red x

The home adjacent to the McDonald's on West Housatonic St. in Pittsfield was recently demolished. It had a red "X" on it for years, but that is not the reason for the X. Driving around Massachusetts over the years, every once in awhile I would come across a home or a building that looked dilapidated or at least vacant that displayed a red on white "X" or a white on red "X&

Driving around Massachusetts over the years, every once in awhile I would come across a home or a building that looked dilapidated or at least vacant that displayed a red on white "X" or a white on red "X", and I never understood what that meant...