The slumping 1930’s storefront at the northeast corner of Ashland and W. 11th St. has been given the all-clear to be cleared out, a reader notes from city paperwork spotted on the door late last week (with this morning’s daily demolition report hot on his heels to confirm the story). Both the street-fronting corner property and its taller neighbor are owned by a legal entity called Villa Incognito, a name which appears to have been created less than a year after the Tom Robbins novel of the same name was published. The company’s registered agent also appears to own the next property down the row at 519 W. 11th.
- Previously on Swamplot:Â Daily Demolition Report: West Mainly Needs To Go
Photo: Swamplot inbox
Coming Down in the Heights
Went down this past weekend
Ye who giveth away zero setback may be woe with regret whence thou bowest before the great lords of the planning commission.
This makes for the 5th place I’ve lived that has been torn down…
Another nice zero setback building gone. Probably for some suburban style crap. YaY Houston!
luckily it looks like it was just the 1-story on the corner, not the whole row.