Tag: Demolitions

07/31/09 8:09am

Daily Demolition Report: Euel Do

Just a pair of knockdowns, to kick off the weekend. Here they are:

07/30/09 9:06am

Daily Demolition Report: Betterview

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The landfillers keep fillin’! Here’s the latest haul:

07/29/09 9:08am

Daily Demolition Report: Yup!

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Note: Updated below.

Got one! Will that hold you for a while?

07/28/09 9:19am

Daily Demolition Report: Backed Up

The latest permit information isn’t spilling out of the city’s public databases this morning. When it is, we’ll let you know.

Update: We’re letting you know!

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07/27/09 2:09pm

Comment of the Day: The Trees of Wilshire Village

Demolitions, Lancaster Place, Quicklink, Trees

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COMMENT OF THE DAY: THE TREES OF WILSHIRE VILLAGE “Actually, it seems that efforts *may* be taken to spare at least some of the trees on the Wilshire Village property. From my vantage point across the street, I can see orange plastic fencing surrounding a number of treesâ€¦I can also see at least two bulldozers on the property, as well as a lot of broken-up pavement in the parking lots behind the apartments. I fear that the end is near and that I am soon bidding farewell to an old friendâ€“but if we *do* see some of trees spared, that is at least some solace.” [M. Martin, commenting on Wilshire Village Apartments: Actual Tenants Actually Being Evicted]

77098, Comments, Demolitions, Lancaster Place, Trees, Wilshire Village

07/27/09 9:50am

Daily Demolition Report: Prince Popper

Swamplotâ€™s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.

Okay, who’s next? Don’t be shy!

07/24/09 9:58am

Daily Demolition Report: Berry Du Barry

A little of that Midcentury Mod clearance in Glen Cove, shall we?

Construction Materials

07/23/09 12:37pm

Wilshire Village Apartments Demo: Maybe Not Quite Yet

Demolitions, Lancaster Place, Utilities

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Here’s a little video sent to Swamplot from this morning, showing what appeared to a reader to be the beginning of the end for the Wilshire Village apartments. But in a comment to that post, Lynn Edmundson from Historic Houston reports this demo work isn’t really all it’s been cracked up to be:

I just returned from the site…and it looks like they are just breaking up the surface concrete. The contractors on the site are installing plumbing/water lines…and are not with the demolition company.

New plumbing lines? What for?

Meanwhile, Historic Houston Salvage to the . . . rescue? Edmundson adds:

With the permission of the contractors on the site, someone with me was able to look into one of the apartments and there is beautiful oak flooring still inside the apartments waiting to be reclaimed!

Breaking Apartments News: Demolition Begins at Wilshire Village [Swamplot]
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Apartments

07/23/09 9:08am

Breaking Apartments News: Demolition Begins at Wilshire Village