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Tag: Demolitions
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Ah, maintenance. The bane of all demolition devotees.
Just a few scraps today. Anyone know where you can get something substantial to eat?
Included among the 9 new or newish architect-designed homes on this year’s AIA home tour this weekend: 3 properties that made recent cameo appearances on Swamplot. Shown here: the one-room-deep one-bedroom home Kay O’Toole had built behind her “antiques & eccentricities” store at 1921 Westheimer, next to Winlow Place. Did you know it was hiding back there? The design by Murphy Mears Architects — with interiors by the owner — showed up in Veranda magazine and (far more notably) in one of those extensive Cote de Texas posts earlier this year.
What about something a little more Modern-looking? And maybe a little more . . . available?
COMMENT OF THE DAY: 2 TRANSMISSIONS ENTER, 1 TRANSMISSION LEAVES 
“Surprised someone doesnt snap it up for a roller rink or ultimate fighting venue. Thunderdome!!!” [SL, commenting on Daily Demolition Report: Demolishing the Dome]
Have we got some rubble for you! And we use only the freshest raw ingredients:
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Built in 1965, destroyed in 2010. A Houston landmark sends out its last transmission.
Here it is: Your friendly guide to the day’s demos:
COMMENT OF THE DAY: MAKING HISTORY IN GALVESTON 
“what’s equally funny is that the sign on the [pier] now reads ‘[coming] soon: galveston’s historic pleasure pier’. i guess on this island, things are now considered historic even before they’re built.” [JC, commenting on Landry’s Kicking Galveston’s Flagship Hotel Off the Pier, for Amusement] Photo: Ellen Yeates
