My computer crashed back last summer in a thunderstorm so I lost all my files and picture folders
If anyone can assist me I would greatly appreciate it..........
TIA
Claud Pipkin
Edited by Claud Pipkin, Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 6:04 PM.
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Posted Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 6:02 PM
About 15-17 years ago I was on jury duty.......While waiting I was looking out the window and saw a rooftop apartment/penthouse below and to the west of the court house.....IIRC it had a main house with a round (livingroom?) attached...................I had looked this up before and seems it belonged at one time to a well know and well to do family.........IIRC I was able to find it on google maps and MSN (now Bing) maps......Now I can not........Was the building razed?......Does anyone know the name of this building and or this family?
My computer crashed back last summer in a thunderstorm so I lost all my files and picture folders
If anyone can assist me I would greatly appreciate it..........
TIA
Claud Pipkin
My computer crashed back last summer in a thunderstorm so I lost all my files and picture folders
If anyone can assist me I would greatly appreciate it..........
TIA
Claud Pipkin
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Posted Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 6:31 PM
Probably the Hogg Palace Lofts at 401 Louisiana.
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Posted Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 6:51 PM
Thanks...........Probably is............It's been along time since I saw it........
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Posted Monday, January 23, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Yep, it's the Hogg Palace. There is a grass lawn on top, around the penthouse. I remember reading that the bottom floor was once a car dealership showroom.
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Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I was told that Ford automobiles (probably Model Ts) where shipped "knocked-down" and assembled on the first floor of the Hogg Building.
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Posted Monday, January 30, 2012 at 9:44 PM
Thats the first thing that came to mind. The Hogg Lofts/ Dealership penthouse. I've seen pictures of it, somewhere. Was beautiful, Spanish style. Yes, still there, was admiring it just the other day.
In Will Hogg's 1929 City Planning Commission Report, Hare & Hare's advise on adopting a city plan to include zoning & parks, ..."the people of Houston and their officials will have to decide whether they are building a great city or merely a great population."
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Posted Monday, January 30, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Can probably see the terrace from Google maps satellite view ..
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Perhaps Washington Ave gets infected with a zombie plague, but nobody notices any difference between the before and after zombification.
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Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6:18 PM
http://www.waymarkin...g_Houston_Texas
I'm still looking for the actual penthouse photos I saw once.
http://www.proctorpl...designation.pdf
...this article, page 3, briefly mentions the "18-room bungalow" in the sky.
I'm still looking for the actual penthouse photos I saw once.
http://www.proctorpl...designation.pdf
...this article, page 3, briefly mentions the "18-room bungalow" in the sky.
Edited by NenaE, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:21 PM.
In Will Hogg's 1929 City Planning Commission Report, Hare & Hare's advise on adopting a city plan to include zoning & parks, ..."the people of Houston and their officials will have to decide whether they are building a great city or merely a great population."
