Cleveland's Department of Building and Housing took swift action, shutting down a building at E. 83 and Cedar Avenue, due to a potentially hazardous brick wall.
A visual inspection of the east side wall on the two-story building clearly shows the wall is severely buckling, with bricks separating from the window frames.
Cleveland police have surrounded the building with yellow police tape, and have blocked a quarter mile section of E. 83 to traffic as a precaution.
But Sharon Monroe, who is the owner of The Rose of Sharon Barber Salon on the first floor of the now closed building, believes the City of Cleveland is over-reacting.
Monroe said she wasn't given any warning, and believes building owner Charles Scott wasn't under any code violations for the cracked building facade. She said there were no falling bricks at the scene. (Story continues below picture)
"They've made a whole scene all afternoon about nothing," said Monroe."They're saying they want the wall repaired. Which we know the wall needs to be repaired and it's a work in progress."
"There was no incident here. I don't know, the Mayor was just here the last Friday, the Friday before last to be exact. We had a nice lunch here. I don't know if it's politics, or what it is behind the scenes. But it's not fair." - Sharon Monroe
Monroe said there are many other Cleveland buildings that are far more dangerous that should be shut down, like the old Swift Complex on W. 65, where falling debris was caught on security cameras earlier in the month.
News 5 contacted building owner Charles Scott, and the City of Cleveland for comment on this story, but so far we're still waiting for a response.
