Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A farewell to Sullivan’s, and these former outposts:
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
In today’s report: the fall of Westcreek Market & Deli, plus a small-budget takedown:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Plucked from only the finest locations:
The brick Western Union building shown in black and white on the corner of Louisiana and Capitol streets vanished from the downtown landscape in 1983 — although it didn’t go anywhere. Because the longtime regional switching center was too expensive to move, architect Philip Johnson simply designed his much larger landmark — then-called RepublicBank Center Center — around it, sealing the telecom structure off from public view. Inside the skyscraper’s lobby, the dead building takes up nearly a quarter of the floor space, with its west corner wedged into the Bank of America Center’s own, catty-corner to Jones Hall.
Last year, renovations were announced that’d add a new restaurant and cafe in the doorless and windowless portion of the Bank of America Center’s ground floor where the building is entombed. Crews began stripping away portions of the office building’s exterior earlier this year in order to make room for new openings to access the eateries. They’ve now busted all the way through the red granite, revealing the decades-older facade that lies behind it.
It’s still mostly obscured by the scaffolding that looms over the Capitol St. sidewalk :
Western Union Sees the Light
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Here come the retail clearances:
COMMENT OF THE DAY: FORMER INK SPOTS MUSEUM FACES THE MUSIC 
“The building on E. 20th was for years the The Original Huey ‘Ink Spot’ Long Living History Music Museum. Very cool for neighbors, visitors, and especially Hamilton Middle School students to be able to pass by or visit it. The Ink Spots Museum is now online.” [Miz Brook Smith, commenting on Daily Demolition Report: Sampson & Beulah; previously on Swamplot] Photo: Martha D.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A bout of corner clearance in the Third Ward, plus a few flashes of edificial violence around town.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Turnover for fast food in Sunset Heights, steel in Cottage Grove, and a dealership on the South Loop. Plus these:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Some must watch while some must smash.
A Swamplot reader noticed that demolition crews are now trashing the conference center at the abandoned ExxonMobil Chemical Company headquarters next to Terry Hershey Park, leaving a grizzly roadside scene along Memorial Dr. “More concerning,” writes the reader, “is that they drained the ponds and did not relocate the waterfowl.”
At least it’s still theirs to call their own — until PM Realty finds new tenants to replace the Exxon employees that left the property starting in 2014. Without anyone around to disturb the wildlife for now, “They are swimming in the tiny little bit of water left and otherwise just hanging out,” like so:
Exxon Exodus
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A time to build up, a time to break down:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Today’s selection of ripe residences, plucked from their places and served here for your dining pleasure:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
We must cull every day; these homes just didn’t make the cut.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A demo for Booker T., plus more Buffalo Bayou watershed clear-outs:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Going easy on you today, Houston — but we’ve got your number.
