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Swamplot Archives by Category: Demolitions
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Arlington House
November 20, 2008 – 7:06 am
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Margarita Kill
November 19, 2008 – 8:21 am
Broadway is left to find beauty on its own; Gulf Freeway encounters carpet cutbacks. Metaphors and more are hiding in today’s list of demo locations:
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Gas Relief
November 18, 2008 – 8:48 am
There’s just one spot on this list. Station, for this day Houston focuses its development hopes and dreams on you.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Que Sara Sera
November 17, 2008 – 8:38 am
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A Heights ice house iced — plus a couple house punches. It’s all in this little list:
Friday, November 14, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Ingersoll Rammed
November 14, 2008 – 8:13 am
A house on Bissonnet won’t live to see the Ashby Highrise. Plus: more of the day’s building toll, in our latest report:
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Dry Heave
November 13, 2008 – 9:11 am
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Not on Our Watch
November 12, 2008 – 7:55 am
City offices were closed in honor of Veterans Day, which means no demolition permits were approved yesterday.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Home Chopping Network
November 11, 2008 – 8:39 am
Check out the program lineup this season! Only the best shows, with must-see action:
Monday, November 10, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Sandradale a Goner
November 10, 2008 – 8:31 am
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A shore loser in Kingwood, a complete automotive failure, and a parade of crushed houses fill out this morning’s report:
Friday, November 7, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Going Once, Going Twice, Gone!
November 7, 2008 – 6:25 am
Everything must leave the lot!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Traded Away
November 6, 2008 – 9:25 am
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Just When You Thought It Was Already Long Gone: A Second Demolition for the Shamrock Hotel
November 5, 2008 – 2:51 pm
The last remaining building associated with Houston’s 1950s-era glam-magnet Shamrock Hotel is slated to be torn down, reports Cynthia Lescalleet in the West U. Examiner. The Shamrock’s former ballroom facility at 2151 W. Holcombe became the Edwin Hornberger Conference Center in 1996, nine years after the Shamrock itself was famously axed.
The Texas Medical Center has more building plans for the site:
TMC will build 250,000 square feet of office space in three floors to be added atop the Bell building, which also houses the existing parking garage, said TMC’s John Kajander. The added space is to support TMC institutions, he said.
The building housing the Hornberger’s foyer and ballroom “is nearing the end of its useful life,” he said, and will be taken down.
A little Hornberger history:
Buffalo Pharmacy Is Toast
November 5, 2008 – 12:14 pm
Earlier this year, Buffalo Pharmacy announced it would leave its soon-to-be-demolished digs at Bissonnet and Buffalo Speedway and move inside the new H-E-B under construction just behind the store. In the interim, Buffalo Pharmacy was set to operate out of a trailer on the site.
But those plans have changed: Buffalo Pharmacy will close for good this Saturday, November 8. The pharmacy opening in the trailer 2 days later will be called H-E-B Pharmacy.
The new supermarket, meant to be a cross between a Central Market and a typical H-E-B, is scheduled to open next year. And it’ll have an H-E-B Pharmacy inside.
- Pharmacy moving, but not far [West University Examiner]
Photo of Buffalo Pharmacy: Flickr user Kevin Trotman [license]
Daily Demolition Report: Missing the Boat
November 5, 2008 – 10:43 am
The results are in: The day’s Houston dustmakers, all in a list for you!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Daily Demolition Report: Down for the Count
November 4, 2008 – 9:00 am
For election day, a special luxury residential edition of our daily report — as 5 fine homes are selected for demolition:
