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Friday, November 9, 2007

Forty-Two New Condos in the Old First Ward

Site Plan for Sawyer Brownstones by Terramark Homes at 2110 Shearn St., Houston

How do you pack so many condos into an old warehouse building in Houston’s First Ward? Easy! You knock the warehouse down, build a gate around the block, and pack ’em in!

Permit in hand, Terramark Homes begins construction on the Sawyer Brownstones at 2110 Shearn St. The forty-two units will take up the block surrounded by Shearn, Hemphill, Spring, and Henderson Streets, just south of I-10.

No images of the outside yet, so it’s hard to say if these brownstones will indeed have brown stone or just be brownstone-like. But continue after the jump and we’ll show you the secret to shoehorning so many townhome-style condos into a single block!

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Friday, September 21, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Out Cold

Yet another warehouse on Studemont goes down. Plus more homes in and around town. Our daily address list of demolition sites is after the jump.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Decline and Fall

As autumn creeps in, Neighborhood Protection rolls up to demo a rundown home near U of H. Addresses for the protected property and eight other demo-bound houses are in our daily list.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Demolition Contractors: Look Out for Sharks!

Shark at Demolition Site

Driving by those warehouses being torn down on Studewood just south of I-10, blogger Charles Kuffner happened upon this strange scene: the first-ever demolition shark ever caught on camera. More pics at Off the Kuff.

Photo: Charles Kuffner

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Friday, September 14, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: It’s All Happening at the Zoo

Another motel will be torn down, plus some demolition work at the Houston Zoo. Read our daily demo address list—after the jump.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Razing in the Sun

A whole lotta demo going on: A county outpost downtown, more industrial buildings along Studemont, plenty of houses, and more. Our daily list of addresses begins after the jump.

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: No Dough

A bakery outlet is set free, plus other goings-on in the Houston demolition world. See our list of doomed-building addresses, after the jump.

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Lupita’s Caput

Houston’s demolition pace picks up, with new destruction sites at Westheimer and the Beltway. Read all the addresses in our daily report, after the jump.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Industrial Downsizing

More industrial buildings along Studemont come down. See the addresses where the carnage continues—after the jump.

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Out with the Houses

A special all-residential edition of our daily list of demolition permits begins after the jump.

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Monday, August 6, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Bash Place

Nine houses and three buildings leave Houston. Our list of the newly departed begins after the jump.

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Friday, August 3, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Heading Down Around Town

A lovely and diverse group of demolitions in today’s edition. See them after the jump.

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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Memorial Hills Memorial

Memorial Hills ApartmentsA slow day in the Houston demo world, featuring the Memorial Hills apartments. Want more details? Continue reading after the jump.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Mood in Former Hospital on Former Cemetery: Not So Lofty

Elder Street Artist Lofts in the Former Old Jefferson Davis HospitalSome residents of the new Elder St. Artist Lofts (formerly the Old Jefferson Davis Hospital) in the First Ward are upset with the building’s management:

“To me it’s not an artist loft anymore,” says one resident who’s been there since the beginning. “We receive the newsletters from ArtSpace in Minneapolis and we see the artist live-work spaces that are opening up in Buffalo, New York and in San Francisco and other parts of the country, and they’re active and they’re artist-run and they’ve got the support of the city, they’ve got the support of the community and they’re vibrant. And we’re not on that level, and I don’t know if we ever will be.”

Current and former tenants gripe to the Houston Press that the resident managers play favorites and will only rent month-to-month, and that there aren’t enough artists in the building.

Photo of Elder St. Artists Lofts: Greater Houston Preservation Alliance

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Friday, July 27, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Simply Smashing

An all-residential edition of the demo report begins after the jump.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Daily Demolition Report: Builder’s Choice

Facade of New Home at 628 E. 6th 1/2 Street by Choice Development

New developments cleared for landing. Where? See today’s list, after the jump.

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