06/21/16 8:00am

310 W. Saulnier St., Alden Place

Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.

Another 1920s home goes down on that old Houston street named for Theneuille-to-Houston tanner Piere (Peter) Saulnier, and some other little pieces of Houston crumbling away in today’s report.
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06/07/16 4:15pm

COMMENT OF THE DAY: THE PROOF IS IN THE PERMITTING Bulldozer Illustration“You don’t need to read a university study to know the Houston housing market is going through a downturn. You don’t even have to look at HAR. To gauge the health of the Houston real estate market, you only have to look at the Daily Demolition Report: only 2 residential permits today; only 1 yesterday. Crisis!” [Angostura, commenting on Move-In Day Approaches for New Phillips 66 HQ; Montrose’s Crowded Mexican Restaurant Scene] Illustration: Lulu