Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.

For those who demolish with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

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Photo of 403 Winkler Dr. Arch-ive [license]

09/21/17 8:00am
by Lauren Meyers

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  • Best thing about 888 was the Chinese-language menu I didn’t understand. I ate a lot of mystery meat from that menu. Tasty, scrumptious total unknowns.
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    One after the other, falling like dominoes, are the staple restaurants of my years as a UH student. Thelma’s BBQ moved, then closed. Ninfa’s sold, went upscale. Van Loc, gone. Thien An, moved. Frenchie’s, gone. Kim Hung, closed. 888, on the demo list. It feels like I caught the one final sputtering gasp of Houston’s authenticity — and that feeling is how I know that nothing has actually changed except for me: I’m a old man now. Hey you kids, get off my lawn!

  • Avocado toast and lattes will constitute the pinings of this generation in 40 years…