Lowbrow Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 I heard someone recently bought this building on Buffalo Bayou and is pushing for retail and food/drink establishments to move in. Does anyone have any more info? Looks like a beautiful site although the building could use a hand. See if I can find a pic... http://houston.commercialexchange.com/Photos/eProp/web/16880.jpg here is the real estate description: Quote Freestanding waterfront building on Main and on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou. In the heart of the revitalized historic downtown entertainment district. Building sits at historic Allen`s Landing surrounded by 2 acres of park space. Surrounded by large patio and outdoor seating space. Perfect site for entertainment/ eating establishment. lol and here is a pdf with most the info I was looking for: Wulfe & Co. Brochure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Having another acid burnout moment here. I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Wow. The Bayou's never looked so beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Wow. The Bayou's never looked so beautiful.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I took my son down to Allen's Landing Saturday morning and it's really lovely down there. You get toe see the sides of old buildings, the undersides of the old bridges and the wide merging of the White Oak and Buffalo. We say a mama duck with a bunch of little ones sliding down the loading ramp into the water.That building still had the For Sale sign on it. It would be a fantastic cafe spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 Wow. The Bayou's never looked so beautiful. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Photochop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 I took my son down to Allen's Landing Saturday morning and it's really lovely down there. You get toe see the sides of old buildings, the undersides of the old bridges and the wide merging of the White Oak and Buffalo. We say a mama duck with a bunch of little ones sliding down the loading ramp into the water.That building still had the For Sale sign on it. It would be a fantastic cafe spot.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You sure it wasnt a For Lease sign? Thats what I recall.Man I probably walked right past ya Danax. I was there all morning too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Photochop? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was thinking the same thing but it very well could be true, given the position of the sun in the sky (the reflection hides the brown). Plus, as Danax said, that area of the Bayou is pretty tidy so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 You sure it wasnt a For Lease sign? Thats what I recall.Man I probably walked right past ya Danax. I was there all morning too.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>hehe. I think I missed you. We were the only ones there except a homeless guy and an older couple. It might have been a For Lease or actually, it might have been For Information, call .... which would mean to lease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 I was thinking the same thing but it very well could be true, given the position of the sun in the sky (the reflection hides the brown). Plus, as Danax said, that area of the Bayou is pretty tidy so...<{POST_SNAPBACK}>That low building on the other side of the bridge there in that picture is pretty interesting. I wonder if it is going to be put to use for anything. The top part at street level looks like an abandoned gas station with plenty of homeless occupants. Most of the trash spilling over from that building into the bayou looks like the accumulation of a few bag-peoples shopping carts. Mostly clothes and the like. While its sad to see the refuse... its even sadder to wonder what happened to the owners of the carts. Took off for Miami I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 The homeless in Miami are wont to hang out along Biscayne Blvd. north of DT proper. Some will hang out on Tamiami Trail (SW 8th St) or near the Orange Bowl. You may be on to something, though, because the Miami River is near those areas and it suffers from quite a bit of trash, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Having another acid burnout moment here. I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 The "Light Circus" part does sound familiar. I never went there. I went to The Cellar once, and realized that was not my cup of tea. This was back in my high school days. It was not until after I got out of the Navy that the brain began fritzing out. Musta been the Agent Orange aftereffects, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 http://www.buffalobayou.org/sunsetcoffee.htmlthe last i heard, lake/flato architects were tapped to redesign the sunset coffee building for mixed use, but financing was an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Hey, Sudude! Lookie what I found!Love Street Light Circus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Hey, Sudude! Lookie what I found!Love Street Light Circus Oh ho! Wow, that place must have been very groovy and psychedelic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston Retail Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 cool find.The building is now owned by the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and they will definitely do something very cool here. it will be like a restaurant/cafe/live music venue. Who knows, maybe they should jsut bring back the Love Street Circus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 HR, is the Lake/Flato thing off?Subdude, do you just know the complete tenant history of every building in downtown Houston, standing or razed??? Ok, real quick - what was the name of the cafeteria located at the bottom of the San Jacinto Hotel in the 40's and 50's?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Subdude, do you just know the complete tenant history of every building in downtown Houston, standing or razed??? Ok, real quick - what was the name of the cafeteria located at the bottom of the San Jacinto Hotel in the 40's and 50's?! Well, not every building. But that was the LC Cafeteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston Retail Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 no, the owners would encourage any retailers to use Lake Flato for the exterior. All we need now is some cool retail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 it wont work... there are too many ppl getting out of jail right across the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 it wont work... there are too many ppl getting out of jail right across the street. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They actually keep the grounds up over there pretty nice. I think they should go condo! I love the fake windows on that building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 They actually keep the grounds up over there pretty nice. I think they should go condo! I love the fake windows on that building. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The grounds have nothing to do with the convicts getting out of jail across the street. It wont work, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Hey, Sudude! Lookie what I found!Love Street Light Circus I stumbled on a picture of the interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 That low building on the other side of the bridge there in that picture is pretty interesting. I wonder if it is going to be put to use for anything. The top part at street level looks like an abandoned gas station with plenty of homeless occupants. Most of the trash spilling over from that building into the bayou looks like the accumulation of a few bag-peoples shopping carts. Mostly clothes and the like. While its sad to see the refuse... its even sadder to wonder what happened to the owners of the carts. Took off for Miami I hope.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>The low building on the other side of the bridge is Harris County owned and was/is used for courthouse storage. Now that the old Harris County Jail at 1301 Franklin is used for storage, maybe the County will sell that building as excess property. If so, it could get turned into retail/restaurant to serve the courthouse campus.While, it is true that there are 2 jails, they are on the other side of the bayou. On the downtown side, there is only 49 San Jacinto, which is where you post bonds. Not sure if that is also where they get released.EDIT: The County's plan is to have the Courthouse Plaza at San Jacinto and Franklin, surrounded by the courthouses. The north San Jacinto corridor, north of the bayou, is to be the 'Detention District', where the jails are located. I do not know if plans include moving jail intake from 49 San Jacinto or not, but clearly, the county intends for 'unpleasantness' to be located across the bayou. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted July 11, 2005 Author Share Posted July 11, 2005 I stumbled on a picture of the interior.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I can just about smell the cannabis in that picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I got stoned just looking at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I can smell the hippies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I can smell the hippies.ew...haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAA Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 In the words of Homer J Simpson: "I don't have the discipline to be a hippie" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 The Cellar and Love Street were both happening when I graduated HS in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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