Comments on: From Vo’s Folly to Hall’s Hall: The Outsize Rivercrest Mansion for a Man Who Would Be Mayor? http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: miss_msry http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-18076 miss_msry Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:54:18 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-18076 Anthony Hall. And that is the most ludicrous excuse for a "house" I've seen in a long time. Bad L.A. comes to mind. Anthony Hall. And that is the most ludicrous excuse for a “house” I’ve seen in a long time. Bad L.A. comes to mind.

]]> By: EDward http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-18018 EDward Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:57:26 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-18018 One of the UGLIEST houses ever built ,anywhere! I toured the God awful thing. No wonder Hubert Vo is trying to unload the dump. Its hideous . It looks like a Pimp built it. Its 7 YEARS old. Rivercrest was horrified when he built the monstrosity. It should be TORN DOWN.It looks a designer on BAD drugs designed the interiors. And there are too many driveways. Just plain horrible. One of the UGLIEST houses ever built ,anywhere! I toured the God awful thing. No wonder Hubert Vo is trying to unload the dump. Its hideous . It looks like a Pimp built it. Its 7 YEARS old. Rivercrest was horrified when he built the monstrosity. It should be TORN DOWN.It looks a designer on BAD drugs designed the interiors. And there are too many driveways. Just plain horrible.

]]> By: Tex http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17682 Tex Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:22:04 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17682 "Chicago" has nothing to do with this dose of hideousness thanks very much! Only in Houston would something like this ever get built and "zoned"....Oh, wait....that's right! You have no zoning down there... “Chicago” has nothing to do with this dose of hideousness thanks very much! Only in Houston would something like this ever get built and “zoned”….Oh, wait….that’s right! You have no zoning down there…

]]> By: Neil http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17631 Neil Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:39:34 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17631 Maybe he will get it by reviving the Roman model of civic largesse. The Ben Hall Public Baths will become the one and only place to take a sauna, watch a movie and raid the fridge. Chicago would come to mind because Daley patronage is not a whole lot less explicit or more ethically appropriate, but for rollo it probably came to mind because of its general atmosphere of shrugging approvingly at someone's moneyed ambition to power in the machine. There will be insiders anywhere, but Texas north of about San Antonio retains a much more wildcatting sense of potential. You only get approval of public strongmen, as in Chicago, when there's fear of your share of something dwindling and the voters are offered protection. Maybe he will get it by reviving the Roman model of civic largesse. The Ben Hall Public Baths will become the one and only place to take a sauna, watch a movie and raid the fridge.
Chicago would come to mind because Daley patronage is not a whole lot less explicit or more ethically appropriate, but for rollo it probably came to mind because of its general atmosphere of shrugging approvingly at someone’s moneyed ambition to power in the machine. There will be insiders anywhere, but Texas north of about San Antonio retains a much more wildcatting sense of potential. You only get approval of public strongmen, as in Chicago, when there’s fear of your share of something dwindling and the voters are offered protection.

]]> By: Jimbo http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17563 Jimbo Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:29:59 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17563 Not sure why Chicago would come to mind. When I look at it the only thing that comes to mind is "only in Texas". Got to love that vaulted bathroom. If there is on thing I can't stand it's columns that serve absolutely no structural purpose whatsoever. Mind you maybe they're needed to hold up all the plaster in the vaulting. Not sure why Chicago would come to mind. When I look at it the only thing that comes to mind is “only in Texas”.

Got to love that vaulted bathroom. If there is on thing I can’t stand it’s columns that serve absolutely no structural purpose whatsoever. Mind you maybe they’re needed to hold up all the plaster in the vaulting.

]]> By: EMME http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17555 EMME Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:50:37 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17555 The ceilings look...heavy. The ceilings look…heavy.

]]> By: Miz Brooke Smith http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17453 Miz Brooke Smith Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:06:10 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17453 Rollo, you may be thinking of Anthony Hall, not Ben Hall. Rollo, you may be thinking of Anthony Hall, not Ben Hall.

]]> By: rollo http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17452 rollo Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:28:38 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17452 why does the term chicago come to my mind suddenly? and why does this blog assume this guy will get it. he is another wanna be. of course he has been around since our past lady mayor utilized his services. why does the term chicago come to my mind suddenly? and why does this blog assume this guy will get it. he is another wanna be. of course he has been around since our past lady mayor utilized his services.

]]> By: Howard Hughes http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17419 Howard Hughes Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:34:22 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17419 Wow, that's almost as bad as the Speer house. Wow, that’s almost as bad as the Speer house.

]]> By: Miz Brooke Smith http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17407 Miz Brooke Smith Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:14:53 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17407 Them's some ceilings. And how 'bout that pink media/ballroom? And the double-debutante staircase action in the foyer? Woo! This place isn't a private home, it's a party facility. Maybe it could take over the business from the failed pseudo-Tuscan hacienda on the site of the late lamented Bill Mraz Ballroom. Them’s some ceilings. And how ’bout that pink media/ballroom? And the double-debutante staircase action in the foyer? Woo! This place isn’t a private home, it’s a party facility. Maybe it could take over the business from the failed pseudo-Tuscan hacienda on the site of the late lamented Bill Mraz Ballroom.

]]> By: Zippy http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17405 Zippy Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:30:08 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17405 I wonder if/once he's Mayor.. he can have his property taxes lowered too! eer.. I mean "appraisal"... I wonder if/once he’s Mayor.. he can have his property taxes lowered too! eer.. I mean “appraisal”…

]]> By: Brad http://swamplot.com/from-vos-folly-to-halls-hall-the-outsize-rivercrest-mansion-for-a-man-who-would-be-mayor/2009-01-23/#comment-17401 Brad Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:33:24 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=5894#comment-17401 That building is too obscene to call a home. That building is too obscene to call a home.

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