We’ve already opened the first category for this year’s Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate, celebrating the Houston area’s best design clichés. Let’s get started this afternoon on the second category: the year’s Best Demolition.
Teardowns are plentiful in Houston — just take a peek back through Swamplot’s archive of daily demo reports. But for Swampies season, we’re looking for that special award-worthy demo that really goes above and beyond (or below, perhaps). Did a teardown this year have a certain historic weight to it? Did something go down with a bang, or with some extra flair and panache? What property should be honored this time around, and why?
Send us your well-argued nominations to the comments section below — or send them in a private message to our tips line. For more on the nomination process, head here.
Nominations for both categories announced today will remain open until midnight next Tuesday, December 6. We’ll be introducing more fun categories as the week goes on, so be sure to get your nominations in now for the first 2!
- The First Category in the Swamplot Awards, Now Open For Your Nominations: Favorite Houston Design Cliché [Swamplot]
- How To Make a Nomination for the 2016 Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate [Swamplot]
- Swamplot Awards Nominations 2016 [Swamplot]
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