Results tagged “condos”
While the golden days of espresso and gelato with friends on the giant wooden deck at Dolce & Freddo are long behind us, the vacant building at San Felipe and Voss that once housed the popular Italian coffeehouse has stood neglected since its closure several years ago, a sad reminder of days past. Similarly, the wood-paneled, mid-century modern office buildings nestled around the former Dolce & Freddo slowly became abandoned and shuttered, blending into the heavy trees of the bayou around them over time.
Westheimer Road is a long, thriving, paved snake of potholed infrastructure. It guides you into town from the Grand Parkway through Beltway 8 and Loop 610 until it brings you all the way into a cozy, little enclave of town we lovingly refer to as The Montrose. Not really the heart of Houston, because that would probably be the Medical Center, but more like the liver or one of the kidneys of Houston as...
Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor Paul McRae. In this photo, Mr. McRae shares with us an ever growing situation happening throughout town, the destruction of homes to make room for condos and McMansions. We'll let Mr. McRae tell us about it: Seriously, my neighborhood is being demolished one house at a time. As was reported here they are slowly and methodically tearing down or moving out...