Clearing out some space around the West End Walmart, and plus plenty more action around town:
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Tag: Demolitions
You always knew that place. It had style, it had grace. It wasn’t a winner. It was on Lady . . .
A reader whose office faces the old Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel at 711 Polk St. downtown reports that demolition work on the former Beatles hangout is now “in full swing”:
They are taking down the building literally floor by floor. So far they have removed all the utilities on the roof and the entire top floor. Seems like a very labor intensive project. I plan to take a picture everyday and make a time lapse video. Can watch it in reverse and pretend they are revitalizing southern downtown!
- Previously on Swamplot: Daily Demolition Report: The Plot To Kill Sheraton-Lincoln, Old Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel To Be Torn Down for the Views and Parking Spots, Downtown Sheraton-Lincoln Redo: Too Many Reservations, The Beatles Slept Here
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
It’s only what you can knock down that can make some sort of difference.
Just a little trim on Heights Blvd. . . . plus a brief foray into East Houston:
A blow against Houston’s substandard housing collection, plus a few more stragglers.
Oh! on Darling, please believe me. When you told me you didn’t need it anymore — well you know it really fell down and died.
The new owner of Texas Rice’s old Fidelity St. property has already begun demolishing the grain silos on the site, which are just visible from the East Freeway. A reader sends Swamplot this photo taken late yesterday of the view from Market St., just southeast of the intersection of I-10 east and the 610 Loop. McCorvey Real Estate Holdings bought the 22-acre industrial facility last October, and is spending about $600,000 to upgrade warehouses on the site. The company plans to spend a similar amount on improvements for future tenants, then $5 million more within the next couple of years on 130,000 more sq. ft. of industrial space. There’s 141,280 sq. ft. of space there already, though that figure includes the silos that are coming down.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Please, sir, can you take some more?
Memories of redevelopments past at Woodway and Voss, plus a little clearing action from down in Lancaster Place:
As high as Hickory Ridge, as low as Sun Valley: Today’s offerings to the demo gods.
All we are doing is taking out another brick in the wall.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
From Allen’s Landing to Brady’s Landing, here are your latest storybook endings: