hindesky Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Scaffolding was going up when I rode by, hopefully to repair the fire damage. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Scaffolding has been up since at least Thursday, maybe earlier, and the sidewalk is closed under the scaffolding. All week there were men in white bunny suits covered in ash going in and out of the building, though I saw no activity today. Earlier last week they were pumping water from the basement of the Holy Cross Chapel, and they still have a lot of heavy equipment on site trying to dry out and clean up that building so it can reopen. Haven't heard any news on the building that burned, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 On 10/27/2019 at 9:12 PM, hindesky said: Scaffolding was going up when I rode by, hopefully to repair the fire damage. There seems to be some confusion on this thread. This is a different building. Main Street Market is located at 901 Main St, not 1101. Both buildings are of interest and deserve recognition. Perhaps a separate thread can be established for this address, and existing posts pertaining to it moved. Moderators? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 ATI's banner is up. Edit: The building was originally Krupp & Tuffly Inc. 901 Main at Walker "Shoe Centre of South Texas" Since 1882 Built 1929; architect: Alfred C. Finn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) Looks like we should see how this looks underneath soon, they are removing the panels. https://imgur.com/gallery/X6fzahX (Can't figure out how to get the photo in the post) Edited December 26, 2019 by kbates2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 On 12/26/2019 at 9:07 AM, kbates2 said: Looks like we should see how this looks underneath soon, they are removing the panels. https://imgur.com/gallery/X6fzahX (Can't figure out how to get the photo in the post) in google chrome right click -> open image in new tab. copy link and paste. If it's your picture you can go to images under your name in imgur. Click on picture in gallery, then copy direct link to paste here. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2020 http://www.houstondeco.org/1920s/krupp.html 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Urbannizer said: http://www.houstondeco.org/1920s/krupp.html We need to get some people down there and make sure those panels never go back on. Who's got the Ectomobile? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 The condition of the original façade looks better than I feared but it's still far worse than the Main Street Food Store building at 1101 Main, which was reportedly already hard to justify restoring. It appears the columns between the windowed sections were totally destroyed. But maybe we'll get lucky -- I'd love to see that 1929 façade back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 hours ago, rechlin said: The condition of the original façade looks better than I feared but it's still far worse than the Main Street Food Store building at 1101 Main, which was reportedly already hard to justify restoring. It appears the columns between the windowed sections were totally destroyed. But maybe we'll get lucky -- I'd love to see that 1929 façade back. I assume that it could just be hard to restore on a convenience store budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 hours ago, rechlin said: The condition of the original façade looks better than I feared but it's still far worse than the Main Street Food Store building at 1101 Main, which was reportedly already hard to justify restoring. It appears the columns between the windowed sections were totally destroyed. But maybe we'll get lucky -- I'd love to see that 1929 façade back. It will cost more, true, but it may end up being more feasible as this is a taller building and can thus generate more income with a renovation. If your renovation cost plus 10-20% incentive is less than the increase in value resulting from a renovation, then you renovate. The increase in value will be based on how much income those upper stories can generate. It would probably have to be office space rather than residential, and from what I know, there is a lot of empty Class B historic office space downtown in buildings already renovated (Esperson is sitting half empty a couple blocks away). So prospects are still a little iffy for this one. Just now, kbates2 said: I assume that it could just be hard to restore on a convenience store budget. They can get a bank loan, just need to show the bank what the value will be post-renovation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 19 hours ago, rechlin said: The condition of the original façade looks better than I feared but it's still far worse than the Main Street Food Store building at 1101 Main, which was reportedly already hard to justify restoring. It appears the columns between the windowed sections were totally destroyed. But maybe we'll get lucky -- I'd love to see that 1929 façade back. It wasn't that it was hard to justify. The owner didn't have the money to renovate on that scale and welcomed whoever could help restoring it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Scaffolding is now down and the sidewalk is reopened, though the slipcover is still removed from much of the "north" side: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 To my point in the Houston Center renovation thread - more often than not, "modernization" is ultimately ill-advised. What were they thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 At the time of modernization, it made perfect aesthetic and fiscal sense. That is why it was done. I assure you of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CREguy13 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Does anyone know if this will return as Main Street Market? I walked by this morning and it's completely gutted with construction workers in there. Wasn't sure if this is still post-fire remediation or something new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 30 minutes ago, CREguy13 said: Does anyone know if this will return as Main Street Market? I walked by this morning and it's completely gutted with construction workers in there. Wasn't sure if this is still post-fire remediation or something new? Man I hope not. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedy Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) On 10/27/2019 at 10:12 PM, hindesky said: Scaffolding was going up when I rode by, hopefully to repair the fire damage. I happened to see it once in the beginning... It already looks better, but obviously there is still work to do. I don't like repairs I love the result of repairs:) Last year I was building a house and I needed scaffolding like this, I spent a lot of time for searching, everything was very expensive or with poor quality. I was lucky, I found a site, I will share it for you if someone found it helpful https://www.costshed.com/outside/scaffolding-prices/ . I didn't want to take a risk my health and chose this service, it is reliable and not expensive, really ,I searched for a long time and did not find it cheaper than this. I checked for myself. My house looks great right now. Good luck:) Edited November 1, 2020 by Tedy with time, I have new information 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 9/9/2020 at 8:17 AM, CREguy13 said: Does anyone know if this will return as Main Street Market? I walked by this morning and it's completely gutted with construction workers in there. Wasn't sure if this is still post-fire remediation or something new? This sounds like great news. Is the original facade still exposed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 53 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: This sounds like great news. Is the original facade still exposed? It was last week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Any news on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 No photos, but last week it was still unchanged from before, just with a "For Lease" (or similar) sign in front. Still boarded up, still with the original façade partially exposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I believe the building was gutted. Hopefully someone comes along and restores it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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