Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Here’s the story of a lovely duplex that came with quite a lovely pile of bricks:
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- High Rent Near West U Drives Panda Garden To Shutter After 25 Years, New Location Planned [HBJ]
- Energy Corridor Restaurant Carmelo’s Cucina Italiana Closes for Renovations [Culturemap]
- Ice Cream—Filled Waffles Are Heading to Garden Oaks and Katy [Eater]
- February Opening Slated for First Inner Loop Perry’s Steakhouse at River Oaks Shopping Center [HBJ, previously on Swamplot]
- 288 Exit on I-45 N. Closing Permanently as TxDOT Begins Construction [Houston Public Media]
- Lone Star College Buys Land for Magnolia Campus [Community Impact]
- CBD Infused Coffee Setting Up Shop in EaDo [Eater]
Photo of Glassell School of Art: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Out with the old and in with the construction crew:
- Stretchy Palestinian Ice Cream Coming to Richmond Ave. in Woodlake [Eater]
- Weingarten Sells Heights Office Building [HBJ ($)]
- 20th St. Hotel Maison Robert To Feature Pool, Bar, and House Florist Neighbor [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Restoration of Historic Third Ward Mural Damaged in Harvey Underway as Roof Repairs Near Completion [Houston Chronicle]
- Humble City Council Okays “Prudent†Commercial Development Builds in Flood Plains [Community Impact]
- Pan-Asian Teahouse 7 Leaves Chooses Bellaire Blvd. for First Texas Location [Eater]
- Hanover Plans Mixed-Use Development Possibly Featuring Hotel, Office, Residential Space Downtown [HBJ ($)]
- Rothko Chapel Closing in March for Renovations and New Building for Visitors [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
Photo of Fred Hartman Bridge: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A light smattering of homes today, with a refreshing hint of mortar:
- Pelican Builders Developing 17-Story Tanglewood Condo Tower on San Felipe [HBJ]
- Proposed Kingwood Highrise Could Damage Wetlands, Exacerbate Flooding [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
- Next Transit Steps for Light Rail Lines in Community’s Hands, Says METRO Chairwoman [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- New Tiki Cocktails Headed to The Heights as Tikila’s Snags Former N. Shepherd Dive Bar Spot [Eater]
- Urban Bricks Debuts with Drive-Thru Pizza on Westheimer Near Phoenicia [Culturemap]
Photo of Wells Fargo Plaza: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
One man’s shed is another man’s pile of rubble.
- New UTHealth Med Center Campus Will Be the Largest Academic Psychiatric Hospital in the Country [Houston Public Media]
- Construction Underway on 3 New CCISD Schools To Be Completed This Year [Community Impact; previously on Swamplot]
- Baytown Business Park off of Grand Pkwy. Changes Hands as New Industrial Builds are Planned [HBJ]
- Star Pizza Opens Third Location on Westheimer Pkwy. in Katy [Houston Chronicle]
- Legislators Consider Using “Rainy Day†Funds for Harvey Recovery, Teachers, and School Safety [Texas Tribune]
- New Houston Developer Building Industrial Spec Projects Near Denver Harbor, Aldine [Bisnow]
- Pax Americana on Montrose Shutters Over the Weekend [HBJ]
- Cornyn Opposes Rumored Redirection of Harvey Funds for Border Wall [Houston Public Media]
- Public Works Raises Million-Gallon Water Tower on Wilson Rd. In Humble [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of The Shops in Houston Center: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
They may not go gentle into that good night, but they’ll still go:
- Understory Food Hall Adds Fast-Casual Mona Fresh Italian to Roster [Eater]
- White House May Now Redirect Money Intended for Harvey Relief to Border Wall [abc13]
- New 68-Acre “Elevated†Housing Development To Be Built in 500-Year Humble Flood Plain [Houston Chronicle]
- Houston Makes New York Times List of 52 Best Places to Travel in 2019 [New York Times]
- Cost of Downtown Historic Esperson Complex’s Debt “Attractive†to Office Owners [GlobeSt]
- Looking for 3 More Tenants, Asiatown’s Bellaire Food Street Scraps Food Hall Plans Less Than a Month from Opening [Eater]
- TxDOT To Close 288 in Pearland, I-45 in The Woodlands for Bridge Work this Weekend [HBJ]
- Houston Among 17 Cities To Announce Bid To Host 2026 FIFA World Cup [Click2Houston]
Photo of the vault at Hotel ICON: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
These buildings are not-so-boldly going where so many buildings have gone before:
- Heights Mercantile, Other Radom Heights Properties Sold to North Carolina Developers [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
- Houston Developers Swindled Chinese Investors Who Poured $50M into Alleged Mixed-Use Project [The Wall Street Journal ($)]
- After 2-Plus Years of Construction, Bissonnet Reopens in Both Directions Between Buffalo Spdwy. and Kirby [Culturemap]
- Bayshore Medical Center Opens 15,800 Sq. Ft. Center for Neurosciences and Orthopedics on Spencer Hwy. in Pasadena [HBJ]
- After Yearlong Absence, Cousins Maine Lobster Food Truck Returns to Houston, Enters Talks To Join Lyric Market Food Hall [Culturemap]
- Former DoubleTree Downtown Begins New Life as C. Baldwin Hotel This Summer [HBJ]
- How Minneapolis’s Multifamily Rezoning Plan Got Approved, And How the City Will Put It in Play [Curbed]
Photo of Sculpt Fitness, 3334 Edloe St.: Swamplot inbox
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Unto sheetrock dust they shall return:
- Construction Underway on 45-Acre Expansion of Port Houston Container Terminal in Pasadena [Bisnow]
- METRO Considers Increasing HOV Requirements to 3 Passengers During Peak Travel Times [abc13]
- American Bureau of Shipping Moves into New 10-Story Headquarters at CityPlace 2 in Spring [Maritime Executive]
- Shutdown Halts Houston’s Harvey Recovery Work, Flood Bond Implementation [Houston Public Media]
- Memorial Park Adjacent Midrise The Sophie at Bayou Bend First Phase of Construction Complete [Forbes]
- Houston’s Residential Construction Value Up by 22.8% in 2018 [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of East River Development at 4100 Clinton Dr.: Eric Sandler via Instagram
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
These old haunts just didn’t make the cut:
