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    Kirby Lofts At 917 Main St.

    in Downtown

    Posted

    We have a discussion about these a few threads down. So how much are the maintenance fees? Is it true there isn't any parking? Does it look like they will negotiate on the price at all?

    someone mentioned .44/square foot

    i saw some on HAR. they looked...alright

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    Home At 945 Heights Blvd.

    in The Heights

    Posted

    Any info on the the other Heights Blvd. house that was torn down on the same day as the Doyle house? I believe it was 435. I saw the pile of rubble but couldn't remember what was there. At first I thought it may have been that blue cinder block monstrosity that sits vacant, but as luck would have it it wasn't.

    401 heights was also demolished that day - owned by Jeffrey Dyment (lawyer) since the late eighties (and i think it served as offices for other lawyers, too)

    here is the 401 aerial from local.live.com:

    4t75hdx.jpg

    Home At 945 Heights Blvd.

    in The Heights

    Posted

    Does anybody have any photos of the house in it's prime, and before the demolition? I've driven up and down Heights Blvd many times and never noticed this place before. It would be interesting to see how good it looked back in its day and what the condition was before it's demolition. How many years did it sit abandoned?

    i am currently searching for earlier pictures of the house - if i find anything, i'll post it.

    Agnes Doyle died in 2004, but i am not sure when she left the house. According to the Chronicle, "The youngest, Agnes Bridget Doyle, was born in the house in 1910 and lived there until the last few years of her life, when she moved to Compassionate Hospice Care."

    Mayor Visits Glenbrook Area

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

    Posted

    I saw that. Again, there is no way those things can be in as bad a shape as Thai Xuan Village, or some of the other complexes on Broadway for that matter.

    thai xuan village - bleh!

    The mayor has known about bad conditions at Thai Xuan Village for years. He just didn't know what to do about them.

    "It's one of the most difficult problems that Houston faces," he said in an interview with the Houston Press. That's because Thai Xuan Village isn't your average condominium complex. The 1,400 residents are nearly all Vietnamese, and they've formed a tight-knit, law-abiding community. Over the years, residents have added religious structures and a specialty Vietnamese convenience store up front. But general upkeep, apparently, has never been a priority.

    http://www.houstonpress.com/2007-03-29/new...i-xuan-village/

    Quick HCAD Question

    in Houston Real Estate

    Posted

    okay, another question that may not have a good answer because of the nature of the information (hcad)

    in the separate "Physical Condition" category, values range from poor to excellent

    my question is: does anyone know what this particularly addresses?

    looking at 1950s homes versus new builds on a given block, i noticed that most of the newer homes (~2004+) had "Average" under "Physical Condition" while many of the older homes had "Good" (with the mindset that the almost new homes should be in better (or at least same?) physical condition as the older). Is this some sort of hcad anomaly? are these houses really all that bad? and would hcad even acknowledge that?

    Marquee Apartments On McCue Rd. History

    in Historic Houston

    Posted

    Looks like the Marquee is about to go - i remember reading good things about them on this forum.

    The Bali Hai was stuccoed beyond recognition, so maybe this is a more noble fate :(

    Project No:

    07062647

    Date:

    7/18/2007

    USE:

    DEMO BLD/SEWER DISC

    Owner / Occupant:

    MARQUEE APARTMENTS

    Job Address:

    2525 MC CUE RD

    Tax ID:

    0400451400060154

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    Home At 945 Heights Blvd.

    in The Heights

    Posted · Edited by sevfiv

    Any structure can be saved and re-used. It just takes passion, time, and money.

    agreed - someone (the owner) has to think it's worth it, and Harry James obviously did not think that.

    another interesting note for those who watch permits --

    the permit i posted earlier was the sewer disconnect permit, which is a good sign a building is going down

    the actual demolition permit was not issued until the 18th, the day of the demolition, which indicates MAJOR haste (and notice that they listed the owner/occupant as Agnes Doyle, too)

    Project No:

    07060569

    Date:

    7/18/2007

    USE:

    DEMO RES/SEWER DISC

    Owner / Occupant:

    AGNES DOYLE

    Job Address:

    945 HEIGHTS BLVD

    Tax ID:

    0400202270000001

    Buyer:

    HOUSTON DEMOLITION INC

    Address:

    P O BOX 1185 77588

    Phone:

    8324732886

    Home At 945 Heights Blvd.

    in The Heights

    Posted

    Harry James' response:

    "This house is not a historic mansion, as is being classified in the media by my opponents. It sat in disrepair for 35 years, without any occupants and with major water leaks for decades," James said in an e-mail Wednesday afternoon. "The house has deteriorated to the point where it is rotten and unhealthy. Any reasonable person could see that it was neglected too long by the previous owner and heirs."

    "I gave the HHA almost two weeks to submit to me an offer to purchase it, but never received anything except verbal amounts that were a lot less than what my costs were to acquire the property," James said.

    "I have plans to build a magnificent Classic Victorian that will be part of the future history of the Heights," James said. "Some times you have to ring out the old, and ring in the new."

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/hei...ws/4979722.html

    945 Heights Blvd Protest

    in Community Announcements

    Posted

    from STB:

    The protest planned for today will now also be a wake.

    As is typical, the builder, Harry James, tore down the Doyle Mansion as quickly as possible after the public got wind of the plan.

    PLUS, another historic home was demolished at 401 Heights Blvd yesterday as well.

    Gather at 10th Street and Heights Blvd at 5pm today, Thursday July 19th.

    Letter from Gilbert Perez, one of the main organizers, below:

    Dear Friends,

    Just in case you haven't heard, it saddens me to inform you that the Doyle Mansion was torn down today. In spite of all the pleads from the neighborhood, community, Historic Houston, several members of the Houston Heights Association, and many preservationists, Harry James Builders spat in our faces by demolishing a one-of-kind historic home in the heart of our "historic" neighborhood.

    Another historic home was also demolished today on Heights Blvd. between 4th and 5th streets, that's two in one day. Though I don't know who is responsible for that one, it wouldn't surprise me at all if tomorrow we find out that it was also the actions of Harry James Builders.

    In light of what has transpired today, we need to (now more than ever) come out Thursday the 19th (tomorrow) to let Harry James and other builders know that we are going to put an end to this repulsive act of insensitivity, ignorance, and greed.

    Please don't let yet another builder have the last laugh. Come and join us tomorrow (Thursday the 19th) on the Blvd. in front of the land of where a one-of-kind historic home lived for over 106 years. Come out and bring your signs, noisemakers, energy and vigor to let the builders and others know that we are fed up.

    Though we had a setback today , we must gather tomorrow in front of the corner of Heights Blvd. and 10th Street ( formerly The Doyle Mansion, 945 Heights Blvd.) and let our voices be heard so that we can one day be victorious!!!

    See you there!

    Gilbert Joseph Perez

    Home At 945 Heights Blvd.

    in The Heights

    Posted

    protest still on:

    from STB:

    The protest planned for today will now also be a wake.

    As is typical, the builder, Harry James, tore down the Doyle Mansion as quickly as possible after the public got wind of the plan.

    PLUS, another historic home was demolished at 401 Heights Blvd yesterday as well.

    Gather at 10th Street and Heights Blvd at 5pm today, Thursday July 19th.

    Letter from Gilbert Perez, one of the main organizers, below:

    Dear Friends,

    Just in case you haven't heard, it saddens me to inform you that the Doyle Mansion was torn down today. In spite of all the pleads from the neighborhood, community, Historic Houston, several members of the Houston Heights Association, and many preservationists, Harry James Builders spat in our faces by demolishing a one-of-kind historic home in the heart of our "historic" neighborhood.

    Another historic home was also demolished today on Heights Blvd. between 4th and 5th streets, that's two in one day. Though I don't know who is responsible for that one, it wouldn't surprise me at all if tomorrow we find out that it was also the actions of Harry James Builders.

    In light of what has transpired today, we need to (now more than ever) come out Thursday the 19th (tomorrow) to let Harry James and other builders know that we are going to put an end to this repulsive act of insensitivity, ignorance, and greed.

    Please don't let yet another builder have the last laugh. Come and join us tomorrow (Thursday the 19th) on the Blvd. in front of the land of where a one-of-kind historic home lived for over 106 years. Come out and bring your signs, noisemakers, energy and vigor to let the builders and others know that we are fed up.

    Though we had a setback today , we must gather tomorrow in front of the corner of Heights Blvd. and 10th Street ( formerly The Doyle Mansion, 945 Heights Blvd.) and let our voices be heard so that we can one day be victorious!!!

    See you there!

    Gilbert Joseph Perez

    Abe & Pappy's Bar & Club At 1106 Rusk St.

    in Historic Houston

    Posted · Edited by sevfiv

    the aragon was directly behind the montagu hotel (hotel cotton)

    here is a picture of the fire that occurred there (from the montagu's site):

    http://www.hotelcotton.com/images/hotelcot...0background.jpg

    there is some talk of the aragon ballroom on this thread:

    http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=5694

    ooh...and those photos of the menu:

    http://i17.tinypic.com/4visa5w.jpg

    http://i12.tinypic.com/4lp6wp5.jpg

    Mixed-Use Parking Garage At 820 Main St.

    in Downtown

    Posted

    Looking at the picture above ^^^, is that street level retail in the bottom right?

    yes - here is a view from main and walker:

    garagesj001.jpg

    Thanks for posting that photo. I was expecting something much much worse from all the negitive comments.

    imo, on the main street side it actually blends a little because of Battelstein's, but on the Travis side not so much (next to 801 Travis (?))

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