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Yes, unfortunately the foundation had settled poorly and big cracks had formed in it pretty much screwing the building. But most of the old buildings in Houston have been destroyed needlessly.

Those are simply amazing photos, PhotoLith! Too bad they are now a sad reminder of what was once a wonderful old tower... :(

That being said, I do understand that sometimes, no matter how beautiful a historic structure might be, structural problems can forcefully render them into demolition. In this case, that does appear to be the situation, unfortunately.

Aaron (Glowrock)

You're talking about this?

http://www.houstontx.gov/histpres/ar...ntial_Bldg.jpg
http://www.houstontx.gov/histpres/ar...ntial_Bldg.jpg

Demo it.

Don't be so sure :9 The historic Gordon Block just on the north end of Victoria Park in my city may be slated for demolition since it's next to a set of three towers called McCallum Hill centre, but who knows they might keep the exterior for a future high-rise office plex.

http://www.prairiedogmag.com/?p=31744

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...ordonblock.jpg

yes, because a parking lot is going to prove to be far more aesthetically appealing than that building ever could.

A new more modern building will be built at some point.

The news said they already have plans to build something on the site. But I still think it could have been renovated.

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It could be a decade before anything is built there.

I loved that beautiful building. My dad worked in it from 1957 through 1969. He took me to his office several times when I was a kid. It was built to last, except for the foundation I guess.

This photo was taken after the Rock of Gibraltar emblem was removed, and after the trees and other vegetation on the setback were gone. There were also large flags at the top. At one time the overall package was very good looking.

Yes, non profit member institutions of the TMC should pay an exorbitant amount of money in bringing this building up to code in order for something aesthetically pleasing.

Goodbye Post Oak health club. Hello office tower?

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/...-office-tower/

City to plant 25,000 new trees for Arbor Day

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=8492011

Great news, glad they are hitting the major parks. But we certainly got rain this Monday, quite a bit too much as it caused massive flooding throughout the city. At the least, the ground got a very thorough soaking.

That is great. Good for Houston!

I read that 35% of the trees in the entire state of Texas are expected to have died due to the drought the past year or two. :(

No way it's that many. Texas Forest Service estimates up to 10%...or 500 million trees. It is hard to say until the Spring comes around and they can view satellite photos of the canopy's to see which trees are blooming and which ones aren't.

As if maintaining such a building would put a major dent into MDA's budget. Though I can understand if the foundation was shot. No much you could do unless the building had some significant historical value to it.

As for 24 on post oak, i will miss that location.

My sister works at MD Anderson and her office looks out at where that building was. I had seen the videos this past weekend, but forgot to mention it, and when talking to her Monday night she said, "You know I got to work today and this big building outside my window is gone..." lol. Gave me a good laugh. She is one of those people who is incredibly smart with off the chart IQs, however completely oblivious to anything that is going on around her. I was quite surprised she even noticed the building was gone. lol. Anyway, I emailed her one of the videos posted in this thread. =P

We've already move past maintaining this building so that is a moot point at this time. I would have loved to see have seen this building properly maintained but obviously that wasn't the focus of the owners.

Keeping with this demo of "historical" buildings trend, a chunk (balcony or cladding, can't remember) of a mid-century mid-rise near Montrose @ Westheimer fell onto the sidewalk/street a few months. The building wasn't properly maintained over the years and will most likely be demoed.

It had a certain charm to it.

I am glad that Houston replanting the trees that were once lost by the drought, and with that I am hoping Austin and Bastrop gets on board and does the same.