Here they are: a whole big bunch of homes ready for the “Mayor’s Demo” — or is it the “Mayor’s D-Day Project”? All shown as listed, below:
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Commercial Structures
- Genoa Red Bluff Company, 10375 Gulfpalms St. 77034
Residences
- 2826 Dennis St. 77004 (Dreyling Gustave; Mayor’s Demo)
- 3517 Nettleton St. 77004 (Forest Home; Mayor’s Demo; photos)
- 4834 Austin St. 77004 (Blodgett Park)
- 844 1/2 Cortlandt St. 77007 (garage only)
- 1309 Asbury St. 77007
- 909 Tabor St. 77009 (Brooke Smith; photos)
- 1006 Aurora St. 77009 (photos)
- 1607 McKee St. 77009 (Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 7806 Channelside St. 77012 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 4325 Banner Dr. 77013 (garage; Mayor’s Demo)
- 8901 Sandra St. 77016 (Heatherside Place; Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 9117 Lockwood Dr. 77016 (Buckingham Place; 2 structures; Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 114 E. 33rd St. 77018 (Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 4106 Rutland St. 77018 (Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 3224 Ella Lee Ln. 77019 (garage)
- 1302 Hill St. 77020 (Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 4610 Sharon St. 77020 (Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 7223 San Angelo St. 77020 (garage)
- 6309 Liverpool St. 77021 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 6605 England St. 77021 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 3818 Merrick St. 77025 (Braes Heights)
- 3219 Adelia St. 77026 (Fosters; Mayor’s D-Day Project; 3 structures)
- 4706 Octavia St. 77026 (Augusta; shed; Mayor’s Demo)
- 6211 Octavia St. 77026 (Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 6913 Cluett St. 77028
- 7212 N. Wayside Dr. 77028 (2 structures)
- 7998 Hanna St. 77028
- 8157 Lynette St. 77028 (Clairmont Place; 2 structures)
- 4750 Angleton St. 77033 (Bayou Estates; Mayor’s Demo)
- 9113 Noel St. 77033 (Sunnyside Gardens; Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 4410 Botany Ln. 77047 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 12818 Chiswick Rd. 77047 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 10919 Murr Way 77048 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 1121 Theresa St. 77051 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 4206 Clover St. 77051 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 4354 Aledo St. 77051 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 8410 Grandview St. 77051 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 2334 Harwood Dr. 77055 (Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 1202 Briar Ridge Dr. 77057 (photos)
- 12149 Alief Clodine Rd. 77082 (Mayor’s Demo)
- 7418 Maxroy St. 77088 (Highland)
- 7529 Easter St. 77088 (Highland Acres Homes Annex; Mayor’s D-Day Project)
- 2702 Paul Quinn St. 77091 (Mayor’s D-Day Project)
Photo of 2826 Dennis St.: HAR
In some cases, “out of sight, out of mind” is a good thing.
What I object to is this “Mayor’s Demolition Derby” which implies this is the result of Annise Parker’s having cracked down on the crack houses. The city has been demolishing these abandonded homes and buildings since 2005.
Maybe she needs to crack down on the crack complexes. Many of them in her own neighborhood. Two in particular on West Alabama. Known by most simply as Skylane.
The Skylane on Richmond and Hazard changed its name but its still crack central.
Skylane is a chain and all of their complexes are crappy.
Bye, 1006 Aurora. You had a terrible floor plan. I’m guessing 3 New Orleans-style row houses will replace you.
It looks like 909 Tabor has already been cleared and the lot is on the market.
What if they gave a demolition and there was nothing to tear down?!?!?
The Skylane on Richmond and Hazard changed its name but its still crack central.
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Location, as they say, is everything. Particularly for crack dealers, crackheads, and assorted other “pillars of society.”
One unit at the Skylane at West Alabama and Garrott was reported numerous times to the city over the “cockroach window” and apparently the inspector thought it was some sort of art the tenant had hung in the window. It’s become sort of an urban legend in Westmoreland Place. Some actually sneak in when the gates are open, which they usually are, to go sneak a peek.
Of course Skylane itself has become sort of an urban legend.
The owner obviously “knows someone” at City Hall.
Still they’re nice in emergencies such as a lunatic landlord you’re trying to flee from. Which I did. I do miss the enormous closet. Which is all I miss.
It’s a perfect place to write a thesis on the “subterranean culture” in America.
I am told by a friend who lives nearby that 4834 Austin is a half million dollar townhome which long ago replaced whatever property was supposed to be on this list.
909 Tabor was demolished over a year ago. Nothing has been built on the lot since then.
I am told by a friend who lives nearby that 4834 Austin is a half million dollar townhome which long ago replaced whatever property was supposed to be on this list.
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Maybe the owner was one of Gene Locke’s major supporters…
I object to certain provisions of this activity. The Mayor needs to reexamine what the defiinitioin of ‘dangerous’ entitles the city to do to property owners. I believe a former comment mentions crackhouses and dealers. I could not agree more. The first failure is the lack of mental health support and the failure of the Houston Police Department to keep people from breaking into unoccupied homes. How can the city rightfully blame a property owner and then bulldoze their property when it failed to do its job? Why does not the city allow a perosn to board its property up insted of locking that person into a repair or demolish scenario? What has happened to EQUAL PROTECTION under the law?