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

Historic buildings of landmark stature that we lost in 2014

Early-Houston mural on North wall of Houston Club Building

which was reduced to rubble this Fall 

 The JPMorganChase Park is gone too.

Stripped and gutted Houston Club
Building prior to implosion

 Floor by floor take-down of Fannin Tower 

to make way for new humongous residential skyscraper built on spec 

Main at Capitol 

Demolition of old highrise at Texas and Fannin

609 Main project site - Old building on corner of Texas Ave and Fannin 

being demolished piece by piece starting at the top

NCM Demolition - Site on Texas St. between Main and Fannin

Foley's / Macy's Demolition Site

Destruction of the Foley's Building left a whole and made the Main Street Garage
more visible across the lot (which has been turned into a huge hole in the ground)

View for construction site at former Foley's location
from Main Street across light rail tracks looking West

Ben Milam Hotel Reduced to Pile of Rubble

Historic (Non) Preservation Houston Style ...

Historic landmark reduced to a heap of steel girders, crushed concrete and bricks - debris
 from demolition of historic Ben Milam Hotel building near MinuteMaid Park.

This Dec. 2012 photo shows the Ben Milam Hotel (in back) with its neighboring landmarks.

Ben Milam Hotel as it looked the week of its demise

Bye, bye Downtown Macy's (formerly Foley's) (updated with photos after closing)

Store Closed sign at Macy's Downtown Building (April 20, 2013 photo)

Vacated street-level retail space at Macy's Downtown after permanent store closure

Take a last look at Macy's in the window-less cube-like multi-level structure Downtown between Main and Travis: Store closing has been announced for the architecturally unique Main Street Corridor location.

North-West corner of macy's store - shows walls lacking windows except display windows at street-level

Another retail establishment closure Downtown: macy's department store at 1110 Main Street in what may now qualify as a historic building on the endangered species list in Houston's Central Business District. 

Pooped-on logo: The Magic of Macy's had already been fading, at least at the Downtown store location

North side of building designed by Kenneth Franzheim that opened as "Foley's" in 1947

Ben Milam RIP - Former Hotel reduced to pile of rubble to make way for urban renewal

Photos of 80-plus year old Ben Milam Hotel building near Minute Maid Park taken last Friday, two days before the desolate land-mark was demolished by implosion Sunday December 9, 2012.