plumber2 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I was driving on the West Loop last week and noticed construction at the Episcopal High School campus. I was going too fast to actually look closely, however after checking their website, it appears a new building is being erected on the northwest corner of the property. Does anyone know what the fate of the original 1955 Marian High School building is? Looks like the 1930's convent and chapel are safe......for now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Once it was clear Marion was closing, do you think HISD should have tried to acquire that property and have Bellaire High School moved there, instead of letting Episcopal acquire it? Edited December 13, 2011 by VicMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 You have to remember the history of the property. Marion and the Catholic Convent was originally sold to a developer in the 70's that wanted to tear everything down and build a second Galleria type shopping center. Despite the fact that the development would have brought in a whole lot of needed tax money the good citizens of Bellaire were worried about the traffic congestion and what-not and blocked his repeated attempts to develop the block. Finally as a way to get back at the city he sold the property to Episcopal (at a great loss from what I heard) so the city would end up with a large trac of land they had to provide services for but not be able to tax. Episcopal just happened to be in the right place at the right time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Yes, and the Incarnate Word Academy students downtown were the inadvertent benificiaries of this sale. The sisters were able to fund the much needed improvements to the downtown campus with the proceeds from the Bellaire campus sale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 It's ironic because ultimately Bellaire realized that it needed to increase its tax base rather than stay stagnant... but by then it was too late to reverse that sale...You have to remember the history of the property. Marion and the Catholic Convent was originally sold to a developer in the 70's that wanted to tear everything down and build a second Galleria type shopping center. Despite the fact that the development would have brought in a whole lot of needed tax money the good citizens of Bellaire were worried about the traffic congestion and what-not and blocked his repeated attempts to develop the block. Finally as a way to get back at the city he sold the property to Episcopal (at a great loss from what I heard) so the city would end up with a large trac of land they had to provide services for but not be able to tax. Episcopal just happened to be in the right place at the right time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 It's ironic because ultimately Bellaire realized that it needed to increase its tax base rather than stay stagnant... but by then it was too late to reverse that sale...Very true. Of course Bellaire was a different town back then. Still mostly blue collar and despite being surrounded by Houston it still had a small town feel. They were afraid to progress then. It's a whole different make-up today although still stagnant in growth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Very true. Of course Bellaire was a different town back then. Still mostly blue collar and despite being surrounded by Houston it still had a small town feel. They were afraid to progress then. It's a whole different make-up today although still stagnant in growth.Bellaire sure was different. In terms of real population numbers it has been stagnant. In terms of economic growth and wealth of the residents, it went way up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Watched the latest addition, the Hildebrand Athletic Center by Ziegler Cooper go up. Now Studio RED did an addition for them? Very generous donors for this school! I believe the original posting, dated so long ago, was regarding the Jack T. Trotter Academic & Science building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Well it looks like it ended up great for everyone, because EHS is quite a feather in Bellaire's cap! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 What are they doing to their track? They paved it with asphalt. Now they're placing back the gravel-ish surface? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Their track looks back to normal. Great job.. I bet it's awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Regarding the Studio RED design, was there a patio of sorts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Wait, they're building another addition? Any renders? Private schools have so much money 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 What’s that shiny “film” on the track? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Land cleared. Gamma Construction again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Campus Under Construction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 https://www.studioredarchitects.com/work/episcopal-high-school-visual-and-performing-arts-center/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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