Highrise Tower

University of Texas football has taken the top spot in AP rankings September 15, 2024 https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41273988/texas-leapfrogs-georgia-no-1-spot-ap-top-25 Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten. The Longhorns moved up a spot from No. 2 and received 35 first-place votes and 1,540 points. The Bulldogs, who have been No. 1 since the preseason poll, received 23 first-place votes and 1,518 points.

I went to the 30th Anniversary this weekend. Both on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday afternoon was intense! CM was so busy, as what you might see during Thanksgiving. Pictures I took: Bread loafs branded with 30! Too cool. Edit: The bread's ingredients didn't look like anything too cool. Bring back that carrot, onion bread LOL. New CM branded chips! I had wondered what their usual Hatch Pepper Tortilla Chips were this year. Just after Hatch season, they released a wide-line up of Oaxaca style chips. From the looks of it, they are a thicker chip. Guajillo Chilie Mercado Blend $14 pickles! Or Gherkins. The most expensive at CM. Martin Pouret sour french gherkins - Aigre et pas si dioux Martin Pouret French gherkins - au vinaigre d'Orleans

Austin Commercial is on site! I believe it's the surface parking lot that's about to break ground? I don't think MD Anderson bought the small dental office in the middle of the parcel. Ouch! They wouldn't accept a payout? Portable toilet and hand washing station. Saving these trees? Trailers: Small hut:

Helicopter landing position? Awesome!!

With the Arabella skyscraper in the background. San Felipe & Briar Oaks

Zeus Equity Group is handling the sell of the property. Prime location for a high-rise!

This ranch style home in Bellaire at 4701 Holly Street is (I believe) vacant. High-profile land, as the parcel is off of the West Loop South freeway, abutting the feeder road. A few months ago, there was an excavator sitting here. I wonder if the proper permits didn't go through? Should be demolished here soon. "the hold outs" in Bellaire.

I went to Galveston the other week. One of the more prominent buildings is One Moody Plaza designed by Neuhaus & Taylor. Fantastic looking building here!

While visiting Galveston earlier this month I saw a cool old bank buildings. Reminds me of one of the earlier banks in Downtown, Houston a long Main Street. Must have been the same architect! Actually, the architects were Weary & Alford Company. Edit: The bank was founded in December 1907 by William Lewis Moody Jr. and the building was completed in 1920. City National Bank renamed itself the Moody National Bank in 1953 to honor the founder. The downtown building served as the Galveston County Historical Museum until 2008 when it was badly damaged by Hurricane Ike, after which the museum's assets were moved to the Galveston County Courthouse. Since then the former CNB building has been unused. Photos I took:

Went to Galveston the other week and noticed a cool building. Designed by famed Houston-architect Eugene Heiener, this building reminds me of the old Cotton Exchange Building in Houston.

I went to Galveston the other week and took a picture of a cool, old looking building. After getting some free time I researched the building and it was built in 1882 and designed by Nicholas J. Clayton. Very cool! Kinda of reminds me of some of the historic Market Square buildings in Houston.

I went to Galveston the other week. A tall church caught my eye so I had to stop by! In 1890, the Galveston-based architect Nicholas Clayton designed the St. Patrick Catholic Church, Holy Family Parish. Pictures I took: Founded in 1871!

I learned some cool Galveston history early in the week. Credits: https://www.galvestonmonthly.com/homes/sealy-smith.html After the war, the couple returned to the Island and built an impressive home at the corner of 23rd Street (Tremont) and Avenue I (present-day Sealy St.) where they became the parents of two children: Etta Jane “Jennie” Sealy (1868-1938) and John Hutchings Sealy Jr. (1870-1926). The house was large enough to comfortably accommodate the small family and four relatives. Additional renovations were made to the Sealy mansion. Between 1892 and 1899, the rear section of the home was extended and the servants’ quarters were enlarged to 20’x52’. In 1896, Jennie Sealy married Robert Waverly Smith (1865–1930), the Galveston city attorney, on September 29 at the Imperial Hotel in New York City. That same year, Smith hired local architect George B. Stowe to design and build a wood frame Queen Anne style house at 3017 Avenue O (now known as the Smith-Rowley House). While the couple’s home was being built, they lived with the bride’s mother Rebecca at the Sealy mansion. Electric wiring was added to the stable and servants building in 1908, and Jennie hired two new housemaids: one for the upstairs of their home and one to tend solely to the dining room. John Sealy Jr. and his sister Jennie Sealy Smith contributed an estimated $1 million to John Sealy Hospital and a woman’s hospital built in 1915. The two later established the Sealy-Smith Foundation to ensure the continued prosperity of the hospital. The empty Sealy Smith mansion was loaned to the Red Cross in January 1940 to be used for first aid classes and space for volunteers to make surgical dressings for the military. Maco Stewart, Jr. purchased the property at the end of that month, but never intended to reside in the home. Instead, on February 5, 1940 he presented the deed to First Baptist Church pastor Dr. Harold Fickett as a memorial to Maco Stewart, Sr. Given the name of the Stewart Memorial Center, the upstairs bedrooms of the large home were used for Sunday school classrooms and the downstairs areas for lectures and meetings. In 1944, Galvestonians had their last chance to glimpse the once elegant interiors of the former Sealy Smith mansion when it was included on the Oleander Trail Homes Tour.

Has anyone ever been to the Moody Mansion in Galveston? The huge, huge house is located at 2618 Broadway Avenue J. I really need to tour the house! The mansion was built in 1895 and the architect was William H. Tyndall. Historical photograph. 1920s I'd say.

Went to Galveston the other day and saw a tall Moody Bank building. Photo I took: