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
Another motel will be torn down, plus some demolition work at the Houston Zoo. Read our daily demo address list—after the jump.
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.
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.
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.
More industrial buildings along Studemont come down. See the addresses where the carnage continues—after the jump.
A special all-residential edition of our daily list of demolition permits begins after the jump.
Nine houses and three buildings leave Houston. Our list of the newly departed begins after the jump.
A lovely and diverse group of demolitions in today’s edition. See them after the jump.
A slow day in the Houston demo world, featuring the Memorial Hills apartments. Want more details? Continue reading after the jump.
Some 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
An all-residential edition of the demo report begins after the jump.
New developments cleared for landing. Where? See today’s list, after the jump.
Nine houses fail to please. Read today’s list of unappreciated structures—after the jump.
Four lorn homes, ready to meet their landfill. See the list after the jump.
