TheNiche Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Sometimes I feel like we are on an island of misfits, jeez.Pretty much, yeah. And since post-WW2 American youth seem to relish in the 'wanna-be misfit' culture, and Houston's archetypal bastion of misfits (Montrose) has fallen to the yuppie hordes, we over in the East End ought to more actively promote ourselves as the inheritors of the misfit legacy.It may take a generation to experience change of the same magnitude as has transformed Montrose, but we've got all the right ingredients in the immediate area, and I'm reasonably confident that it will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Pretty much, yeah. And since post-WW2 American youth seem to relish in the 'wanna-be misfit' culture, and Houston's archetypal bastion of misfits (Montrose) has fallen to the yuppie hordes, we over in the East End ought to more actively promote ourselves as the inheritors of the misfit legacy.It may take a generation to experience change of the same magnitude as has transformed Montrose, but we've got all the right ingredients in the immediate area, and I'm reasonably confident that it will happen. My little corner of the east end feels very much like the montrose of yore. People-wise, that is. Although I'm afraid we'll go straight from sleepy, mostly hispanic hood to overpriced yuppie funland, skipping straight past misfit cool. I hope I'm wrong. Or maybe I'm part of the yuppie horde, since I have directly contributed to increasing home values. Yikes! I used to own a volvo, even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Which corner of the East End are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverartfox Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 It may take a generation to experience change of the same magnitude as has transformed Montrose, but we've got all the right ingredients in the immediate area, and I'm reasonably confident that it will happen.Wow, I certainly hope that we won't have to wait 25-30 years to see retail improve in the Eastwood area! I won't be around that long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Wow, I certainly hope that we won't have to wait 25-30 years to see retail improve in the Eastwood area! I won't be around that long...Depends on how you what you consider to be improvements. The cycle I see is characterized by:Tel-Wink & Dinner Bell & Weingarten -->Taco Boxes & Family Dollar & Fiesta -->Bohemio's & District 7 & Kroger (upgraded) -->Farrago's & Zushi & Whole Foods -->...as-yet inconceivable yuppie hellholes.By my tastes, I expect that we'll peak out in about 5 or 10 years, and its all downhill from there. It could be faster, more like along the Washington Avenue corridor, but we aren't lodged in between Montrose and the Heights, either, so I'm inclined to believe that the process will be slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 there HAS to be a CVS or Walgreens in there somewhere. they have the bucks to enter the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 there HAS to be a CVS or Walgreens in there somewhere. they have the bucks to enter the area.Pharmacies are persistant throughout the history and future of East End retail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Pharmacies are persistant throughout the history and future of East End retail.yep but they offer more than the pharmacy of old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Yeah, CVS's are like small grocery stores now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 yep but they offer more than the pharmacy of old.Yeah, but citing them as part of a developmental phase isn't descriptive because they've pretty much become ubiquitous among urban and suburban areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Yeah, but citing them as part of a developmental phase isn't descriptive because they've pretty much become ubiquitous among urban and suburban areas.except in the area we're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 except in the area we're talking about.There's a CVS on Polk and another one on 75th. Walgreens also has one on 75th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Which corner of the East End are you talking about?smack in the middle of eastwood. Near Lockwood and Walker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 There's a CVS on Polk and another one on 75th. Walgreens also has one on 75th.i'll give you the polk one but the ones on 75th aren't in what i would call the warehouse district. is the polk one in the kroger-plex or is it standalone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 i'll give you the polk one but the ones on 75th aren't in what i would call the warehouse district. is the polk one in the kroger-plex or is it standalone?Well I guess I've been talking about the East End in a more general sense. No, I wouldn't be surprised to see another few of these pop up in the area, with at least another one in the warehouse district, but I'm still not prepared to define a whole phase of class-based retailing by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Warning, warning topic is spiraling out of control. So only about 2 streets of dumpy houses witll be razed? Large area makes me think 5-10 blocks. (Wishful thinking) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arisegundo Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I went to Dodson in the 80s and these houses were just as crappy twenty years ago. It was sad to drive through there and see it basically unchanged from when I was in kindergarten. Good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredG Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Demolition has begun. No, Oak Farms did not buy these properties. The noise complaint was a block or two away from where danax took these pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Demolition has begun. I've heard from a reliable source that the land was purchased to build more than 50 townhomes, although that is still preliminary and might be decided next week. I wonder if buyers would feel sheepish living next to active drug dealing. It didn't stop 4th Ward so I doubt it will stop many here, especially with the convenience of having the freeway, downtown and future rail within minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I was able to get the Sampson, Coyle, Napoleon, and Jefferson block a few weeks ago - (Live Map and Google map of the area). The blank spots were empty lots, but I can't make much sense of those pictures right now so I just left them out of the image map. The image is quite large, so i'll put a thumbnail to link it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I was able to get the Sampson, Coyle, Napoleon, and Jefferson block a few weeks ago - (Live Map and Google map of the area).The blank spots were empty lots, but I can't make much sense of those pictures right now so I just left them out of the image map. The image is quite large, so i'll put a thumbnail to link it: Great job. I'm glad someone is documenting these homes before they go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Great job. I'm glad someone is documenting these homes before they go away. PS, there are many of the same style homes along Dowling Street nearby about to be either moved or crushed. Depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I was able to get the Sampson, Coyle, Napoleon, and Jefferson block a few weeks ago - (Live Map and Google map of the area).The blank spots were empty lots, but I can't make much sense of those pictures right now so I just left them out of the image map. The image is quite large, so i'll put a thumbnail to link it: That really gives a sense of the community and 100s of people that lived in those houses over the past 80-100 years. I imagine some sitting on the porches, watching the children play (or sell drugs later on) and the conversations that took place; "Let's go see Ma Rainey", "will Roosevelt pull us out of the depression?", "the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor!", etc. Unique and humble architecture destined for erasure save for a few museumesque examples. Not a lament, as they served their purpose and their utility has disappeared with the passing of time (oh no, I'm starting to sound like the Niche). Too great of a location to be a blank spot for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottf Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 What happened to Danax? Why is he a deleted user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 What happened to Danax? Why is he a deleted user?http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...st&p=234812 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottf Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...st&p=234812Thanks for the link. The editor was right in what he/she did. I will miss Danax, especially, because I am an East Ender. But Danax needs to chill out. There are plenty of placed to discuss 9-11 conspiracy theories and HAIF should not be one of them. Again, I'll miss Danax's postings greatly. But if he wants to take his ball and go home, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 This whole area is like a clean slate, ready for the new.and Just about 1/2 mile heading west into downtown another new develpement is being promoted. Called Cobblestone Living or something like that. Guess that means thy cracketh pipe hood is a thing of the past now? Let's hope that's the case. "Nothing but blue skies from now on" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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