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Jersey01

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  1. I'm glad you asked this. I've wondered the same! Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
  2. I will definitely have to go to the UH arch library to see this.
  3. If I remember correctly P.M. Bolton lives on Pine Hollow. His house was on the RDA mod tour. And I guess it is worth mentioning that in the original post an unidentified mod which was talked about across the street from 65 Briar Hollow. If you are talking about 63 Briar Hollow (the grey and black mod in the cul-de-sac) it is the Carter house by Wilson, Morris, Crain, and Anderson. It was saved by the Echols family.
  4. This place was restored by Leslie Elkins in 1992.
  5. I thought I had seen it in another post.
  6. I don't recall this being one of the Good Brick winners either. I do like Harwood Taylor designs, I almost leased a place designed by him. It was part of the duplex in the Fred Winchell studio. This house doesn't seem to have any of his characteristic courtyards or walled off areas. I'm not very familiar with his 60's work though, just the 50's.
  7. Does anyone know what is going on at 56 Tiel Way? The house is a rustic 50's mod that was designed by Hugo Neuhaus Jr. But lately it has been covered and some type of construction is under way. The home has always made me curious as it is as far from the typical River Oaks home as anyone can imagine. Hopefully it is a restoration.
  8. I remember this house being listed a few months back for a lower price. It was white rather than green. These photos make it look much better this go round.
  9. Thanks a ton for finding this! I went to a few libraries trying to find local publications that might have it and found nothing, so this is great news for me. Sorry I couldn't make the party, I was out of town. Congratulations, by the way, the award was much deserved for the before and after of your place.
  10. I lived downtown on Texas at Main for 4 years and loved it. There were really good deals for a while, but now about $1000/mo gets you 550 square feet as far as rental is concerned. This is of course, just an average. If someone were interested in purchasing, anything under $190K is going to be under 1,000 square feet on average. I think right now the place to really buy is just east of downtown where deals are to be found. I think these places will be worth a great deal more in the near future.
  11. Wow! Old post. This house was for sale for years, I wonder if it sold or if they gave up. In many other cities this house would have only been on the market for days. A cantilevered modern house on a wooded lot with a recognized architect...hello, Houston. I'm going through a phase of being somewhat obsessed with Mackie-Kamrath again. I do this every few years. Hopefully 59 Tiel Way is in good hands.
  12. Wow, you guys have been really helpful, thanks. The plan to the Mitchell House immediately reminded me of the plan to John Lautner's Sheats House in L.A. Considering both Kamrath and Lautner had Wrightian influences, maybe they influended each other? Sheats House (plan can be seen if you scroll down.) http://johnlautner.org/Sheats.html
  13. Thanks, I have seen the lottaliving gallery, but the thread that was linked doesn't really explain why or what happened. I had actually posted in that thread about another Kamrath house (48 Tiel Way) which I love. I suppose the story of the Mitchell house is just someone who wanted the land but didn't appreciate what they had. Unfortunate, indeed, especially since it was definitely one of the best houses in the city. The house is still in Google Earth, by the way.
  14. BUMP...had to keep this post active. I've just been really interested in this house and its likenesses to the Gillin house in Dallas. Though Gillin is not Houston related I thought it might be of interest to some of you, so I figured I'd include some links to it. 10,000 sf on 7 acres in Preston Hollow and originally built for a bachelor. Sheesh! Wright incorporated a tame version of the teepee roof that he was so interested in at the time. The Gillin house shows many characteristics that strongly resemble Houston's Mackie & Kamrath work, particularly the churches. http://www.dougnewby.com/Architecture/Arch...00rockbrook.asp http://www.checkerstripe.com/gallery/album53 http://www.elysiann.com/
  15. What is the story on the George and Cynthia Mitchell house by Kamrath. I remember a few years back that someone foolishly razed it, but I was wondering if anyone knew why and also what is in its place?
  16. I like this one! It really doesn't need a lot of work, and pretty good location. The comment about the garage being bricked in bothers me, though. Inside I think some terrazzo would look really great in the formals/foyer. What I love about this house is the original light fixtures and the kitchen cabinets with real wood counters are pretty cool. The quirky tree in the middle of the driveway is pretty unique!
  17. Concerning the formica v. granite: It is all in what is important to a homeowner. For enthuisiasts of 50's ranch or MCM houses, original tile or formica is very desirable. Cork, concrete, formica, or retro tile certainly fits a house like this very well. It is the same thing as adding crown molding to a modernist room. The typical American likes the Home Depot updated look. This is especially true for most Houstonians. Everyone here wants the Tuscan, Spanish, or Georgian look. Whereas, in cities like Los Angeles the more original and retro the better. The Singleton house by Richard Neutra fetched almost $7 million. The buyer said the reason they chose the house over others was because it still had the original blue formica in the bathrooms, even with a few chips.
  18. This is a nice place, not really my style but at least these people didn't try to make it all traditional looking. For any of you who watch Nip/Tuck, with the right furniture this house could sort of have the look of the Mcnamara's house. This place did need some work when they bought it. If they get the asking price I know what business I'm going to get into! That is a decent profit, considering this took less than 6 months to clean the place up.
  19. The Riverside Terrace house is also featured in a book on ranch houses. I forgot the title...but I saw it at Borders in River Oaks.
  20. I have a good friend that lives on Memorial in the Sherwood Forest area near 610 and the noise from Memorial isn't bad. Of course the yards are larger in that area, so the house is set back a little farther, but his house has large windows facing Memorial. This house that is for sale has a solid brick facade, no windows facing the street. I think that would be a huge sound block. Of course cities are going to have noise. I lived on Main St at Texas Ave for 4 years and let me tell you, that is much noisier. And it really didn't bother me, except for when light rail was being built but that is a huge topic in itself.
  21. This house has some serious similarity to some of the works of Harwood Taylor. The curved brick wall and the courtyards with full length windows remind me very much of some houses that he designed which are now gone.
  22. What a shame! I wish I could have seen this place before this happened
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