Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
The end of the drama at Harrie T. Lindeberg’s Shadyside mansion, among other devitalizing discards.
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Here’s some hot and heavy demo footage of a frenzied excavator tearing apart the former Blanco’s Bar and Grill at 3406 W. Alabama St. this morning, as a worker hoses down the scene from off to the side. A reader captured the final show at the little blue honky-tonk, which housed live music for nearly 32 years before its November 2013 closure.
Hosed on W. Alabama
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Grainy or not, these are getting cleared before long.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Some of Fairbanks Business Park is going away, and then all of the rest will follow in full.
This after-dark snapshot of a lone excavator hunched atop a pile of its own debris comes from Wright-Bembry Park last Friday — tear-up work at the Shady Acres greenspace, located between W. 23rd and W. 24th Sts. west of Durham Dr., began last Monday, according to a reader’s report. The work is part of a redo of the entire park, as shown in the plan below (oriented with west at the top of the frame):
Shady Acres
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
The time has finally come for that Grocer’s Supply warehouse, plus an old roller rink gets rolled over.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Well, at least for these select structures.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Not quite reminiscent of the French Renaissance, mais c’est la vie.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A sneak peek on the set of this reality demolition program.
A GLIMPSE OF THE HIDDEN PECAN AT 509 LOUISIANA ST., NOW THAT THE BUILDING IS OUT OF THE WAY 
While much of the 1906 structure that formerly stood at 509 Louisiana St. was still on site as of early afternoon yesterday, the pieces had mostly been rearranged. A couple of excavators can be seen picking them over in this shot sent in by a reader. The once-secret pecan tree is also hanging out in the open as it waits for the axe — look for the branches peeking out around the corner of the Calpine Center parking garage entrance, on the left edge of the shot. [Previously on Swamplot] Photo: Jack Miller via Swamplot inbox
No demo permits issued on Martin Luther King Day – check back tomorrow for a fresh list of elements.
SWEEPING UP THE CRUMBS AT THE FORMER HOME OF MIYAKO, RED ONION, AND MADRAS PAVILION 
A reader surveys the scant leftovers of the once-restaurant-filled office park at Kirby at Norfolk this morning. The knock-’em-down phase of the demolition of Corporate Plaza II and III, which began in mid-December, appears to have wrapped up and transitioned into the haul-’em-away. The complex’s still-standing parking garage, pictured on the right, was issued its demo permit on Friday. The last structure of the office park trio, the Corporate Plaza I midrise (hiding unsuccessfully behind the garage), has recently acquired a sash of debris netting around the middle; Nancy Sarnoff reports that Corporate Plaza I will be demolished as well. The complex should be fully done in by the end of April. [Chron.com, previously on Swamplot] Photo of 3910 and 3930 Kirby Dr.: Swamplot inbox
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
All lit up, and now permanently dimmed.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Flames and flooding make it easier to say goodbye to some of these.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
You won’t recognize these once they’ve been dealt with.
