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Architect - https://www.cesoinc.com

Clearlake Asset Management is planning an 80 unit, 11 story condo building directly in between Seascape condos and Tiara on the Beach.

Western Galveston getting mixed-use with hotel, condos, restaurants - Houston Business Journal (bizjournals.com) "Mohamed Eldawy, through his new company, Royal Crown Enterprise LLC, last month purchased about 16 acres on the western-most edge of the Seawall from members of the Maceo family, a famous Galveston clan that goes back to the island’s gambling and bootlegging era of the early 20th century." The site would be built out in three phases. The first would begin sometime next year. Phase I -Bars & restaurants built "around a courtyard" - per the article -10 to 12 story condo tower (270-300 2 and 3 bedroom units) Phase II -7 story senior living building (80 1 and 2 bedroom units) -7 story hotel (120-150 rooms) Phase III -2 building, 270 unit apartment complex of unknown height

I've heard this building will be demolished this month. Has UTMB already announced what will replace it? Or is this just to decrease maintenance costs for now?

Cool building designed by Nicholas J. Clayton and built in 1891 in Galveston, TX. It was the first University of Texas Medical Branch building and nicknamed Old Red. The building looks in great shape for being built 132-years ago.

Architect - https://cdaarchitects.com

wow!! I found this ancient roller skating rink in the newspaper Galveston Tribune dated April 24, 1906. Here's the business advertisement. Very cool! Opening Beach Roller Skating Rink Tremont Street and Canal Thursday Night, April 26, at 7 o'clock Ours is the largest and best built Skating Rink in Texas-- no a post in the building—everything new. Our Rink was built and designed for skating alone. Hard wood maple floor and corps of expert instructors. 3 Sessions Daily 9:30 to 12 A.M. 2:30 to 5 P.M. 7:30 to 10 P.M. Neumon's Brass Band Plays at Afternoon and Night Sessions. Prize Skating Contest on Opening Night Everything First-Class

Architect - http://www.davidwatsonarchitect.com

I noticed in an old newspaper there was automobile racing at the Cotton Carnival back in the 1910s. I just had to research further! There was a single mention on HAIF dating back 16 years ago. Figured I could create a new thread for awareness and information. From the newspaper The Houston Post. dated July 31, 1910. Big Event This Week At Cotton Carnival Galveston, Texas Sunday- Pain's Fireworks. Monday- Life Saving Exhibition. Tuesday- Life Saving Exhibition Wednesday- Automobile Races. Red Men's Day Thursday Houston Day Automobile Races Pain's Gorgeous Fireworks! Friday- Beaumont Day Automobile Races Saturday- Shriner Day Four Band Concerts in Carnival Grounds Every Day $1.00 from Houston on all Railroads Wednesday, August 3rd, Thursday, August 4th and Friday, August 5th. The Cotton Palace — located at Avenue Q and 27th Street — was built as an addition to the 1902 Galveston Auditorium and was designed to house the Cotton Carnival’s exhibition hall https://www.rosenberg-library-museum.org/treasures/galvestons-cotton-carnival From 1909 to 1914 the Galveston Cotton Carnival featured a wildly popular auto race, on a track which ran 2.5 miles down Galveston beach, enabling a 5 mile circuit race, or if repeated, a longer race. The races were held a low tide, after a team of horses dragged railroad rails broadside down the beach, to smooth the racecourse and clear out debris accumulated from depositions of flotsam at high tide. (say one more sentence, what were winning models and speeds). In 1915, the beach was abandoned in favor of a specially designed half mile oval dirt track. https://www.torqqe.com/about/about-midkiff-warehouse/

I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post. dated June 5, 1924 and came across this unknown park. Thought I would share with HAIF. Looking online, I see Bayshore Park is still active. I wonder if what involvement Jimmie Joy had. Is this even the same park? https://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/65/573 Dancing Every Night Jimmie Joys Bay Shore Park Commencing Saturday, June 7. Dancing starts every night at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. Admission Gentlemen 99cent Ladies Free

Architect - https://www.cobalt-engineering.com

https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?parkID=456&projectID=95793 https://texashighways.com/culture/history/remembering-migration-of-freed-slaves-emancipation-trail/ "In 2019, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, both of Texas, introduced the Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act, which started a Park Service feasibility study of the proposed trail and its historical significance. The study’s findings, expected by the end of 2023, will be shared with Congress, which could then designate it a national historic trail. That would allow for a management plan and marking historical sites as permitted by private landowners."

https://www.galvnews.com/news/seventh-ferry-joins-galveston-bolivar-fleet/article_ea3f53cd-e604-50ac-8dbe-7e44d9b68b86.html "After months of delay, a $34 million ferry has arrived in Galveston, but there might be more waiting before the vessel begins operating, officials said."

Noticed a new flying field! You don't see that everyday so I wanted to share with HAIF. Found in the newspaper Galveston Tribune dated February 2, 1912. Aviation Meet! At Aviation Park Denver Resurvey, Galveston Friday, Saturday, and Sunday February 2, 3, and 4 At 3:30 p.m. each day Hamilton Will Fly! Mr. Chas. K. Hamilton, the flyer of world renown especially engaged by the National School of Aviation, will give an exhibition each day at the meet of his famous spirals and dips, the most startling spectacle ever seen in the air. There will also be an exhibition each day foreign and American aeroplanes. Different program each day. Admission, 50 cents / See the Bird Men Fly. All children under 16 years admitted free Friday afternoon only.

An ex Enron lawyer bought this building and others in Galveston.

Google Maps address location is off slightly since it's going to be a pier in to the Gulf. Architect - https://www.hntb.com

Many articles have shown the high amounts of fecal and other bacteria at Texas beaches. People also say that the poo comes form runoff from the many rivers that empty into the Texas Gulf. So the question I am asking is what can we do about the poop filled runoff? We can't just put filters across all the rivers the empty into the gulf!

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2023/03/31/448063/new-and-improved-galveston-island-state-park-expects-summer-spike-in-visitors/ "The 2,000-acre park that stretches across the island fully reopened last June after a three-year, $24 million redevelopment project on the beach side facing the Gulf of Mexico, using $10.6 million from a restoration fund set up after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Galveston Island State Park was "completely devastated" two years before that by Hurricane Ike, according to assistant park superintendent Kyle O'Haver, who said the nature center and several other buildings flooded while some campsite and beachfront areas were lost. Much of the 48-year-old park has been restored, and some of its new storm-resilient features were explained to the public Friday during a grand reopening celebration. Among them are elevated grounds for campsites, the park headquarters building and some of the day-use areas, which aim to make them more resilient to flooding. O'Haver also said many of the new structures throughout the park are rated to withstand higher wind speeds than before and also are more securely anchored, and the electrical stations for campers are more resistant to water and salt."

This project was registered in 2020, but they have just now commenced construction. They are currently boring holes for piers to be installed.

https://www.galvnews.com/business/buzz/new-grocer-rings-up-opening-date-luxury-island-development-reveals-new-name-details/article_cf431211-5d50-595a-856c-ee1f506bcfb7.html "Mid-rise low-down: Developers are divulging more details about the five-story, 300-unit multifamily luxury development rising on 6 acres next to the Galveston Yacht Basin, 714 N. Holiday Drive. First, developers confirm the official name of the apartment complex is The Cove at GYB. When announcing the project in September 2021, developers tentatively were calling it The Dunstan. The development is a partnership with Houston-based The Brownstone Group, with partners Rocky Sullivan and Greg Pappas. Second, developers want to ensure neighbors understand the project is what’s known as a traditional asset and unlike other nearby multifamily projects, won’t include an affordable housing component, Christy Miner, asset manager for The Brownstone Group, told Biz Buzz this week."