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I like shopping at night when nobody's really there.
As crappy as Randall's has become I'd think they would be doing better at this location. Then again I don't know if I'd want to walk over from 2016 Main after dark...
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This building was ugly as soon as they broke ground...
I think I last saw the *Hell on Earth Inn* about two weeks or so ago. It did look like the interiors were much more empty and stripped out than I typically recall. I want to pull every demolition crew out of the Old Sixth Ward and put them at 801 Cal...er, St. Joseph. Then maybe we'll see progress.
Even another surface lot in the place of this building would be better than having to look at this thing.
Savoy Apartments/Hotel At 1616 Main St.
in Historic Houston
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The sooner the Days Inn falls into the center of the earth, the better.
But the Savoy...I don't know. I might be the only person who says this but I kinda like the building (the new one). It's like a monument to the old 1960s oil wildcatter era in Houston. If left standing (and perhaps restored) I wonder how a building like that would be looked upon 50 years from now when there wouldn't likely be much else from that era left standing given this city's track record.
I don't think it would work out as residential but couldn't it get fixed up into office space or something?
As for the old building....I dare say it's toast. Another case of historic neglect in Houston.
The most likely development I see with this decrepit block is a Main@Leeland red light camera embedded into that concrete head.
I'd like to see photos of the actual interior of the new building....too bad squatterkid's apparently not in there to give me a guided tour