LindaFatta

Is this it?

Fatta Building

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That's the building alright. The changes made to the building after my family sold it are terrible. It was a really nice building in its day. Hate to see it torn down for Metro.

Thanks, its a good place to start. I'll give them a call. My grandfather built that building in the 20s. His shoe store and other businesses he rented space to, were on the first floor, and they lived on the second floor. He designed the building in Italianatte style, since he immigrated here from Italy. The architecture both inside and outside at the time was stunning. My family sold the building in the 70s after my grandfather passed away. Its changed a lot since then. I think is was about the early 60s that the area really took a dive. When I spent the weekends with my grandparents, I was entertained by sitting at the upstairs window looking out at the beer joints across the street and behind us, as shootings and fights took place. There was always at least one every Saturday that involved someone being carried out on a stretcher.

This thread has been a stroll down memory lane for me. I spent many afternoons at the park on Harrisburg as I lived the first few years of my life on Edgewood and Harrisburg, across the street from the Weingarten store. It was a great urban neighboorhood in the late 40s and 50s. In '54 we moved to Idylwood off Lawndale and Wayside, where I grew up. It was a wonderful family neighborhood. I'm really glad to see that people are once again interested in the East End.

METRO opened up an office on harrisburg to answer questions regarding the harrisburg line. that may be your best bet.

i think i heard METRO is going to open something here that is related to the se line. maybe something that provides help to small and minority businesses.

I heard that they will be tearing down buildings on Harrisburg and Edgewood for Metro (maybe a station). My family built the building on that corner. I found a picture posted in another thread on this website. See: http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...entry7968

Can anyone tell me more about what will be happening and when? I would like to see if I can obtain the "Fatta Building" plaque on the front of the building when they tear it down. If anyone has any ideas of who I should contact, I'd love to hear it. I'm not living in Houston now, so I've been out of the loop on what development is happening.