The city demolished a blighted house at 116 Walnut St., on Thursday, in the Six Corners area, saying it expands efforts to reduce blight in neighborhoods and to continue the city's recovery from the 2011 tornado.

"This has been a long blighted property," Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said during a press conference in front of the newly razed property. "This continues our attack on derelict properties for quality of life issues in our neighborhood areas."

The city will place a lien on the privately-owned property to recover the cost of demolition, officials said.