Results tagged “josephfinger”
The Chronicle's Rad Sallee talked last week about something we've halfway wondered about for a while: the quotation on Michael Davis's "Water Screen," the thing at Main Street Square that's supposed to be a frame containing a waterfall on which images are projected (we say "supposed to be" because we've only seen it working a handful of times). Across the top of the frame is the inscription "As we build our city, let us think...
What is the deal with the building off of the east side of 45 in downtown across from the post office (bounded by Franklin and Bagby)? It looks like it was constructed (or renovated) recently and yet it sits there half-finished with broken glass. — Chris Chris, the building you're wondering about is the old Tennison Hotel at the corner of Bagby and Franklin, and you're right: It was renovated in the last few years,...
The Ben Milam Hotel (Joseph Finger: 1925), located across from Minute Maid Park (and some may know that old place - Union Station), has been vacant for more than two decades and may soon be history. What's with all this speculation, you ask? Well, we recently witnessed the sneaky razing of its neighbor, the William Penn Hotel (which was, indeed, in much better condition), and now its windows are being removed and the interior is...
proud, the wrecking ball almost immediately moved in on the old William Penn Hotel at 1423 Texas Ave. Take that, preservation!