Looks like this is finally moving forward. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Plan-to-renovate-city-s-front-door-to-begin-in-4291097.php
So, you could say that the demise of the Houston-Galveston railroad was due to greed. Interesting. I didn't think greed existed anywhere but in automobile factories and concrete plants.
Patrick Feller has added a photo to the pool:
Jefferson Davis Hospital, dedicated in 1924, was built on the site of the 1840 Houston City Cemetery. It spent many years vacant, but recently became the Elder Street Artist Lofts.
Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr