Eyesore of the week: 1906 W. Washtenaw Ave.

A dilapidated garage from 1945 that marks the skinny lot at 1406 W. Washtenaw Ave. has seen better days. The top of the garage has been cut off, and the steps leading up its side look about to give way if anyone stands on them. A green tarp covers an opening left by a missing door. An old silver Dodge Ram pickup parked in front is piled up with bags of mulch and has small trees growing from the bed.

The 1925 house next door at 1408 Washtenaw has also seen better days, with broken windows and birch saplings growing from the Juliet balcony, but property owner Oscar Stallworth says it’s still livable and he plans to fix it up and sell it next year. The garage will be knocked down, for which he’s acquiring a demolition permit. He accused the city of taking the top of the building — the rafters — after the city inspector red-tagged the building as unsafe.