Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Oh, what a Tanglewood we weave, when first we practice to . . . leave.
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A miraculous bit of destruction coming to 42nd St. — and 32nd St. as well. Plus these losses:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Just your Friendly Public Warehouse, bidding adieu:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Block by block, lot by lot — we will remake this city.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
You won’t miss these. Just close your eyes.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
We have left our homes; why mourn when they in turn leave us?
WHAT CHANCE WOULD THE KIRBY MANSION STAND TO STAY STANDING UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP? 
The demolition watchdogs over at Preservation Houston report that a buyer has the 36-room Midtown mansion on the corner of Pierce and Smith St. under contract and “does not intend to retain the building.” Seeking to thwart a teardown, Houston historic commission chair Minnette Boesel met with seller Phlip Azar last week — reports Nancy Sarnoff — and urged him to find someone instead who’ll keep the place upright. Aside from the house’s pedigree (built in 1894 for John Henry Kirby, it was expanded and remodeled 32-years later by architect James Ruskin Bailey), the Tudor at 2006 Smith St. has state and federal tax credits to offer any developer that renovates it for commercial use. That’s what its last would-be buyer Dennis Murphree hoped to do 3 years ago before the sale fell through. His plan: build a 15-story office tower designed “to look as much like the mansion as possible,” right next door to it — reported Sarnoff — and incorporate the 18,000-sq.-ft. house into the complex.[Preservation Houston; more info] Photo: Preservation Houston/The Heritage Society
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Subtractive manufacturing is the future of vacant lots.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Askew no more — and other tales of the newly departed:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
We move to different rhythms, but we collapse to our own tune.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Remember what we’re running over:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Goodbye to all the old places.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Paving and unpaving make the world go ’round.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Today’s outlets for aggression — and expressions of uncertainty:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Built and tended for decades; destroyed in one delightful instant.
