A Moment for Skyward Contemplation at Main St.’s City Code Enforcement Building as The End Nears

Former City of Houston Code Enforcement Building, 3300 Main St., Midtown, Houston, 77002

As the walls crumble and the last days unfold for the city’s old code enforcement office in Midtown, a hidden stained-glass window has been uncovered — as seen here in a shot taken by a reader yesterday evening from across the light-rail tracks. Once the structure is fully deconstructed, the way will be open for that planned mixed-use-skyscraper from PM Realty to rise toward the heavens. In front of the window is the long-since-de-greened greenscreen trellis installed to dress up the main Main entrance of the concrete structure, back in the late aughts: 

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Former City of Houston Code Enforcement Building, 3300 Main St., Midtown, Houston, 77002

Former City of Houston Code Enforcement Building, 3300 Main St., Midtown, Houston, 77002

Photos: Swamplot inbox

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