Swamplot Archives by Tag: Independence Heights

Friday, May 10, 2013

The New Recycled Building at the ReUse Warehouse

May 10, 2013 – 10:30 am

The finishing touches are being put on this somewhat totemic new building at the ReUse Warehouse site in Independence Heights. This one’s built on the concrete slab and with the steel beams of the old Public Works machine shop here at 9003 Main St., downcycling that building’s roof for use as its ceiling. It’ll serve as office space for Solid Waste Management staff; it’ll also house a workshop to process donated materials (usually the leftovers from new builds and the salvaged stuff from demos) and feature a recycled-art gallery. Zen T. C. Zheng reports that the building should be ready to go by June.

Photo: Allyn West

10:30 am | 4 Comments | Read more about Industrial Properties, Neighborhoods: Independence Heights, New Construction, Office Space, Recycling
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Comment of the Day: Art That Even a Bankrupted Developer Could Make

December 4, 2012 – 4:11 pm
   

“It’s actually a field of sewer hookups that never grew into being the apartments (presumably) that they were meant to become. The Art Guys simply appropriated the site for an afternoon to be a sculpture. It’s what they do.” [Robert Boyd, commenting on Headlines: Parking Meters on Washington Ave; Census Finds 812 Missing Houstonians] Photo: The Art Guys

4:11 pm | 3 Comments | Read more about Art, Comments, Neighborhoods: Independence Heights, Public Art, Quicklink
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Primary Residence

October 25, 2012 – 3:00 pm

3:00 pm | 1 Comment | Read more about Adaptive Reuse, Homes for Sale, Mixed Use, Neighborhoods: Independence Heights
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Comment of the Day: And Living There Would Drive Me Half Out of My Mind

July 19, 2012 – 11:42 pm
   

“I pity the homeowner who has to enter ‘1513 1/2 E. 32nd 1/2 St.’ into any online form where they try to verify an address, or, god forbid, describe it to someone over the phone.” [j, commenting on Daily Demolition Report: Double Barbecue Toast]

11:42 pm | 4 Comments | Read more about Comments, Demolitions, Neighborhoods: Independence Heights, Quicklink
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Finding the Art in Independence Heights

September 27, 2011 – 12:07 pm

After taking in this weekend’s open house at the thriving shipping-container art colony ensconced in Stephen and Thedra Cullar-Ledford’s Independence Art Studios at 419 Janisch Rd. between Shepherd and Yale (above), fine-arts hound Robert Boyd pokes around a few more streets in Independence Heights — and finds a lot more art lurking in the neighborhood’s big lots. Boyd writes: “I think we can say that this is a little hidden art neighborhood. And if it follows the pattern of other art neighborhoods like Montrose and Rice Military, in 25 years or so, it will be full of expensive townhomes.”

Photos: Robert Boyd. Sculpture: Jonathan Clark

12:07 pm | 3 Comments | Read more about Art, Neighborhoods: Independence Heights
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Independence Heights, Here’s Your Historic Moment of Zen

August 18, 2010 – 12:43 pm

Video: KHOU

12:43 pm | 4 Comments | Read more about Neighborhoods: Independence Heights, Real Estate Marketing
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Recycling Houston Building Parts

May 13, 2009 – 11:18 am
   

A new city-run Reuse Warehouse that’s been open for just 2 weeks at 9003 N. Main St. (just north of Crosstimbers) is designed to reduce the amount of excess building materials dumped into landfills. The warehouse accepts donations of extra building materials, and offers them for free to nonprofit organizations. What can you donate? “Cabinets, copper, doors, electrical fixtures and equipment, fans, flooring material, glass, gutters, hardware, lighting, lumber, metal, mirrors, pipe, plumbing, plywood, roofing material, screens, sheetrock, sinks, showers, trim, tubs, wall coverings, or windows” but no paint. “More than one-third of the waste stream in the Houston area is made up of construction and demolition material.” [Green Houston, via Hair Balls]

11:18 am | 2 Comments | Read more about Construction Materials, Green Design and Development, Neighborhoods: Independence Heights, Quicklink, Recycling
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