http://houstonist.com/2007/11/04/teardowns_of_th.php All comments for Teardowns of the week en-us 2009 Brittanie Shey Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brittanie@houstonist.com brittanie@houstonist.com 60 http://houstonist.com/2007/11/04/teardowns_of_th.php#comment-1230328 http://houstonist.com/2007/11/04/teardowns_of_th.php#comment-1230328 Comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:56:56 -0600 <p>SO WHAT'S THE NEW LOGIC FOR HOME BUILDING IN HOUSTON? FROM PHOTOS I HAVE SEEN IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE TO TEAR DOWN A CLASSIC STRUCTURE & REPLACE IT WITH A GIANT BOX THAT CONSUMES EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THE LOT IT'S BUILT ON. THEN MAKE IT LOOK "PERIOD" "VICTORIAN" OR A STYLE I CALL "FRENCH NAUSEA" BY ADDING CHEAP LOOKING BAY WINDOWS OR OTHER CHEAP LOOKING BOLT- ON TREATMENTS TO THE UPPER FACADE. IN A WAY IT'S REASSURING TO KNOW THAT ONE OF MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF HOUSTON FORMED 30 YEARS AGO HAVEN'T CHANGED. AND THAT IS - MONEY CAN'T BUY GOOD TASTE .... ...OR CLASS, FOR THAT MATTER EITHER.</p> http://houstonist.com/2007/11/04/teardowns_of_th.php#comment-1230070 http://houstonist.com/2007/11/04/teardowns_of_th.php#comment-1230070 Comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:45:32 -0600 <p>Gee thanks Mr. Brown, thanks for the aggravated global warming by tearing down usable structures, thanks for making way for new real estate that'll be a waste of investment money in the coming recession economy, thanks for talking out two sides of your mouth about saving Houston architecture. Whups, you just lost my vote.</p>