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• finness May 10, 2011 at 10:26 am

  That is a hell of a turn-around time! Everything new is old again.
• cornudo May 10, 2011 at 10:48 am

  How long ago was the 507 Roy (Tin House) built? Still looks good…
• Phil May 10, 2011 at 11:09 am

  It must have been built around ’79-80. I remember working on another ‘tin house’ around the corner in ’82, and the one on Roy had been there awhile. Wasn’t it designed for a deMenil family member?
• Spencer Howard May 10, 2011 at 11:13 am

  1974. Designed Eugene Aubry and Hossein Oskouie of S.I. Morris Associates for art dealer Fredericka Hunter. Very sad.
• Phil May 10, 2011 at 11:26 am

  oh right! I was working for Hossein O. in ’82. Sad indeed to see it go. Wasn’t it the *first* tin house in West End?
• texgallo May 10, 2011 at 12:22 pm

  I attended many music concerts at
  Fredericka’s house. Its soaring two-story
  gallery was quite unique . . . but the
  developer will put two 4-story things in
  its place . . . sad to see such a fine
  home demolished.
• JT May 10, 2011 at 3:12 pm

  The entire lot was scraped yesterday. Not a tree or shred of anything left. Hello 6 townhomes!
• Miz Brooke Smith May 10, 2011 at 3:35 pm

  What a shame…so much Houston art history happened at 507 Roy. It was a beautiful home.
• markd May 11, 2011 at 4:39 pm

  I had the opportunity to work on a project with Hossein around ’03-’04. He built a really solid house and was a great guy to work with. Sad to see his early work get scraped like that.