article_snippet: Tens of thousands fled City, never to return, in the wake of the devastating storm, leaving many homes to crumble into ruin, and patches of land to grow wild.
article_snippet: The vast majority of the lots are empty plots .
article_snippet: Typical: More than 1,000 empty spaces like these will be sold - after City has given up any realistic hope of finding previous owners.
article_snippet: Tempting: This patch overgrown weeds - also known as 3050 North Miro Street - is one of the almost 1,800 lots for sale .
article_snippet: Some of the almost 1,800 lots for sale are empty patches of ground, others are overgrown with weeds or piled with trash.
article_snippet: Other complete properties, largely wooden shacks, are so dilapidated Other complete properties, largely wooden shacks can hardly stay upright.
article_snippet: Empty: The unused land around this university building is another one of the lots - listed under 131 South Liberty Street .
article_snippet: 1925 Felician Street is another of the chunks of land which has gone unclaimed and unmaintained .
article_snippet: However, unlike similar schemes in other cities, there is no provision that owners have to develop or repairs the plots - or even live there.
highlights_snippet: Mixture of tumbledown shacks, empty lots - and at least one apartment .
  