Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
So goodbye, they’ll be leaving; I see no sense in this crying and grieving.
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Your demolitions never end. Life has a way of changing structures in incredible ways.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Whatever you demolish may be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
One is not exposed to demolition who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
COMMENT OF THE DAY: AMID DEMOLITION, SOME SOJOURN HEIGHTS CHURCH PARTS FIND SALVATION 
“. . . We couldn’t find a taker for the limestone. I’m not a mason, so I’m not sure what turned so many off from it when they came to look at it. I know one flaw is that it was quarried with inconsistent thicknesses throughout, which made it not an ideal candidate for paving stones and challenging in vertical applications. We would rather it have been reused, just couldn’t make it happen. We were, however, able to salvage most of the steel windows that were in good shape from the building to be repurposed. Hopefully that brings you some good cheer. They’re beautiful windows.” [Scott, commenting on Churchyard Excavator Now Breaking Down Walls Between Sojourn Heights’ Current Home on Aurora and Its Soon-To-Be Sanctuary] Photo of windows salvaged from demolished building on Sojourn Heights campus, 608 Aurora St.: Joe Meppelink
Workers are now applying paint to the 5-level garage stump of the former Americana building at 811 Dallas St. Over the last year, the 10-story office tower that sat atop the southern half of the garage was removed.
9-in. aluminum louvers were added to the portion of the parking podium pictured above on the corner of Dallas and Travis streets during a renovation in 2000. That exterior layer was stripped off as part of the recent work on the building, however, exposing the original clay block surface underneath.
30,000-or-so-sq.-ft. of ground-floor retail are also receiving touch-ups as part of the current work on the property.
- Americana Building [Kirk & Associates]
- Previously on Swamplot: Americana Building To Be Cut Down to Parking Garage Size; Mayor Parker Announces the Death Sentence for Downtown Macy’s Building; Zeroing Out the Americana Building
Photos: Drew (parking garage); Boxer Property (Americana)
Clay Tile Refresh
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Demolition is what makes it permanent.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
When we remember we are all mad, the buildings disappear and life stands explained.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A mid-week wrecking rest – we’ll return as soon as technical difficulties with the city’s permit reporting system are resolved.
Crews are now digging a hole through the middle of the Sojourn Heights church campus off Gostick St., south of Aurora in Sunset Heights. The rendering above looks west across Gostick to show the fenced-off lawn that will eventually grow in place of the demolished building. The new green space is bookended by renovated street-fronting structures and backed by a smaller addition that’s planned on the far west side of the just-over-an-acre church property.
Before the takedown got started yesterday, the complex consisted of 3 buildings that lined Gostick:
Prayer Semi-Circle
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
It is a dark, unspoken truth that the powerful, the “demolition class” – make up the rules as they go along.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Houses are a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
If my calculations are correct, when this bulldozer hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious demolitions.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Some demolitions are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
When the buildings are truly ready, the buildings will disappear.
