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Following the closure of Urban Eats' Washington Corridor location, Chodrow Realty Partners marketed the 3414 Washington Avenue property on behalf of the property owner. Below are details from the LoopNet listing: 4,545 sf of retail space available This former full-service artisan bistro, craft bar & urban market is available for lease. The upper level was the bistro & bar. Most of the downstairs is also a market of artisan and gourmet groceries, as well as having a bakery and café. Property Type: Retail Property Subtype: Restaurant Gross Leasable Area: 4,545 sf Year Built/Renovated: 2005/2013 Parking Ratio: 4.4/1,000 SF https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/3414-Washington-Ave-Houston-TX/30760974/ https://www.loopnet.com/viewer/pdf?file=https://images1.loopnet.com/d2/fBd-QWdy0oHyPkmHUJG3Cx2GPQyKjZUAobBdDCRtZx8/3414 Washington Ave Flyer.pdf https://images1.loopnet.com/d2/fBd-QWdy0oHyPkmHUJG3Cx2GPQyKjZUAobBdDCRtZx8/3414 Washington Ave Flyer.pdf

The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects, Houston passed the following Position Statement at its regular meeting on April 10, 2007. The statement will be presented to the Mayor and City Council tomorrow, April 17, by AIA Houston member Peter Boudreaux, AIA, of Curry Boudreaux Architects. AIA Houston POSITION STATEMENT April 10, 2007 RE: The Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation Site Lease / Potential Sale The American Institute of Architects, Houston does not support the sale and demolition of the buildings of the Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation located at 3550 West Dallas. The Center and the City of Houston are in disagreement over the validity of the site lease, where the Center's architecturally significant facilities are located. Invalidation of the lease may result not only in the destruction of the homes of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities but also the demolition of these historically important works of Houston architecture, which anchor a visible site in heart of the city. The current buildings and prominent site comprise first-class urban design and environmentally propitious use of open land, both concepts AIA Houston supports in general. The Center buildings are important examples of the architectural trend called the New Brutalism. They occupy a significant place in the history of Houston architecture, particularly in the wake of the recent demolition of the Houston Independent School District Headquarters on Richmond Avenue. The New Brutalism was a modernist architectural movement inspired by the work of Le Corbusier that flourished internationally from the 1950s to the 1970s. New Brutalist buildings usually are formed with striking repetitive angular geometries and are often constructed of rough, unadorned poured concrete. Howard Barnstone and Eugene Aubry designed the Center for the Retarded (1966), as it was originally called. The Cullen Residence Hall (1978) is the work of S.I. Morris & Associates. These architects are significant in Houston's history and these particular buildings are especially important because they represent a high standard of design in service to a community that has been traditionally under served. The buildings are in good condition and will serve their function for a significantly long future. Together Barnstone & Aubry designed several brilliant Houston buildings such as Rothko Chapel (1971); Guinan Hall, Univ. of St. Thomas (1971); Media Center, Rice University (1970); and 3811 Del Monte (1969). Both architects individually are also well-known for their work. S.I. Morris headed a string of firms (including Morris*Aubry), the successor of which is Morris Architects. The full body of Morris work touches almost all of segments of Houston architecture from the Astrodome (1965) to award-winning skyscrapers, to public buildings such as the Central Library (1975) to small houses. Transactional costs for the Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation to build a new facility will take away from monies and services that this special needs population urgently requires. The Center for the Retarded, a non-profit organization, invested $7 million (1960's dollars) in the buildings, which probably cannot be recouped (in today's dollars). The $26 million estimated sale price of the land would fund only a portion of the needs for a new facility of comparable size and quality. The cost of comparable new facilities would mirror the inflation rate of the land and construction cost. Loss of this site and its buildings would entail a substantial net loss to the Center and adversely affect its ability to maintain its present level of service. Therefore, because of the outstanding architectural significance of this campus, the Board of Directors of AIA Houston recommends that the City of Houston renew its lease with the Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation so that the Center may remain in its current location and continue to provide essential services to the citizens of Harris County. Hanover Square

Proposed MF project at Washington Ave/Hempstead Road by Guefen Development. SubdivisionPlatPDF_HAVEN AT WASHINGTON AVENUE APARTMENTS.pdf

Interesting new article: http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2014/september/why-investors-are-flocking-to-downtown-dallas Huge corporate campuses are being built in the northern suburbs, and Uptown office buildings are securing record-breaking rental rates. But the biggest commercial real estate story in Dallas may be the revitalization of the city’s urban core, where a staggering number of redevelopment projects are setting the stage for a major transformation. Activity is focused on the city’s center, the area between Pacific Avenue and Main, Commerce, and Elm streets. Sales volume in the core is “off the charts,” says Jon Altschuler, partner at Altschuler and Co. Even more noticeable, he says, are the capital improvements new property owners are making. “When I step out of Thanksgiving Tower and head in either direction, it feels like I should be wearing a hard hat,” he says. “There is so much construction activity. Welding, banging, building—you can tell it’s going to be a different streetscape in 18 months.

10/7/04 DOWNTOWN HOUSTON Clubs, Bars, Pubs, Restaurants and other destinations Total Bar/Restaurant Count: 115 NORTH DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT: MARKET SQUARE (14): La Carafe (Oldest bldg. in Houston) Twelve Spot Cotton Exchange Bar Blu Torch Les Givrals (French Vietnamese Fusion) La Tapatia bar and grill Club Paesanos Warrens Market Square Bar and Grill (Great patio at back) Treebeards Restaurant (limited hours) CharBar (tailor by day, bar by night) Red Cat Jazz Cafe (restaurant/bar) Wasabi (Japanese) Kim Son (Vietnamese) FRANKLIN AVENUE/COMMERCE AVENUE (14): Six Degrees Lounge (Formerly Dusk) New Orleans Cajun Kitchen (formerly Kairo Caf

This building isn't very well marked. I never knew this was number 2. This is the Texas Medical Center Parking Garage 2 located at 6740-6798 Bertner Avenue. The Texas Medical Center Police has a police station on the bottom floor of the garage. Here are a few photos I took this weekend.

In 1948, the Cullen family donated money to build the St. Joseph Hospital Cullen Family Building located at 1401 Pierce Avenue. Also designed by Ilton E. Loveless. Decades later, it was home to a Mental Health Care Center.

By Matt Dulin | 2:36 PM Apr 9, 2021 CDT | Updated 2:36 PM Apr 9, 2021 CDT A Houston homebuilder is planning to bring as many as 87 townhomes to a former Union Pacific property in the Washington Avenue corridor. Billed as White Oak Station, the development is a project by the builder City Choice Homes and Happen Houston, the broker for the property, which has similar projects across the Houston area. "It is super preliminary at this point, but we'll be looking to bring a high-end product tailored to the area," said Michael Afshari, an adviser with Happen Houston. White Oak Station will likely offer designs and finishes similar to those from its Heights-area Park at Northwood development, which is in the process of building out, he said. The site is currently up for consideration for a subdivision replat by the Houston Planning Commission, which deferred a decision on the application April 1 for two weeks to allow for further review. The 4.5-acre property sits at the southwest corner of Hicks and Studemont Streets, putting it near the Lower Heights development and adjacent to two multifamily communities, CoOp at Summer Street and Broadstone Summer Street. https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/development/2021/04/08/townhome-development-proposed-near-washington-avenue/?type=article&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter_article Edit: This is the place that I've been taking pics of on Hicks St. I didn't know what was going on but suspected that Union Pacific was probably removing the train tracks for possible sale and then I found this in Community Impact website.

Bertner Avenue building signage is now up! TMC3!! Notice the Baylor College of Medicine building signage in the background. Just perfect! Those Elkus Manfredi fins are fantastic.

In 1976, I came across information about the St. Elizabeth Hospital located at 4514 Lyons Ave. Your car been giving you trouble? Don't give it up - - give it a Chance! You have the opportunity to buy your automobile a $75 tune-up for only $1.00 per chance. The St. Elizabeth Hospital of Houston Foundation is raffling a $75 tune-up for only $1.00 per chance. The St. Elizabeth Hospital of Houston Foundation is raffling a $75 complete car tune-up at $1.00 per dance. Tickets can be purchased at St. Elizabeth Hospital, 4514 Lyons Avenue, N.E. Houston, or by calling 675-1711.

I was looking into the original Brochsteins building. It appears Brochsteins took over the building from another lumber company. Found this article in the newspaper Texas Jewish Herald dated May 14, 1936. The firm is located at 3400 Washington avenue, and is a leader in the Southwest in the designing and building of bank and office fixtures. They carry in stock eleven different varieties of solid woods as well as plywood and veneers for customers to select form. Their plant is one of the most modern and up-to-date in the Southwest. Mr. Brockstein stated today that he is as proud of the fixtures installed in the new Baytown bank as any his firm has been privileged to model. Brochsteins, Inc. Designers and Manufacturers Bank-Drug-Office-Store Fixtures-Distinctive Bars and Beer Equipment 3400 Washington Phone Taylor 1800 Spinner Lumber Company was previously, about 10 years earlier, located a 3400 Washington. Was this Brochsteins' first business venture? Did Brochstein bought the business and took over? Anyone know the story here? How could two different lumber companies occupy the same address/building? From the newspaper Houston Post-Dispatch dated February 1, 1925.

This thread was originally created March 18, 2017. I'm reposting / reupping this because this post and other content from me are no longer available on the forum due to a mod removing my account and its content in "error" (supposedly). The information may be outdated or no longer relevant, but reupping provides an archive to what was posted. It also provides a place to post future updates about this property if and when it's redeveloped An archive link of the thread before its deletion is coming. Note to mods (though it will probably be ignored as my other public requests on this same topic were): please don't move this to the Heights forum where all of my Washington Corridor posts were moved to. Mods, also don't sneak and move this thread and all the others for Washington Corridor, Oak Forest, Garden Oaks, and Independence Heights to the Heights forum once all the previous content is reposted as y'all have done in the last month and continue to do. This is NOT in the Heights and it's not part of the Greater Heights area in any way. This is in the Washington Corridor area, an area that as suggested and advocated for previously needs its own forum because there is lots of development happening here, much spurred by the Sawyer Yards and Buffalo Heights developments. That in itself usually merits the creation for a new neighborhood forum. Until then, posts for those neighborhoods should remain in the forum for "Other Neighbohoods" has is done with other threads that don't have a dedicated neighborhood or area of town forum.Thanks. Last year, Houston Business Journal had an article about renovations coming to 1919 Washington Avenue. The renovation is a joint venture between Baker Katz and Braun Enterprises. Do anyone know more about this? From HBJ: The developer (Braun Enterprises) also closed on a historic building at 1919 Washington Ave. in a joint venture with Houston's Baker Katz earlier this week, too. The owners will renovate the building, which is home to Julep, a popular cocktail bar and Gulf Coast seafood eatery, before any additional tenants move in. The property contains 17,000 square feet of commercial space, of which 12,905 square feet is available. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/09/23/exclusive-fast-growing-retail-developer-scoops-up.html

This thread was originally created September 30, 2019. I'm reposting / reupping this because this post and other content from me are no longer available on the forum. An archive link will be posted soon. Mods, please don't move this to the Heights forum where all of my Washington Corridor posts were moved to. This is NOT in the Heights and it's not part of the Heights area. It's the Washington Corridor area, an area that as suggested and advocated for previously needs its own forum because there is lots of development happening here, much spurred by the Sawyer Yards and Buffalo Heights developments. Thanks. 5002 Washington Avenue along the Washington Corridor in Houston. Aerial view Street View from November 2018 Roy & Center St. Sandman St & Center St

I mentioned this is a previous comment, but all of it is connected: those bike lanes, along with more PT, and along with the land use changes that I discussed, all go hand-in-hand in ensuring a more multi-modal environment for all Houstonians. But lately, the pressure is ramping up because of actions from (what has been shown so far to be) a hostile mayoral administration. With how quick the mayor took out the Houston Avenue project, combined with his rhetoric of "anti-car activists", he does not deserve any benefit of the doubt regarding any potential threats to 11th Street.

Michael Cordray from the Magnolia Network tv show "Restoring Galveston". I wonder if this is going to be a restaurant or coffee shop? https://www.har.com/michael-cordray/agent_mcordray

It has nothing to do with "scolding" anyone. More just pointing out that all these problems (in addition to merely being from policy choices that can easily be reversed at no cost) do also have a component that stems from personal choices ("self-inflictions"): for instance, complaining about Houston's mass transit ... while living out in Fulshear (hence, sprawled away from the action to begin with). Now, I do feel that much of the sprawl in Houston stems from the policies of higher governments (federal and especially state-level policies). But, what was mentioned regarding parking, setback, lotsize, etc reforms would assist the city a lot: and all it takes is a city council vote. As for the 11th St. project, the discussion is relevant because those bike lanes represent more of the city's recent steps towards greater multimodality ... steps that are in jeopardy of being regressed given the current mayor's rhetoric (hasty actions on Houston Avenue, unironic mentions of "anti-car activists", etc).

Edit: Found it. I discovered a park in the Texas Medical Center designed by Charles Tapley. The park bounded Bertner Avenue and Wilkins Street. Was this ever realized? From what I know, Marry Jones Gibbs had a garden next to the Institute of Religion with an opening ceremony of May 1984. I'm not sure if that's the same park as the one seen below. Possibly it's a different park? Anyone remember anything about this? A park for the Texas Medical Center * A project of Garden Club of Houston * Charles Tapley Associates.

Village Crossing is the name of the development along a stretch of the Southwest Freeway, just east of FM 2218 / B.F. Terry Blvd. and immediately west of the Silver Eagle Distributors facility. To date, the sole structure built has been a Cavender's Boot City which opened in 2021. Additional road infrastructure has been constructed here - most notably the extension of Airport Avenue, which had been a point of discussion locally for years - and also was completed in 2021. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/Highway-59-FM-2218-Rosenberg-TX/17009649/

Rooms To Go will be headed to this development, per TDLR TDLR TABS - Project Details (texas.gov) It will be on the feeder right along Airport Avenue, based on this layout of the site from November.

https://austin.towers.net/62-east-avenue-condo-tower-faces-a-tight-squeeze-in-the-rainey-district/ 53-Stories, 623’, 205 units

Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved a $39.8 million investment that will help create or preserve 677 units of affordable housing at six properties, including Lost Oaks, Manson Place Apartments, Meridian on Cullen, New Hope Housing Avenue C, The Upland and Tidwell Apartments. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/arpa-housing-harris-county-commissioners-court-19371479.php

Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved a $39.8 million investment that will help create or preserve 677 units of affordable housing at six properties, including Lost Oaks, Manson Place Apartments, Meridian on Cullen, New Hope Housing Avenue C, The Upland and Tidwell Apartments. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/arpa-housing-harris-county-commissioners-court-19371479.php

Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved a $39.8 million investment that will help create or preserve 677 units of affordable housing at six properties, including Lost Oaks, Manson Place Apartments, Meridian on Cullen, New Hope Housing Avenue C, The Upland and Tidwell Apartments. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/arpa-housing-harris-county-commissioners-court-19371479.php

Avoiding destruction of vegetation on Broadway/Avenue J also required the trolley tracks to be installed on the inner lanes of the paved road surfaces adjacent to the median strip. Because the top surface of the track is roughly the same height as the paved road surfaces, ordinary rubber tired cars and trucks can pass over the trolley tracks without damage. The inside track surfaces have a narrow gap between the track and the pavement to allow the trolley wheel flanges to seat properly, yet allow safe passage for rubber tired cars, buses, and trucks over the trolley tracks.