A Garage-Free Garden and Gallery Complex Near the Astrodome
Traipse through an arbor gate and garden to enter this Westridge home. It’s more of a complex, actually, as there are 3 linked structures, one of which is listed as 1 1/2 stories. They open onto a...
View ArticleTaking Sanctuary Between Westridge Churches
Fully fenced to mark off its “park-like setting” out back, this $364,000 Boxing Day listing sits on the bias of a Westridge corner previously converted into a dead end where it abuts 2 churches, their...
View ArticleA Townhome Takeover for the Corner of South Main and Buffalo Speedway
Crews are already at work (above) removing asbestos from the vacant shopping center at 9714 Buffalo Spdwy., one block up on S. Main St. from the South Loop and a mile and a half west of the Astrodome....
View ArticleKnocking Back Some Old Time Retail and Hospitality on South Main
If you’ve been staking out the demolition action around the Starbucks drive-thru at the corner of Buffalo Speedway and S. Main St., a block north of the South Loop, you’ll know crews have now knocked...
View ArticleFuture Tradition Senior Living Lot on Buffalo Spdwy. Takes Parking Gig as...
The long-empty land at 9330 Main St. (shown here from its Buffalo Spdwy. side) appears to be picking up a part-time job before moving on toward senior-housing-dom. A reader snapped these shots of the...
View ArticleWorkers Smoothing Things Over around Westridge’s New Gas Station
A contemplative moment for the end of the week: the large excavator above was spotted bowing its head at the corner of Durhill St. and Buffalo Spdwy. as cement poured down from the sky next to the 1st...
View ArticleSenior Living Construction Crews Now Digging Themselves Into a Giant Hole on...
The more-or-less repeating window patterns on the backs of the Buffalo Manor townhomes are currently on display as digging continues at 9339 Buffalo Spwdy. this week. That’s where Dallas-based...
View ArticleGiant Hole in the Ground for Senior Living Center Now Taking Shape on Buffalo...
The monumental earthwork undertaking at 9339 Buffalo Spdwy., just south of Murworth and a bit north of the intersection with Main St., appears to be nearing completion. This is the 12-acre site where...
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