Triton

11 hours ago, IntheKnowHouston said:

Was the building at 3505 N Main St demolished? If so, it may have been done so illegally. There aren't demolition permits on file for 3505 N Main St.

According to details from a plan review fee submitted this year, it's for an "interior remodeling of the existing 2,648 sf of office space."

Plans were approved for permitting last month.

At this point, it looks like only the second floor has been demo'd. The first floor appears to be remaining now. 

Gah!! Meant to post the photo early this week. 

Building is being demo'd. What's going in here?

On 10/23/2023 at 2:10 PM, mkultra25 said:

postimg.org is gone, but fortunately the Internet Archive has a snapshot of that page/image. Probably worth checking the Wayback Machine whenever you run across any other photos that were hosted by postimg and no longer accessible.

 

Great idea and thank you!

Yes, this is the Main St I remember as a kid. I remember there being an incredible amount of potholes and my dad's truck bouncing up and down as we were driving up from the bayou. I don't remember the storefronts looking like this but I guess they were in this bad of a shape. Houston has come so far!

On 9/30/2015 at 4:20 AM, Subdude said:

Here's Lower Main St in the 1990s in all its glory.  Not a great shot of the street itself however.

http://s21.postimg.org/pkpyw4mif/scan0032.jpg

Ugh! Looks like the photo is gone.

2 hours ago, toxtethogrady said:

And this thing just made the news. Fraud and racketeering...
Houston Real Estate CEO, Lawyer Named In $15M Fraud, Racketeering Suit
Man, this thing could be in Gaza City...

Don't give the IDF any ideas

Keeping the Manson Place name.

7 hours ago, BeerNut said:

I would go to those Whole Foods on occasion because it was the closest grocery store to me.  It always seemed dead when I would go.  It never gained the traffic of other Whole Foods.

It was always dead. We only went there because they had a special type of milk for my son that was usually sold out at Target and HEB. I told my wife that there's no way this place can last just a few months ago. There's like two floors of parking and only like 10 or 15 spots are used in the entire parking garage.

Still really hoping we can get an HEB in midtown or even downtown if that's possible.

Can't stand the building but hey.... at least it makes pretty wind chime music?

8 hours ago, LosFeliz said:

I'd MUCH rather have a surface parking lot than an exposed towering parking garage that kills street life. 

A surface parking lot has future potential. This is going to age like hot milk.

 

Exactly. With so much concrete wall everywhere, it will eventually start looking like this crap that was demo'd. We all love infill on this site, we can agree about that, especially when it takes a parking lot away. But we absolutely must accept when there's an eyesore being created that we're going to have to live with... Just like we've been talking about the eyesore that is the Mercer Condominiums in the Galleria on this site for almost 2 decades now on HAIF. 

This is an architecture forum that has a focus on design and I'd rather take a neighborhood park over this eyesore. 

Wow even the text for the building looks wrong. Congrats whoever built this. You managed to make everything wrong about this development.

Does anybody know when they plan to demo this tower?

19 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

Where did you see that?

Quote

In a statement, Houston First said a design team has been selected and construction would likely not start for at least another year.

https://abc13.com/city-of-houston-lights-over-freeway-bridge-montrose-who-pays-for-the-on-59/13806175/

Wow, Houston First said they won't begin construction until at least a year from now. 

Wow. I worked in a town house literally across from lake from this. Absolutely loved walking around that lake during lunch. Really felt like Flour was wasting that space and had so much empty parking around the spot. Glad to see this development is taking its place.

I go by many names and CityLiving is not one of them. 

Actually makes Milam feel busy. I love it

Brava by Marc longoria, on Flickr

New brewery going in. Possibly called H-Town Brewery or Brewing. Looks to be opening most likely in November. 

2 hours ago, cspwal said:

What if it goes under? First subway tunnel in houston only to avoid that intersection

That's honestly what I was thinking about. Would probably be safer for the school too.

22 hours ago, LBC2HTX said:

Little Dreamers had inconsistent operating hours, OK drinks, and only started selling alcohol after suggestions to them. It wasn’t a destination coffee shop with Slow Pokes next door and Luce down the street. 

Agreed. The hours were always so off.