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  1. Built in the 1960s, and designed by MacKie and Kamrath, the dental school was now named University of Texas Dental School and was located in Texas Medical Center. Here's a few photos of the building upon demolition. It was a sad demolition to watch!
  2. UTHealth Reuel A. Stallones Building/School Of Public Health At 1200 Pressler St. I was reading about MacKie and Kamrath and noticed they designed this building in 1975. The address is 1200 Pressler St, Houston, TX 77030. Al
  3. Never knew about this Mackie and Kamrath building until earlier this week. Was this all M&K or was there additions? Anyone ever play here? Sounds like a cool club! I've been loving the Memorial neighborhood(s) lately Edit: Looks like this was built in 1969. https://www.houstonracquetclub.com/
  4. Wonder what will happen to this vacant building at 1441 Moursound Street? Will Anderson buy it?
  5. What is this building in downtown? Between the Aquarium and the Tennyson Hotel, at Bagby, Franklin and Preston streets. It is an ugly, apparently unused concrete bunker-like structure. It is not labeled in the HCAD or City of Houston databases. Damn I tried to insert a bing birds-eye picture but it won't take it.
  6. Editor- You should do some background checks on Allen Parkway Village (San Felipe Courts). That place has a bad history and the residents had every right to be PISSED at what happened. Brief synopsis 1) San Felipe Courts was placed right in the middle of the old 4th Ward but was a "whites only" facility to provide housing for veterans. Seems an odd location for a segregated facility until you realize that the city of Houston had a reputation for carving out the old 4th ward...Sam Houston Coliseum, new City Hall, Pierce Elevated, Allen Center, were all built on what used to house what would today be historically relevant African-American structures. 2) After FORCED desegregation, the name changed to Allen Parkway Village and soon thereafter, the facilities were allowed to basically rot. 3) Starting in the late 60s, the developer of Greenway Plaza and Allen Center (Schnitzer?) began a very public campaign to try and "reclaim" land around downtown for his private development. His eye was very much on the prize of the old San Felipe Courts. There's even old newsreel you can find with his brash statements about pushing people out of the 4th ward. 4) Despite Houston having one of the longest waiting lists in the nation for public housing, the city failed to used H.U.D. funds to keep up APV. Once certain buildings were deemed unsafe, the residents were tossed out and forced to move to other parts of the city and the buildings were left empty. Sure enough, crime and drug dealing sprouted up in these empty shells and the residents that remained pleaded for help which further served to erode the once vibrant 4th Ward. 5) Eventually, the developers won out. After years of deliberate neglect, most of the project was torn down to make way for a supposedly better/private development. It was only the voices of the few remaining residents that forced the city to offer up "token" amounts of public housing units. 6) If you drive by today, the most offensive aspect of all of the above might just be that the project that is there now, is AWFUL. Suburban, gated, garden-style apartments with cheap siding. That's the best we could come up with? At the very least, if you are going to remove people against their will in the name of progress, shouldn't there at least be signs of progress? In 20 years, if not sooner, those apartments will look worse than APV. It's a sad chapter in our city's history. 4)
  7. "In the four-year process that turned the 7,400-square-foot fourth floor of an iconic commercial building into their sprawling new home, the Kruegers could finally think about where they’d hang or display all of their art as they worked at a steady pace to gather more." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/home-design/article/big-three-industries-houston-17682135.php#photo-23284247 I've driven by this building every time I go to the two apartment projects on 12th St.
  8. I was browsing the newspaper The Thresher dated November 14, 1952 and came across a business ad for Contemporary Arts Museum located at 303 Dallas Ave. I know of three locations of the CAMH. I wonder which one is the original? This could be the first location? 303 Dallas Ave. 6945 Fannin St. 5216 Montrose Blvd. Art Museum Open Sculpture Exhibit The exhibit Sculpture - Directions and Forms open Sunday at the Contemporary Arts Museum, 302 Dallas Avenue. This is the first event at the Allied Arts Festival; Bernhardt Temmel, Director of the University of Houston Art Department assembled the exhibit to show the use of new materials and techniques as a means for a wider range of expression in the field of sculpture.
  9. https://www.chron.com/homes/article/karl-kamrath-frank-lloyd-wright-houston-house-17354766.php
  10. City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services at 1115 North MacGregor Drive/South Braeswood Boulevard. Finally went to investigate this aging building. This large building and the University of Houston College of Nursing needs to go! I wonder how many years until this building is demolished and replaced with a fancy hospital.
  11. Will this 1954 building originally called the MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute ever be demolished? Isn't there another name for it? Edit: The (modern) name is Gimbel Building. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1962/ww-1369.pdf "An official opinion of your office is requested on the following factual situation in connection with the administration of the Estate of Mose A. Gimbel, deceased, wherein The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute has been designated as a beneficiary pursuant to paragraph 4 of the will which reads: "'It Is my will and I do hereby provide that my said Trustee shall hold and administer my estate for one year after the death of my said sister, or until the New Medical Center adjoining Hermann Hospital is developed, when my remaining estate shall be liquidated and my entire estate remaining estate shall be used for the erection of a building In said Medical Center, said building to be used for the purpose of advancing the cure of cancer; said building to be dedicated in memory of my beloved parents, Louis and Amelia Gimbel.' "Mr. Gimbel of Houston, Harris County, Texas, executed his will on August 9, 1950, in conformity with law and later on October 7, 1954, executed a codicil. The will was admitted to probate in October, 1958, in the Probate Court of Harris County, Texas. The Executors, the Texas National Rank of Houston, who is also the Trustee under Honorable J. C. Dolley, page 2 (w-1369) said will, and Herbert S. Gimbel of Miami, Florida, have designated The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute as the institution to receive the remainder of the estate. Present plans call for a new building on the north end of the Clinical Services Wing which will have seven floors with approximately 4,200 square feet of space to each floor, giving a total additional area of approximately 29,400 square feet. This building will be erected on a basement and ground floor which was provided in an earlier construction program. It will be erected as a separate building and operated as an Integral part of the M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, an Institution established for the purpose of research for advancing the cure of cancer. The building will be dedicated to the memory of the parents of Mose A. Gimbel, namely, Louis and Amelia Gimbel. There is attached to this request for your information a brochure containing the construction plan, the various departments to be housed in the building, together with a data sheet containing general information as to the organizational framework of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute.
  12. When Houston was chosen to be home to the new space center, NASA built a temporary facility in Houston while the Johnson Space Center was being constructed in Clear Lake. Does anyone know where that facility was? It is still in operation today as an office park.
  13. Found this cool concept building for the Texas Medical Center the other day.
  14. http://www.citywideofficespace.com/tmaps/A121080-013mt.jpg 1001 East Southmore Avenue Pasadena, Texas This is Pasadena's only skyscraper and it may be in danger. It has a chainlink fence around it and looks empty. Does anyone know its status? According to Stephen Fox in the AIA Houston Architectural Guide, it was designed by MacKie & Kamrath with Lloyd Borget and Doughtie & Porterfield and built in 1962. It is described as a distinctive 12-story tower consisting of a glass-curtained shaft that appears to project forward from a brick-faced spine containing the stairs, elevators and toilets. It would be tragic for Pasadena to loose this landmark. It is the only positive image I have of Pasadena architecture.
  15. http://www.strategicforcemarketing.com/email/hmodllogo.jpg Houston Mod invites you to join us this Sunday, June 24, for Mod of the Month from 2 PM - 4 PM. http://images-01.har.com/e1/mediadisplay/01/hr2963001-1.jpg 7 Hollow Glen Lane, Tomball, Texas 77375 HAR LINK Sited on a heavily wooded naturalistic lot, this house was the personal residence of architect Leon Lee. Lee worked in the office of MacKie and Kamrath during the 1960's and was involved in that firm's design of a large house for George Mitchell and other projects. The MacKie and Kamrath firm's work closely followed the principles of Organic Architecture as demonstrated in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Lee's house incorporates many of the signature MacKie and Kamrath details including dramatic cathedral ceilings, numerous skylights, rugged stone walls, copper fireplace face, intricate interior redwood trim, cedar siding with multi-color stained accents, indirect lighting and extensive wood built-ins. This is a unique and well-maintained house on a quiet cul-de-sac. Open Sunday 2-4 PM. http://images-01.har.com/e1/mediadisplay/01/hr2963001-12.jpghttp://images-01.har.com/e1/mediadisplay/01/hr2963001-11.jpghttp://www.news4landscape.com/email/tomballlee.JPGhttp://www.news4landscape.com/email/tomballlee2.JPG Support Houston Mod Support future Mod events by becoming a member of Houston Mod. Receive exclusive "members only" invitations to tours and special events. Check your membership status or renew at the event with any Houston Mod representative. Houston Mod publications will be available for purchase during the Mod-of-the-Month event.
  16. This house was torn down in the past few days. 1940's era Kamrath design. Had kind of a Prarie style feel. It had been rotting for as long as I can remember, so maybe it was for the best. Nobody had lived there in at least the last five years.
  17. Dr. F. Schudy House - 1957. http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=Y
  18. Houston Mod has recenly learned that the first modern house Karl Kamrath designed for his family at 3448 Locke Lane (1939) is scheduled to be demolished. The Kamrath House is the earliest example of Unsonian architecture, which was inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, in Houston. It was published in House Beautiful, Architectural Forum, and Better Homes & Gardens. Kamrath's second house at 8 Tiel Way (1951) is not endangered at this time. The house has already been stripped of its architectural woodwork. Neo-tradtionalist architect Jay Baker has been selected to design its replacement. http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1101243720511/img/49.jpg here is the permit text for the new residence: Project No: 07035628 Date: 6/27/2007 USE: NEW S.F. RESIDENCE W/ATTACHED GARAGE Owner / Occupant: KC & RANDA WEINER Job Address: 3448 LOCKE LN Tax ID: 0400601590630024 Subdivision: RIVER OAKS Valuation: 700000 Buyer: THE SOUTHHAMPTON GROUP Address: 2472 BOLSOVER 371 77005 Phone: 7135280264 and the demolition: Project No: 07048053 Date: 6/15/2007 USE: DEMO RES/ SEWER DISC. Owner / Occupant: KC & RANDA WEINER Job Address: 3448 LOCKE LN Tax ID: 0400601590630024 Subdivision: RIVER OAKS Valuation: 0 Buyer: WILLIAM DENNIS Address: 1748 OAK TREE 77080 Phone: 7134657231
  19. Looks like the green space between Emanu El and Oak Shadows is toast. I thought there was a fight about that between Emanu El and the HOA in the last coupla years. What are they building?
  20. I think I found my next house: One of City's finest Mid-century Modern homes designed 1950 by Karl Kamrath, Houston's own Frank Lloyd Wright. Reminiscent of Wright's famous house Falling Water, the house takes advantage of its secluded, graceful, natural terrain & cantilevers with an approx. 2,200 sq. ft. deck over ravine w/stream. Extensively restored & updated in 2000. Original built-in furniture! Original cedar exterior & built-in furniture. Glass window walls, dry & wet saunas, putting green, hot tub, fire pit & more! http://www.har.com/853143 http://harpictures.marketlinx.com/MediaDisplay/86/hr1464486-1.jpg
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