Got one we can shake before popping, to see if it’ll explode?
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Commercial Structures
Residences
- 2327 Quenby St. 77005 (Southampton Place; for future remodel)
- 1641 Hawthorne St. 77006 (West Mandell Place)
- 4010 Barnes St. 77007
- 1509 Nashua St. 77008Â (photos)
- 818 Euclid St. 77009 (Woodland Heights; swimming pool demo, grading, and fill)
- 1516 Martin St. 77018
- 3214 Charleston St. 77021Â (photos)
- 3807 Rebecca St. 77021
- 4959 Culmore Dr. 77021
- 1062 Marjorie St. 77088Â (photos)
- 4702 Lido Ln. 77092
- 2332 Margaret St. 77093 (Pevan Grove Unrestricted; Bldg. 2 and shed)
- 2830 Wimberly St. 77093 (Sherwick Place; shed)
- 4518 Dunnam Place Rd. 77365 (aka 58 Dunnam Place; shed)
Photo of 1641 Hawthorne St.: HAR
A brick bungalow with a front porch, built-in bookcases and fireplace being demoed. These old-house obituaries are still depressing. When the plastic surgery is done Montrose won’t be recognizable to any who knew her in the 20th century.
Anyone know what’s going up at 2901 Louisiana?
I live very close to this house and passed it on a walk a couple days back. Another Urban Living garbage home going in. I wanted to grab a flyer just to see the price tag but someone (hilariously) put dog poo all over the inside of the flyer box. I doubt that will keep someone from buying it but liked the message.
*Correction: The poo box is the other UL home on Hawthorne right next to Lanier middle school. Now I wonder if this one will get a poo box too.
Seeing the demo announcement for 1641 Hawthorne brought me down, too, but I want Swamplot readers to know that my old Montrose house will remain for as long as I’m in it (the actuaries would put that at 30+ years, I reckon).
Thank you HoustonReader, for hanging on to your bungalow as long as possible. I just don’t understand why a perfectly functional well-maintained home in an established neighborhood has to be torn down for some featureless stucco box. It’s not changing the density of the neighborhood (unless the developer plans 2+ townhomes on the lot), and today’s developers are short on design aesthetics. May you live long and prosper, and not be surrounded by townhomes!
We recently renovated a bungalow in that area and at first was surprised by how many neighbors stopped by to tell us how happy they were that we didn’t tear it down. We love our little house and I’m sad to see that one go!