Historic Houston Architecture Destroyed this year (2015)

BAD SISTER ACT OF THE YEAR:  

THEY HAD THIS ARCHITECTURAL GEM TORN DOWN 
IN THE SUMMER OF 2015

Historic Incarnate Word Catholic School Building
[demolished this year] 

Facade detail 

600 Crawford St - Houston TX 77002 - Incarnate Word Academy
Old building with new school build around it prior to demolition. 

The best piece is gone, leaving a void   

THE ICONIC GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ARTS BUILDING 

IN THE MUSEUM DISTRICT 

DEMOLISHED IN THE NAME OF EXPANSION 

South facade of glass-and-concrete Glassell School of Art Building
seen from the Cullen Sculpture Garden shortly before demolition in Sep. 2015 

HCC'S MULTI-COLORED HOUSE ON ALMEDA AT ALABAMA 
DEMOLISHED IN AUGUST 2015 AFTER THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE 
CRITICIZED THE COLLEGE BOARD'S REAL ESTATE VENTURES  

In better new for historic preservation, the vintage Axelrad Building, on the West side of Almeda at the same intersection,  is being saved, and redeveloped into a beer garden.
--> Axelrad Beer Garden Conversion

Murals that we lost ... Early Houston, Love, and Hope ....

Mural at former Houston Club Building (demolished)
framing Cameron/JPMorgan Chase Park 

"Love You" mural on back side  of Midtown strip mall building on Travis St.
that has since been demolished

Wild version of East wall of restaurant/club property that used to be Mango's
on Lower Westheimer at Taft (murals framing patio area still there)

Original Obama 2008 Campaign mural on West Alabama
at the Breakfast Klub

AND ONE THAT'S FADING: THE PACMAN MURAL 

Mural on back wall of building that houses

Eighteen Twenty Lounge and Joystix Classic Games and Pinballs 

1820 Franklin St Houston, TX 77002