IronTiger Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Been in Houston a lot recently and a vacant lot that looks like it used to be a restaurant has captured my attention. The building was razed sometime around 2007, and attempts to find an address or the name of this have been elusive. The biggest clue left behind is a large sign that is only partially blacked out ("J***'s") but other than that, I got nothing. Makes me wonder if it closed LONG before it was demolished. https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7452381,-95.4566661,3a,75y,49.4h,101.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0ttV4oF1bS5wuhThn1wA5A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-beam Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 That was Joe's Golf House at 2121 West Loop South. The sign is a golf ball on a tee. It did close long before it was demolished and may have shut its doors around 2006-2007. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 It closed long before it was torn down. The 610 location was one of many. Here's what the sign looked like. 2121 West Loop S Houston, Texas 77027 - Streetview 6486 Fm 1960 Rd W Houston, Texas 77069 - Streetview 5865 Westheimer Rd Houston, Texas 77057 - Streetview 10901 Katy Fwy. Houston, Texas 77079 - Streetview 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Finally activity on this land! Can anyone make out the size of the project by this hole? Surely it will be a tower right? Can't see 2-story retail go up on the side of the West Loop. For clarification, this isn't Gables Westcreek right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 Wew, I remember this thread. While unfortunately it was torn down before Street View was making its rounds, 2121 West Loop South appears to have been the Electric Living Center originally, but we don't know if facade changes were made later (probably not, note that in 1/06 Google Earth you can still the inverted L-shaped structures jutting out from the side). It doesn't look like residential (and Gables was supposed to go at the Westcreek Apartments site, the last undeveloped portion, about southeast of here). Trying to guess the square footage based on landmarks says about 13,000 square feet, and based on where the lines are drawn from the Robbin Bros. building, a long and skinny building with no parking access (interestingly, the original building seems to have been connected with the nearby parking garage, the connection having been torn out in 2007). P.S.: There seems to have been another Joe's Golf House near Tidwell/Hollister/290 area in the early 2000s, according to directories). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Great posting. Thanks for that. Here's a photo with Amegy Bank in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Do we move this to the Westloop subforum since this site is active? Photos when I return home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Photo update as of Sunday. Hopefully it's something nice! Maybe Westcreek Market will move here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBC2HTX Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) Address is 211 West Loop South 3 story 39,660 SF of retail/parking John Beeson development Updated photos from swamplot http://swamplot.com/what-the-new-3-story-shopping-center-inserting-itself-between-robbins-brothers-jewelers-gables-westcreek-apartments-looks-like-so-far/2018-10-03/ Edited October 3, 2018 by LBC2HTX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Somewhat disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 2 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said: Somewhat disappointing. It was a very small lot. Realistically, what did you expect? A three-story building is at least a denser use of the space, then, say, a fast food restaurant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Looks like they’re clearing the land to the right for parking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Photos from today. Really cool to watch this go up.. such a high profile location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 A week late posting this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 The parking is such a weird design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 From today Cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I know this isn't necessarily an exciting development, but I'm just super happy that there's new infill on this property. More importantly, we will finally see that Joe's Golf sign get torn down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 5 hours ago, CaptainJilliams said: I know this isn't necessarily an exciting development, but I'm just super happy that there's new infill on this property. More importantly, we will finally see that Joe's Golf sign get torn down. It wont go anywhere. I am sure a nice new painted name will go on it instead. Maybe I am wrong though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Avossos said: It wont go anywhere. I am sure a nice new painted name will go on it instead. Maybe I am wrong though... Well, a "new" painted sign would definitely be better than what's there now. Not preferred, but better. So I'll take it if that is the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I'm actually pleased it's 3 stories on such a small lot. This is good infill for this location on the freeway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 6 hours ago, CaptainJilliams said: Well, a "new" painted sign would definitely be better than what's there now. Not preferred, but better. So I'll take it if that is the case. I've always understood that it's much easier from a permitting standpoint to repurpose an existing sign than it is to construct a new one. So I suspect Avossos is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 18 minutes ago, mkultra25 said: I've always understood that it's much easier from a permitting standpoint to repurpose an existing sign than it is to construct a new one. So I suspect Avossos is right. Is this why The Bellaire Building (now Alexan Southside Place) signage is still up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 21 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said: Is this why The Bellaire Building (now Alexan Southside Place) signage is still up? Very likely, although I've only heard it mentioned in connection with COH regulations, not those of other local municipalities like Bellaire or Southside Place. The classic example that's usually cited is the old Cactus Records sign at Shepherd and Alabama, which despite a paint job still noticeably resembles a cactus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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