Subdude Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 This was an old grocery store. Weingarten's maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARK Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 really? I gues I figured that wrong. Wiengartens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Does anyone know the history of the vacant yellow strip building on West Gray @ Mason? What was it previously and are there any plans to develop it? Just curious since I pass it often and have wondered at its history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/4739-settegast-estate-building/one of the HAIF links to the history, cool night photo of the bldg. included in this link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/23863-carnegie-vanguard-high-school/page__p__372197__hl__%2Bcarnegie+%2Bhigh+%2Bschool__fromsearch__1#entry372197From what I can tell this building will be renovated and turned into the Fine Arts Center of the new Carnegie Vanguard High School that will be open in 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Interesting. Nice to see something new along that corridor instead of condo complexes, and always good to see new schools built in the inner city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Have there been any updates on this building? Do the plans for the new Carnegie Vanguard High School include it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Have there been any updates on this building? Do the plans for the new Carnegie Vanguard High School include it?yes it does, it will be turned into a fine arts building for the school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 yes it does, it will be turned into a fine arts building for the school.Thanks! Very happy to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 From GHPA:HISD to renovate historic Art Deco building for Carnegie VanguardHouston Independent School District trustees have voted to fund the renovation of the Settegast Estate Building (1938) as part of the new Carnegie Vanguard High School (CVHS) for gifted and talented students. According the CVHS PTO President Peggy Sue Gay, the building will serve as the high school's art annex and include a 130-seat theater, art room and photo lab.Architects Moore & Lloyd designed the building at 242-256 West Gray Avenue as an investment property for the Settegast Estate. The structure’s large, stepped turret anchors a pivot point on West Gray and is visible from Montrose Boulevard. Houston’s Orange Crush bottling plant occupied part of the building through the 1950s.Members of the CVHS PTO worked diligently to prevent the building’s demolition. They were supported in their efforts by HISD trustees Larry Marshall, Juliet Stipeche and Carol Mims Galloway.The Settegast Estate Building is part of GHPA’s book Houston Deco and its companion website www.houstondeco.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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