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It was decent with a sunset reflection

Great photo! Where's it from? Can I have a copy?!

This building reminds me so much of the Marriott Marquis today from this angle.

 

Fleeting, like many fads.  I think it was really only popular for a decade or so, from the early 1950s to 1960s.  The post-modernism of the 1980s and brutalism of the 1970s also had short shelf lives.

 

I just dug up some old photos, and when I get the chance I'm going to do a post on Houston's historic turquoise buildings.

Oooooh I'm looking forward to your turquoise post!!!

Great news! I have some pictures of it (interior and exterior) from about 2009 that I'll get around to posting soon!

Wow - a lot were taken over by Popeye's..

This just in - "Villas at Westbury Square" development - "A vibrant new development with Old World Class and Charm." No address, but it makes sense..

http://villasatwestburysquare.com/

There were some recent permits issued like HVAC revision on January 8 and electrical plan check and general repairs in December. Maybe there have been some issues that caused some delay/changes.

Interesting, I was looking for information on Magnolia Macaroni/Vincenzo (aka Charles) Lucia and ended up at this ancient post! His macaroni factory was on W. Dallas (San Felipe back then) and House St. - House St. is now about where the parking lot is just east of I-45 along Dallas - it was two blocks east of Heiner St. He lived almost next door to the factory at the west corner of the block.

He died in 1927 but Magnolia kept on until about the early 1950s - shortly thereafter the factory was demolished and Magnolia and anything about it pretty much disappeared as far as I can tell.

Wonderful photos!

David Weekley (of Weekley home) purchased this after Dr. Kelsey's (of Kelsey-Seybold) death and has purchased a demolition permit. Built in 1956, designed by Wilson, Morris, Crain, & Anderson:

http://swamplot.com/weekley-buys-dr-seybolds-1956-mid-century-mod-home-demo-permit-filed/2014-12-02/

Here are a few more pictures - it's looking more and more decrepit these days: http://arch-ive.org/archive/grocers-supply/

I went and looked today - I think I'll sleep in Sunday. 

Well, it's that time of year: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/news/2014/10/the_girl_on_the_torture_board_rhonda_williams_opens_up_for_the_first_time_about_dean_corll.php

The Girl on the Torture Board: Rhonda Williams Opens Up About Being Attacked by Dean Corll

She wakes up to a sharp pain in her side -- someone kicking her, telling her to wake up, bitch.

For a moment, she thinks it's her dad. Then she opens her eyes and sees it's Dean Corll, the electrician who's renting this house in Pasadena. She looks over and sees her friend Wayne Henley handcuffed, his feet bound, his mouth duct-taped. She looks to the other side, and there's the boy Tim she hadn't met until the night before, when she escaped from her father's home in the Heights. He's tied and taped, too.

 

1977!

Does anyone have a quick link to the most recent rendering released? Is it supposed to be flat glass all the way up? 

Very neat - thanks for posting!

Ooops! I missed the San Antonio mention 

fwiw -  the stores in the Houston picture were Kress, Spiegel women's clothing (later Darling Shops), Baker's Shoes, Lady Oris Hosiery, The Good Friend's Shop (women's clothing), Grants, Bert's, and then not seen, but JC Penney on the closest corner.

Oops, as the postcard:

Strange - I was flipping through the 1952 Houstonian (UH yearbook) and saw this picture - there's our Kress, Grants, and Burt's but still not the same.

Interesting - there's a Kress Building on the right so that could narrow it down. Kress, Grants, Grayson (?), Burt's, Carl's, The Vogue, and Majestic and Texas theaters...hmm...

2015 S-Class coupe, for the independently wealthy among you.  I read that it has optional crystal headlights.

Gah..

"For the customer who might feel as though this car doesn’t grab enough eyeballs, the brand offers an enhanced version of full-LED headlights that are accentuated by 47 cut-glass elements supplied by the Austrian company Swarovski. The lighting units house 30 crystals that serve as turn indicators, while the other 17 combine to make up the daytime running lights."

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2015-mercedes-benz-s-class-coupe-photos-and-info-news

Almost three years later but I was doing a map check on 1920 Woodbury St. and had forgotten about Cambridge Commons  

http://goo.gl/maps/7ga3f

Here are the Jack in the Box listings (of 47 listed, 23 are still Jack in the Box)

4819 Almeda Rd. (remodeled but has the old school top kind of like this)

11602 Bellaire Blvd. (demo)

6901 Bellfort St. (vacant - old school top - talked about here on HAIF before)

5320 W Bellfort St. (AutoZone, but I took this picture a while back behind it - might be the old drive through window)

5131 Browncroft (?)

94 E Crosstimbers St. (demo)

10598 Fuqua St. (Domino Pizza mentioned above)

2727 Hillcroft St. (demo)

9602 Houston Dyersdale E Rd. (?)

1120 Jefferson St. (was in building?)

12310 Kingsride St. (?)

6103 Kirby Dr. (currently River Oaks Plant House)

4330 Lockwood Dr. (AutoZone)

8303 Long Point Rd. (old style - currently taqueria)

14504 Memorial Dr. (rebuilt - Burger King)

3402 OST (rebuilt - gas station)

7545 Park Place Blvd. (rebuilt - Texaco with Jack in the Box combined)

5602 Savoy Dr. (?)

9324 Stella Link Rd. (parking lot)

18003 El Camino Real (currently Daddio's)

3333 Red Bluff Rd. (currently car title loan place)

2213 Strawberry Rd. (old style - currently Burger and Shrimp Galley)

218 Spencer Highway (demo)

Thanks everyone! Yeah, somehow I missed the Dairy Queen (C&D) at 10606 Fuqua.

There was also apparently a Pizza Hut in or near the old Kroger at 10904 Fuqua (now Goodwill and other stuff behind Bravos restaurant - which used to be Bonanza Sirloin Pit)

KFC and Burger King were a little more difficult to map..

KFC (of the 31 listed, 5 are still KFC)

227 W 20th St.

1473 E 40th St.

4320 Almeda Rd. (currently Green Seed Vegan)

5322 Antoine Dr. (currently La Seafood and Wings)

8595 Beechnut St.

5945 Bellaire Blvd. (strip center?)

11570 Bellaire Blvd. (currently dental office)

10708 W Bellfort St. (currently auto garage; rebuilt 1980?)

4022 S Braeswood Blvd. (unknown - 3 Brothers Bakery?)

203 E Crosstimbers St. (demolished?)

10518 Eastex Freeway (unknown - next door to Dairy Queen above?)

841 Edgebrook Dr.

3330 Ella Blvd. (currently El Rey)

11200 Fuqua St. (demolished)

4410 W Fuqua St. (currently Shipley's Donuts)

7058 Lawndale St.

7800 Long Point Rd.

10085 Long Point Rd. (currently El Norteno)

5913 Lyons Ave. 

10565 S Post Oak Rd.

5320 N Shepherd Dr. (demolished - currently COH OEM)

7202 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (currently vacant? formerly Timmy Chan's)

2502 University Blvd. (now Village Arcade?)

16608 El Camino Real (currently Colosseum Italian Restaurant)

3207 Spencer Highway - Pasadena (currently TitleMax, rebuilt 1986)

Burger King (of the 36 listed, 15 are still Burger King)

4001 Bellaire Blvd. (demolished)

5757 Bellaire Blvd. (demolished?)

7817 Bellfort St.

9605 Dyersdale Rd. (?)

1731 Federal Rd.

7007 Fondren Rd.

4905 Griggs Rd.

12606 Hillcroft St. (currently Greater Houston Tax Service)

4638 Irvington Blvd.

9970 Kleckley Dr. (currently vacant?)

5820 Lockwood Dr. (demolished - sign still there)

1801 Mangum Rd. (currently Pizza Inn)

14529 Memorial Dr. (demolished - currently Leibman's Wine and Fine Foods)

10601 S Post Oak Rd. (currently Cici's Pizza)

4401 Telephone Rd. (currently Texas Car Title and Pay Day Loan)

554 Town and Country Village

5913 Westheimer Rd. (demolished - currently Slick Willie's)

1626 Wheeler Ave.

13415 Wood Forest Blvd.

1211 Spencer Highway - South Houston (currently oil change place?)