homes in Homewood section of Pittsburgh. The rotting structure on North Homewood Avenue has become a troubling reminder of whatâs gone wrong with the cityâs efforts to restore an area long plagued by blight and crime. PITTSBURGH –For Pittsburgh officials, the empty storefront on a once bustling street in Homewood was a building block in an effort to revitalize one of the poorest and most distressed city neighborhoods. The city acquired the small building in 2013 for the cost of the back taxes: $1,769. But then the roof caved in and the rain poured inside. ....