KILL IT IN ONE BIG BOOM, OR PIECE BY PIECE? 
The big question now being debated by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s facilities steering committee: Whether to take down what’s left of the iconic Prudential Tower on Holcombe in one big fun Sunday morning dynamite-and-dust fest, or to dissect it one fossilized chunk at a time. Either way, they say they’re saving the fountain — somewhere. [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot] Photo: HAIF user infinite_jim
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Tag: Demolitions
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
In this edition some Alabama shotguns meet the firing squad. Plus other demo details:
Cities throughout Texas are slowing down the process of knocking down dangerous structures because of fears that angry owners might come back to bite them — even after their buildings have been demolished. By a 5-4 vote, the Texas Supreme Court last month struck a blow for the property rights of rotting, undead buildings throughout the state, giving their owners the right to sue in court for compensation even if a hearing before a city administrative board has already declared a condemned structure a hazard to public safety. If it isn’t overturned in a rehearing, the decision will likely force Texas cities to pick their demolition battles more carefully, and possibly get courts involved in what has traditionally been something handled by city departments.
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Out with the old additions, in with newly vacated.
Just this one, just this once:
What a fine crop of structures we’ve rounded up for today’s report. Have at it, crews.
What makes a carport scandalous? More hinted mysteries below:
A reader sends us this latest photo (at bottom, with close-up) of the ongoing smashing and crushing action at the former home of Astrodome builder H.A. Lott on Sugar Creek Blvd. in Sugar Land. The low-slung, Frank Lloyd Wright-ish house designed for Lott in 1975 by Houston architect Karl Kamrath was put on the market last year after a renovation.
- Previously on Swamplot: Battle Over Swank Sugar Land Supermod Won By Komatsu Excavator, OMG Mod Begone: Sugar Land’s Lott House Meets Its Wrecking Crew, Wright Style: A Long View in Sugar Creek
Photos: HAR (before), Swamplot inbox (after)
To the following Houston residences: You are ordered to report for final duty immediately.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Oh, look: A few pieces on the earth.
COMMENT OF THE DAY: SALVAGE VALUE “I am not attached to the nice appliances, wood floors, etc. . . . but they have a very large and easily accessible resale market . . . its not being sentimental it is just not wasting money on something that can easily be resold. A mod house like this has a very small market. Only a select few like this style of house, and even fewer are willing to pay for them.” [Marksmu, commenting on Battle Over Swank Sugar Land Supermod Won By Komatsu Excavator]