Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A sneak peek on the set of this reality demolition program.
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A GLIMPSE OF THE HIDDEN PECAN AT 509 LOUISIANA ST., NOW THAT THE BUILDING IS OUT OF THE WAY 
While much of the 1906 structure that formerly stood at 509 Louisiana St. was still on site as of early afternoon yesterday, the pieces had mostly been rearranged. A couple of excavators can be seen picking them over in this shot sent in by a reader. The once-secret pecan tree is also hanging out in the open as it waits for the axe — look for the branches peeking out around the corner of the Calpine Center parking garage entrance, on the left edge of the shot. [Previously on Swamplot] Photo: Jack Miller via Swamplot inbox
No demo permits issued on Martin Luther King Day – check back tomorrow for a fresh list of elements.
SWEEPING UP THE CRUMBS AT THE FORMER HOME OF MIYAKO, RED ONION, AND MADRAS PAVILION 
A reader surveys the scant leftovers of the once-restaurant-filled office park at Kirby at Norfolk this morning. The knock-’em-down phase of the demolition of Corporate Plaza II and III, which began in mid-December, appears to have wrapped up and transitioned into the haul-’em-away. The complex’s still-standing parking garage, pictured on the right, was issued its demo permit on Friday. The last structure of the office park trio, the Corporate Plaza I midrise (hiding unsuccessfully behind the garage), has recently acquired a sash of debris netting around the middle; Nancy Sarnoff reports that Corporate Plaza I will be demolished as well. The complex should be fully done in by the end of April. [Chron.com, previously on Swamplot] Photo of 3910 and 3930 Kirby Dr.: Swamplot inbox
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
All lit up, and now permanently dimmed.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Flames and flooding make it easier to say goodbye to some of these.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
You won’t recognize these once they’ve been dealt with.
517 Louisiana St. is down — the former haunt of the Longhorn Cafe (509 Louisiana, to the right of the hole in the above photo) was still standing as of 2 PM this afternoon, along with the pecan tree in its once-secret courtyard. Both have permits lined up to follow 517 into the Great Beyond, to make room for surface parking on the block.
The hidden pecan tree is purported to harbor a ghost, rooted deep in some Republic of Texas history:
Louisiana St. Demolitions
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Surf’s up on Ella Blvd., plus some other breaking waves on the demolition lineup today.
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Time to bid adieu to 2 more of downtown’s oldest buildings: readers sent both sky-high and excavator-side photos of yesterday’s teardown work at 517 Louisiana St., and 509 is permitted to follow). According to the building’s owners, the next-door Lancaster Hotel’s parking crunch is the reason the 2 1906 Theater District neighbors will meet their flattened fates, along with a long-hidden pecan tree that shades a once-secret courtyard at 509. Taking their place: a surface lot for 50 cars — and, maybe, one day, an expansion to the hotel.
517’s transformation to empty space was complete by the end of the day yesterday:
Coming Down in Downtown
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Two historic downtown buildings and their early Houston hidden pecan tree get their final permitted farewell.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Some light nicks on Houston’s landscape to start out the week.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
With not even a photograph to remember them, we say goodbye to a few more.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Just a few masterpieces for your perusal.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Racking them up, then smashing them down.
