Today, it stands plastered with graffiti while broken glass covers the floor of the front lobby.

"This is kind of a shame, what you see today. The only thing left are memories," Wick said. He remembers the hotel as a busy place, especially the week of the Dayton Air Show.

Wick and others took pictures of problem properties throughout the region and sent them to WHIOTV.COM.

Those nominations and other suggestions from Facebook produced the Miami Valley's Worst Eyesore Top 10 List.

The Executive Inn came in at No. 1 on the list for its exceptionally bad appearance and high visibility.

An industrial property in Greene County came in at No. 2. The old rope factory plant in Xenia has been closed since 2004. It has been struck by fire several times, and now is the focus of a cleanup effort led by the city.

The former Sunshine Biscuit Company plant in Dayton came in at No. 3. It now is a storage warehouse.

The middle part of the top 10 list is dominated by a variety of houses in disrepair. A home on Deeds Avenue in Dayton, hit by fire more than a year ago, is still missing a roof.

Jenet Mullins nominated a house on Kenwood Avenue in Dayton that appears to have been struck by a falling tree. Since then, no repairs have been made.

"This didn't happen overnight. This was ten years in the making," Mullins said. As she spoke, a grass cutting crew appeared to mow the lawn at the direction of the owners. Before firing up their mowers they had to clear the front yard of a pile of broken bottles and other debris.

Mullins expressed her frustration with the number of nuisance properties. "I'm tired of the excuses. Let's just fix these things," Mullins said.

Fixing the problem can be time consuming and expensive. The properties with out of state owners are the toughest to deal with, according to Harrison Township development director Jack Kuntz. He added that townships have fewer options than cities when it comes to the immediate response to dirty properties.

"We are not legally allowed to go onto the property and make these repairs, demolitions, what have you, until we go through the very closely monitored process that is laid out by the state of Ohio," Kuntz said.

Want to force a fix at a nasty property? Complaints from neighbors, early and often, occasionally do the trick. Although, even with pressure from neighbors, action on ugly properties can take years.

Dave Wick is hoping if enough people complain about the properties in their neighborhood that something will be done about them. He grew up near the Dayton Executive Inn and would like to see it cleaned up or torn down.

"I hope it don't fall on deaf ears or blind eyes because something needs to be done quickly," Wick said.

The building is currently up for sale but the owners are behind in their property taxes. Harrison Township is taking the property owners to court, seeking action on the graffiti and other security issues.

Here is the full list of the Miami Valley's Worst Eyesores:

1. Dayton Executive Inn on Needmore Road in Harrison Township, Montgomery County. 2. Old Rope Factory, Route 42, Xenia, Greene County. 3. Former Sunshine Biscuit Company, Cincinnati Street, Dayton, Montgomery County. 4. House on Deeds Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County. 5. House on Harper Street, Dayton, Montgomery County. 6. House on West Jefferson Street, Springfield, Clark County. 7. House on Kenwood Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County. 8. Graffiti on I-675, Beavercreek, Greene County. 9. Old Reid Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. 10. Howard Paper Company Factory, Edwin C. Moses Blvd., Dayton, Montgomery County.

jim.otte@whiotv.com