There are several vacant blocks of land in the suburb, many surrounding the Pines Shopping Centre.

This vacant block, which overlooked the Forum Romanum, was called the area Flacciana.

Once the site was cleared, the initial redevelopment plan fell through, as did several subsequent plans, leaving the block vacant and undeveloped for nearly a generation.

Four mostly vacant blocks lie to the north.

The vacant block between 59th and 60th Streets is now considered a part of York Avenue.

The leaders of the coalition said officials had offered them one site in the last year to complete the program, three vacant blocks in the central Harlem area.

It was not until the early 1950s that this district of scattered dwellings, vacant blocks and quiet villages became a suburban area of Sydney.

The town of Jandowae gained fame after offering vacant blocks of land for just $1.

Other nearly vacant blocks contain just two or three houses, but relocating residents is, even in the best of conditions, politically dangerous.

An example is the large 1900s block at Sadovnicheskaya, 80, evicted in 2003, still vacant.