Like any community, Canton's history has within it narratives of missed opportunity — from failing to annex Meyers Lake to the demolition of the city's train station to tearing down President William McKinley's home, where the main branch of Stark Library stands, but not for long.

Perhaps saving the Ritz Hotel Apartments can be an exception.

Located at 705 Sixth St. NW in downtown Canton, it is a 1920s jewel whose beauty and good bones still can be seen beneath decades of neglect.

Former Canton Repository reporter Kelli Weir recently detailed how the building has been passed about like a chain letter from one owner to another.

Back in 2006, the building's condition was so deplorable that Municipal Court Judge Richard Kubilus sentenced its then-owner to live in it for 30 days.

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