August 31, 2009 – 2:18 pm
“Looks like someone’s getting ready to build,” reports a Swamplot reader about this lot on the corner of Westheimer and Helena, at the very lowest end of Lower Westheimer:
All of the brown earth you see in the photo was formerly a tree or bush of some type. See the steel gate I’m taking the picture through? Just on the other side of it (about 3 yards from the steel gate), there was a chain link fence that provided shade, shelter and ‘hideability’ to local bums. If I had taken that photo the day before, you would have seen a lot of brush, bums and beer cans.
Even the bushes in the ’sidewalk’ area (the sidewalk stops at this lot) were removed.
It could just be a beautification or bum-preventative project, but due to the midtown/downtown/Montrose location, I’m guessing that someone plans to construct a business there.
Photo: Swamplot inbox
Read more about: 77006, Avondale, Landscape, Lots, Lower Westheimer, Montrose
Reader rdan weighs in on Swamplot’s recent discussion about the boundaries of Montrose:
In order to address the confusion/questions over Montrose neighborhood designations, I dug up the attached map that was put together a few years ago by the Neartown Association, the umbrella organization for the roughly 20 neighborhoods and civic associations that constitute the area known as “The Montrose”. Some of the civic associations, such as Mandell Place, Winlow Place, and Cherryhurst, represent the original legal subdivisions that were established in the 20’s. Others, such as WAMM (Westheimer Alabama Montrose Mulberry Civic Association), were established more recently to help property owners re-establish deed restrictions that had lapsed over the years.
In doing a little research on HCAD, it appears to me that the areas represented by WAMM,
Audubon Place, a portion of Avondale (south of Westheimer?), and all or part of the UST campus covers what was the original Montrose subdivision.
Image: Neartown Association, via Swamplot inbox
Read more about: 77006, 77019, 77098, Audubon Place, Avondale, Cherryhurst, Mandell Place, Montrose, University of Saint Thomas, Winlow Place
October 24, 2007 – 8:23 am
Here’s one of those great coincidences that makes watching Houston real estate so much fun:
- Avondale West just became Houston’s newest historic district! But . . . uh, it’s not a protected historic district.
- A big chunk of Avondale West is for sale! Adjacent lots 600, 606, 610, and 614 Avondale are in the new district; 520, 524, and 528 Westheimer aren’t. Together, they make
a total of 52,400 square feet in the heart of Montrose with frontage on Westheimer, Avondale and Stanford. Do not bother tenants, do not walk property with out notifying listing agent!
Asking price: $5 million. Being able to tell your new neighbors that you can tear down whatever history you want in their new district after 90 days: priceless.
Read more about: 77006, Avondale, Buying and Selling, Demolitions, Historic Districts, Historic Preservation, Homes for Sale
