“I missed all of the fun,” complains the reader who sent in these photos of yesterday’s demolition extravaganza at 3210 and 3310 Eastside St. between Richmond and Alabama east of Greenway Plaza. “Not sure what the plans are, but apparently there was a ceremony to commemorate the event. The [above] photo shows an event tent with chairs in their abandoned parking lot. . . . It was essentially a large party tent & it looked as if several dozen chairs were being put away.” What was this place?
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“It’s the ‘Escape Family Resource Center’ that’s being demolished at 3210, and 3310 used to be ‘Victoria’s Day Spa-River Oaks,'” reports the reader. “Before that 3310 used to be ‘I Have a Dream’ (whatever that was?). There is a temporary construction fence going around both buildings and the parking lot between them.” What fun are we missing?
Photos: Swamplot inbox
I just drove by there at about 10am, and Freebirds was having some kind of party w/ valet parking. I think the tent you saw yesterday was set up for this morning’s event. Not sure if there was a relation to the Demo next door.
I hear it is going to be a two story building housing the offices for “Dress for Success” – a program helping women get into the workforce. http://www.dressforsuccess.org/affiliate.aspx?sisid=30&pageid=1
Check this link
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/bellaire/news/a-permanent-home-to-rise-for-dress-for-success-houston/article_8b6ba458-3209-5f0f-b36f-0c0d20fc608e.html
It is the new location for Dress For Success.
I Have A Dream was a non-profit that, if I recall correctly, helped at risk kids get into after school programs that would get them on a career track, internships, etc. It was a good non-profit doing good things here. Shame that it fell apart around 2009.
The other building little mod office building (the one in the first pic) came down this morning.
Here’s a story Culturemap did on the groundbreaking. You can see a rendering of the new facility on a banner in one of the photos.
http://tinyurl.com/dressforsuccess-culturemap