Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
No joke, these are done for.
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Everything must go, one way or another.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Paring down for now to make room for more.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Of North Main, that is – and without all that replat hassle.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
These are just too quaint to bear any longer.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
These removals will only bring us closer together.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Into Du Barry, or wherever you’re heading.
The church property that met its unmaker this morning is was a 2-story 1930s house at 3505 Louisiana St. (shown above, several hours post-meeting). The property sits 1 block north on Milam and 1 west down Holman from the main sanctuary of Holy Rosary Catholic Church. A demo permit with the church’s name on it was issued by the city yesterday, listing demolition and sewer shutoff as the planned program for the 3600 block of Travis between Berry and Winbern streets where the 1930s sanctuary and rectory stand.  A representative of Holy Rosary, however, confirmed to Swamplot this morning that no demo is in the works for the buildings actually located at the permit address.
The church acquired the freshly flattened house at the corner of Louisiana and Holman St. in 2003; the home sat vacant next to the church’s Religious Education building for several years before today’s teardown. The space will add to the church’s parking territory for the time being.
- History [Holy Rosary Catholic Church]
- Previously on Swamplot:Â Daily Demolition Report: Two By Two
Photos of demolition at 3505 Louisiana St.: Swamplot inbox
Down in Midtown
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Update, 11:30am: Holy Rosary Church has confirmed to Swamplot that demolition is planned for a nearby property, and not for 3600 Travis St. as listed in the permit issued by the city. The photo of the church property has been removed; more info here.
Two can play at that game, but four will come down.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
All checked out and ready for removal.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
How could we ask for more?
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
The old Million Air building on Telephone gets a first class upgrade, plus almost a dozen houses get a one way ticket to the dumpster.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Just wait and see, these are going to be top-notch.
The progress on the piece-by-piece disassembly of Corporate Plaza I can be seen in the above overcast shot of the building’s increasingly skeletal profile, here partially obscured by 2 American Red Cross buildings and by a Texas Direct Auto billboard. The 1972 midrise on 59 just west of Kirby Dr. is the last and tallest of the 3 similarly-clad office buildings previously occupying the site; the tower’s facade started to go missing shortly before the way-faster-than-intended teardown of the last of the plaza’s 7-story parking garage, which nearly turned the tables the demo team on its way down last month.
Status Check
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
That 1962 building on Richmond and Eastside is past its prime, plus a couple more houses are reaching their expiration date.
