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:
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Demolitions
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:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Unto sheetrock dust they shall return:
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:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A Memorial-area home is in the last stage of its life cycle:
COMMENT OF THE DAY: THERE’S A BIG ORANGE ARROW OF DEMOLITIONS POINTING TOWARD DOWNTOWN 
“Play around with the zoom level on the map while centered roughly on the Galleria. What you find will shock you (or probably not if you’re a regular here).” [TimP, commenting on Every Houston Demolition of 2018, Mapped; previously on Swamplot]
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A construction supplier is destined to face other construction supplies:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A short and sweet list today as the timer beeps on a bakery:
It’s the most wonderful time of the year to take stock of everything that’s been ripped to shreds around town recently, so we built this tool to help you do so. The map above shows the location of every demolition permit filed with the City of Houston in 2018. Here’s a full-size version. In total 2,312 properties were tagged for demo, some of which — like, say, apartment or industrial complexes — saw multiple structures go down on their premises. Zoom in and you’ll see the clusters start to break down into individual address markers that tell you more about what went down. (Multi-building demos are indicated by the bullseye icons with multiple rings.)
Recognize any of last year’s high-profile disappearances? The Shelor Motor Company Building at 1621 Milam St., for instance? KHOU’s flooded newsroom at 1945 Allen Pkwy.? The Depression-era Harris County District Attorney’s Building at 201 Fannin, Clark Gable’s former house at 411 Hyde Park Blvd., the northeast portion of the River Oaks Shopping Center at 1958 W. Gray St., La Colombe d’Or’s ballroom at 3410 Montrose Blvd., architecture firm Caudill Rowlett Scott’s former HQ at 1177 West Loop South, Exxon Chemical’s old conference building at 13501 Katy Fwy., the mysterious Heights corner compound at 620 W. 9th St., Shake Shack’s Burger King predecessor at 1002 Westheimer, the last traces of KBR’s Fifth Ward complex at 2720 Clinton Dr., the bungalow at 610 Allston St. where Mary Cerruti — the homeowner who refused to make room for Trammell Crow’s adjacent Yale at 6th apartments — was found dead inside one of the walls?
They’re all there. This time, however, they’re sharing the spotlight with all their fellow, but significantly less fussed-over knockdowns, the kinds that form the bulk of Houston real estate turnover. For a look at where across-the-board demo activity was the most concentrated last year, take a look at our 2018 demolition heatmap:
Annual Demolition Report
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Slim offerings for the demo gods today, but we’re still ending this week with a bang.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A new year with the same old neighborhood turnover:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Should old apartments be forgot, and never brought to mind? Farewell to these homes and to 2018:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Switching gears in the Museum District:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
These six homes will be removed from the equation:
NEEDVILLE WATER TOWER WILL STAY STANDING FOR NOW ON ACCOUNT OF IT MIGHT BE COVERED IN LEAD Needville’s city council appeared unmoved by local preservationists’ 2-year campaign to repaint and rehab the town’s signature WWII-era water tower earlier this month when it voted 3-2 to demolish the, um, patinaed structure. But just last Friday, 2 people with land near the tower took a new approach to preserving it, arguing in district court that the structure’s worth saving not just for its looks but because lab tests, their attorney wrote, showed that its exterior “was coated with six layers of lead-based paint,” each containing a high level of the chemical. A temporary restraining order granted against the City of Needville the same day now bars anyone from toppling the tower until “safety protocols are established by competent experts,” to ensure that “no environmental contamination” will result from the teardown. (“The contractor hired by the city council is a nice guy,” one of the plaintiffs, Rick Sinclair, told the Chronicle’s Kristi Nix, “but I don’t believe he is licensed or accredited to handle this level of lead abatement.”) A hearing to consider the lawsuit is now set for January 19. According to the plaintiffs, “Restoration coating systems have been identified” that would protect the tower while also sealing in the lead. [abc13] Video: Picture Perfect Productions
