A neighborhood sampler of house demos, plus the fall of an Olympic contender — all in today’s no-longer-at-this-address list.
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Little Woodrow’s gets canned, a couple of new conquests for Reuther Homes, and more! All in today’s report.
Armed with only a camera and a healthy sense of curiosity, Swamplot reader and longtime Memorial Heights Apartments resident Michael W. Jones pokes around his apartment complex and unearths evidence of Archstone-Smith’s redevelopment plans. His conclusions:
- Buildings 7, 8, and 9, in the southwest quadrant of the complex facing S. Heights Blvd, will be the first to come down. All tenants have been out of these buildings since March 1. The first of six new four-story apartment buildings will be built here.
- The dingbat-Modern-style office building at 225 S. Heights Blvd. outside the complex will likely be torn down:
The fact that the building is not on the tax roll leads me to believe that 225 is actually owned by Archstone-Smith, and will be brought down as part of the redevelopment. The current state does give sign that there may have been some interior demolition already done, and it’s waiting for the wrecking crew to come in to finish the job.
- Though tenants have been hit with some large rent increases in the last two years, Archstone-Smith isn’t going out of its way to let them know what’s happening to their homes:
To date, other than the tennants in the buildings affected by the pending demolition, the rest of the complex has not been made aware of the pending changes. It is only through research and infomation from other sources have I been able to piece the information you see here together.
After the jump, photos — and a few more details — from Jones’s report.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
The Children’s Hour gets cut short, a house on Piping Rock pipes down, and a retail center goes by the Wayside: All this and more in our daily dusty address listing . . . after the jump.
It just goes to show: In love and shelter there are no guarantees. Our daily compilation of demolition begins — and then ends all too quickly — below.
After a few days of insufficient progress, we’re back to a healthy demo pace. Catch up on the rising action with our handy address list!
Not a whole lot going on this time . . . maybe the excavator operators can knock off early! Addresses below.
This massive 20,000-sq.-ft. home featured on New York Architect Alexander Gorlin‘s website is under construction at 2950 Lazy Lane in River Oaks. The Museum of Fine Arts’ Bayou Bend Collection is next door.
Gorlin’s client is the youngest member of the Forbes 400 list of the Richest Americans (he’s number 317): 34-year-old former Enron trader John Arnold, who now runs secretive Centaurus Energy, a small but extraordinarily successful hedge fund company that trades energy commodities.
Four years ago, Arnold bought a recently renovated 1926 home in the French Norman manorial style in the Homewoods subdivision of River Oaks. The home, which had sat on the market for close to three years, was designed by Houston architect Birdsall Briscoe in collaboration with John Staub, who also built the Bayou Bend estate for the children of former Texas governor James Hogg next door. Briscoe’s creation was dubbed “Dogwoods” by Hogg’s son Michael, who lived there for many years with his wife.
A year after purchasing Dogwoods — currently valued by HCAD at $4.9 million — Arnold angered River Oaks preservationists by tearing it down.
After the jump, more illustrations of the house John Arnold will be trading into, plus a few photos of the one he didn’t leave behind.
Shattered dreams on 42nd St., plus just two more crushing events around town. That’s all there is in today’s short address list.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Today, just a little thinning of built structures around town. As always, addresses are listed below the fold.
A light sprinkling of demos around town. Highs and lows in the 77006s. High possibility of redevelopment. Follow it all in today’s report.
Knocked down, dragged out. The latest victims are listed below. Read ’em . . . and sweep.
Cut down, moved around, or crushed: If it’s going down in Houston, it’s going down in our list below.
A packing company packs it in, Napoleon St. meets its Waterloo, plus plenty more metaphorical denouements . . . all in today’s report of ready-to-be-demolished structures around town.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A shopping center, a flea market, and a straight flush of homes near Gulfgate are targeted in today’s report. Addresses and links to maps are below the fold.
