Highrise Tower

I was browsing the newspaper The Baytown Sun dated May 16, 1952 and noticed an advertisement for Channelview Speedway located on Sheldon Road. One of the thrilling wrecks you'll always see at Channelview Speedway. Racing Channelview Speedway. Modified Stock Cars- Saturday Nights Sponsored by H.M.S.A. Midgets- Every Thursday Night Sponsored by S.W.M.A. Either Night . . . A full evening of Thrills! Featuring top drivers and fastest cars in the area. Races start promptly 8:00 P.M. - End at 10:15 P.M. Channelview Speedway Covering 25 Acres-- Only combination track now in Texas. Located 2 miles from Channelview on Sheldon Road.

I was browsing the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated June 28, 1934 and came across an advertisement for Galveston Downs. The Palatial New Home of the Galveston Jockey Club offers. Inaugural Meeting, June 28 to July 28. 27 Days Racing - Purse Distribution of More Than $30,000. New Half-Mile Track - 3 Miles North of City on Houston Highway. Everything New. New Clubhouse- New and Better Horses- New Mutual Department - New Scenery- New Personnel. State Supervises Pari-Mutuel Betting. Galveston Jockey Club.

One Discovery Way was topped out on 12/15/2022. The banner indicates a tenant that will be leasing apart of the building. Zoe Life Sciences. Unknown Street connecting to Envision Street: Two Discovery Way: Collaborative Building: Helix Park: Mixed-Use Garage:

Levit Green Boulevard progress. They're moving fast!! Retaining wall in the back: Landscaping: The very thin glass at the front entrance. wow!!

Tower crane assembly this past weekend. Tower crane 2 foundation:

This week's construction update.

The soft-grand opening was held this past week. I walked around the property. wow!!

Another view of the Inpatient Bed Towers.

A permit was pulled for electrical relocation, parking garage for the Health Science projects.

The property has been sold and the new owners are already leaving their mark? I saw a Private Property - No Public Parking sign recently posted. Let's go!!

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2022/12/19/alexandria-life-sciences-campus-the-woodlands.html Pasadena, California-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. is redeveloping a more than 12-acre property in The Woodlands’ Research Forest into a brand-new life sciences campus with 325,000 square feet of building space for different users. Alexandria partnered with San Francisco-based Nurix Therapeutics Inc. to purchase the campus at 8800 Technology Forest Place from The Woodlands-based Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, said Jason Kantor, executive vice president of finance and business strategy at Nurix. As part of the redevelopment, Alexandria demolished two of the previous four buildings, gutted the other two down to the studs and concrete before rebuilding them in a new design, and plans to erect a new building, Brasell said. In addition, the company is building a four-story parking garage on the southwest side of the property and creating a park-like area in the center of the campus with sitting areas, bocce ball courts and fire pits. The company engaged San Francisco-based architecture firm Gensler, which has a major Houston office, to design the project. Lexicon, the previous owner of the campus, downsized and moved to 2445 Technology Forest Blvd., Brasell said.

I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post dated December 4, 1918 and came across an advertisement for Smith Machinery Co. that had a tractor demonstration at the Lee Brothers farm at the South End of Main Street Boulevard. Very cool! I love finding old farms (or ranches) on South Main, Fannin, Old Main Street, Old Spanish Trail, Almeda, etc. Technically, it looks like the farm was located on Bellaire Blvd. Using "South End of Main Street" was just a directional talking point since the "End of Main" terminology was so popular back then. Back in the 1910s the term was "South End of Main Street." A few decades later in the 1930s and 1940s the term was slightly changed to "End of Main". I believe the original term was used because of the street car that went down that way. The street car was removed by the 1930s and 1940s. Tractor demonstration. Wallis- America's Foremost Tractor. Will give plowing exhibitions Friday and Saturday, December 6th and 7th on Lee Bros' farm at South End of Main Street Boulevard. Take South End car, transfer to Bellaire car, get off at end of Main Street, and go a few blocks west on Belaire Boulevard. Demonstration at 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. each day. Another classified ad by the Smith Machinery Co. has zero mentions of Bellaire. It is sticking with the location being South End of Main St. Tractor demonstration- December 6 and 7. Wallis Tractor will give demonstration plowing at Lee Bros.' farm, South end of Main St. Take South End Car and Transfer. Smith Machinery Co. Preston 3893.

I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post dated April 1, 1921 and came across an advertisement for the Wild-Cat Aerial Circus. Have You Bought Your Tickets For the Great Aerial Circus? Mrs. S.E.J. Cox, Director of the Circus. The world’s most exciting, thrilling, sensational and hair-raising dare-devil stunts ever preformed are to be shown in Houston at the great Wild-Cat Aerial Circus which will start at 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, April 2d. No real red-blooded American whose every pulse tingles when excitement is high can afford to miss this greatest of all aerial exhibitions. The greatest daredevils of all time, with new thrilling and wonderful aerial stunts, the best that the combined talent of America and Europe produces, will all be shown to those who attend this marvelous circus. $10,000. This is really a circus and everyone who attends will get $10.00 worth of entertainment and excitement; but as the whole show is being given for the benefit of the Volunteers of America and their charitable work in Houston, the tickets will be sold at the very low price of 50c and $1.00 each. Anyone who has not already obtained a ticket for this record-breaking entertainment should secure one immediate at the following downtown stores: Radford Drug Co. , Main and Preston The Olympia Candy Kitchen, Main and Congress J. Loewenstein & Son Cigar Store, 216 Main American Confectionery, Main and Preston Max Block, Candies and Cigars, Main & Texas Anderson Drug Co. Main and Rusk Public Drug Co., Main and Walker South End Pharmacy, Louisiana and McGowen Pressley & Reed, Louisiana and McGowen Lieut. H.C. Block, Miss Marry Cox, Capt. O.B. Freeman, H.B. Snow, Daredevil Dick Seal, and Percy Hoose. Saturday afternoon, April 2nd. N.B. - Don't come to the circus if your heart is weak. Cox Field : : : : South Main Street. Attend the Aerial Circus Saturday, April 2 At the South Main Street Flying Field Benefit Volunteers of America

I was reading the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated November 13, 1930 and came across a business advertisement for Colonial Miniature Golf Couse located at 3531 South Main Street. Colonial Miniature Golf Course. Shady and Comfortable in the day. Light as day at night. A Course with all the Finer Advantages of the best laid greens. 3531 South Main.

I was reading the newspaper The Citizen dated May 5, 1948 and came across a business advertisement for the new Stork Club located at 2100 Old Spanish Trail - Opposite Arrowhead Race Track. The New Stork Club Located at 2100 O.S.T. Opposite Arrowhead Race Track Featuring All-Girl Revue. *Duplicating the Dance of the famous Gypsy Rose Lee. Headliner Emcee Gene Robin - Nationally famous comedian. 10 P.M. and Midnite Saturday Shows 9:45 P.M. , 11:45 P.M., and 1 A.M.

I was reading the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated December 20, 1928 and came across a business advertisement for Schneider's Inn located at the End O' Main where Bridge Crosses Bayou. I'd imagine this was located on South Main and North Braeswood? The address would be something like, 7557 South Main Street. Where AHC's South Main Building stands today. Schneider's Inn. The place where you will find good things to eat and drink. Under personal management of Mrs. R.E. Schneider. 12 M. to 12 P.M. Try out delicious noonday lunch . . . . . . . . . 65c. Pavilion for bridge parties and private dances. End O' Main where Bridge Crosses Bayou. L. 5200 - R.F.D. No. 3, Box 31C.

I found this amazing piece of history that's wildly interesting on what ever happened with the land. I was browsing the newspaper The Houston Post dated July 3, 1923 and came across an article about John Henry Kirby's planned Country Estate at the End of Main. This estate would have came after his historic mansion in downtown at 2006 Smith Street. I wonder if there is any photos of the mansion? Mr. Kirby was extremely famous, so I bet there would be pictures of his new home. That is, if the country estate actually got built. For this estate, I believe they are talking about Old Main Street Road. Often times confused with South Main Street. I found a clue about the Kirby estate while reading Automotive News dated September 24, 1929: Houston, Tex., Sept. 23. - Actual development of the Curtiss Airport on the Kirby plot, adjacent to the Old Main Street Road, will start within ninety days, according to Paul C. Jackson, manager of the airport. The total size of the airport, almost, matches the John Henry Kirby's planned state. The Kirby estate was 400-acres while Curtiss Airport was on 450-acres. I'm thinking the proposed Kirby estate failed and he eventually sold the land to which Curtiss Airport acquired? Country Estate at End of Main planned by Kirby. 400 Acres on Brays Bayou will be transformed into beautiful spot. Two Mansions To Be Built. Two palatial country homes, rivaling the mansions a long the bank of the Hudson river in New York, will be constructed by John Henry Kirby and his son-in-law, J. Frederick B. Rawcliffe, at the southern end of Main street, between Bellaire Boulevard and Brays Bayou. John F. Staub, Houston representative of New York architectural firm headed by H.F. Lindeberg, said Monday that preliminary plans had been completed and approved. Mrs. John Henry Kirby last week departed for New York city, from which point she will leave for the Adirondack mountains. While in New York she was shown the plans and approved them, it was said Monday. Both Mr. Kirby and Mr. Rawcliffe are out of the city. Estate of 400 acres. "Mr. Kirby owns at last 400 acres of land which will be converted into a joint country estate," Mr. Staub said. "A month ago he had acquired that much and, I believe, that since that time he has purchased considerable more acreage. Purchases have extended over a period of nearly two years." A private park containing a golf course, an artificial lake, tennis courts, a marble swimming pool and paved driveways will surrounded the two dwellings, the exact plans of which would not be reveled by the architect. "It would be hard to say whether the house would be two stories in height or not, "Mr. Staub said." "One could not very well term that a two-story house," and he pointed to a picture on the wall showing architects' drawing of a country mansion. Plan Artificial Lake. Present plans, however, are said to call for buildings of marble, brick and stucco construction. The outstanding feature of the two estates, which will be connected so as to form a single beautify sport rivaling any in the South, is the plan of landscape. One end of the property is bounded by Brays bayou, a clear shallow stream, which bisects a stretch of rolling prairie and a wooded section. In the center of this prairie is a natural bed, which, it is understood, will be converted into an artificial lake. One of the houses will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, who now reside at 2006 Smith street. The other will be occupied by Mr. Rawcliffe and his wife, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby. A present they reside at 911 Lovett boulevard, Montrose. H.F. Lindeberg, architect, has prepared plans for many palatial homes in the city, including several residences in Shadyside, facing the sunken garden on Main street, opposite the northern entrance to Hermann park.

I was browsing the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated September 13, 1928 and came across an advertisement for The Tower. U.P. Broussard was the developer of the 1920s Houston Speedway (Bellaire Speedway) race track that was located on Stella Link near where present-day Pershing Middle School is. Compliments of the Season. The Tower U.P. Broussard, Prop. Oil, Gas and Refreshments End of Main Hadley 0120. '

I was browsing the newspaper The Thresher dated October 10, 1930 and came across a sports advertisement for End O' Main Golf Practice Field. Since there wasn't any other indication where this was located, it was located near Bellaire Blvd. (now Holcombe) and South Main Street. The Houston Golf Driving Contest. End O' Main Golf Practice Field Afternoon and Evening November 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th. Motion Pictures Taken During Contest. Silver Trophies. Valuable Accessory Prizes. Special Prize for most unique Male Golf Costume. Exhibition Driving by Houston's Foremost Golf Professional. Music - Refreshments.

I was browsing the newspaper Southwestern Times dated May 1, 1947 and came across a business advertisement for Petre's End O' Main Grill "Just Good Food" located at 2102 Bellaire Phone: K. 3-7945. Dine At Petre's End O' Main Grill "Just Good Food". Sunday Specials: Delicious Fried Chicken With Hot Biscuits Tender, Juicy K.C. Steaks 2102 Bellaire K. 3-7945 Open Everyday Week Days 6:30 A.M. to 10 P.M. Sundays 8:00 A.M. to 10 P.M

Noticed this airport in the magazine Automotive News dated June 27, 1929. Looks like, on a 1930 map the airport featured the Curtiss Wright Flying Service. The Curtiss Airport featured headquarters buildings as well as administrative buildings. On the opposite site of the street, there was Well's Flying Field that included the South Main Speedway located within the Well's parcel of land. More information on that later, if I can find it. Curtiss Buys Airport Site at Houston, Tex. Houston, Texas., June 26, - The Curtiss Airports Corporation of New York has announced the purchase of 450-acre tract on the Old Main Street Road two miles south of Rice Institute for a consideration of $500,000. The tract will be improved at once and will be used for an airport with hangars, a flying school, and an aviation service center. Automotive News dated September 24, 1929. Houston Curstiss Airport To Be Erected Soon. Houston, Tex., Sept. 23. - Actual development of the Curtiss Airport on the Kirby plot, adjacent to the Old Main Street Road, will start within ninety days, according to Paul C. Jackson, manager of the-- (airport?). Another short magazine/news paper article. Forget where I found this. Looks like it was dated after 1929 as the airport was completed. 1930, 1931? Curtiss Interests in Houston, plans have been completed, and the first unit will be erected shortly, together with a hanger 100 by 150 feet. The location of the airport can be found on the Houston Adjacent Subdivisions Map 1930. Printed on front: "Compiled from data and information furnished by City Planning Commission, City Engineering Department, resident engineer of State Highway Department and other sources by W.G. Jones, Secretary-Manager-Motor League of South Texas and R.M. Stene, road log engineer." Shows city blocks, named streets, major highways, proposed highways, subdivisions, bayous, and ship channel. Includes lists of schools, hospitals, and cemeteries and index guide to streets of Houston. Title from title block. Scale of map is approximately 1 mile to 2 in. Across the field on South Main, you can see the Houston Main Street Airport, called South Main St. Airport, Inc.

The bank is handling the TMC3 bonds!! I just asked a banker if I could read over the bonds and issuing documents. I was just given an “Official Statement”. About to read it now.. Might have to dig through the server to check out the bonds too

Continuing with the history of the Texas Medical Center, I found a very short street called Elliot Drive that is located between Bates Ave. and Holombe Blvd. Frederick Elliott was the dean of the University of Texas Dental Branch and later become the first Executive Director of the Texas Medical Center. A grant from the M.D. Anderson Foundation helped establish the school as a founding institution in the Texas Medical Center, and in 1952, the School of Dentistry’s dean, Dr. Fred Elliott, resigned to become the first executive director of the TMC. That same year, the school broke ground on a new building at 6516 M.D. Anderson Blvd. It was completed in 1955. https://www.uth.edu/news/story.htm?id=01d4c515-df9b-4090-8dc5-8e9a9e87e893 I found this in the newspaper The Texan dated April 9, 1986. Frederick C. Elliott, D.D.S. 36 Arroyd Drive/Kerrville, TX.

I was researching the names of local streets within the Texas Medical Center. An old street from the 1990s called William C Harvin Blvd. is about to expire and will be replaced with a TMC Helix Park name instead. William C Harvin Blvd. is a street located between South Braeswood Blvd. and Old Spanish Trail. Used to be the street you took to get to the TMC surface lot that is now the TMC Helix Park campus. William C. "Bill" Harvin III, who first worked as a high school intern at the Houston law firm Baker Botts and later became its managing partner. Harvin joined Baker Botts after the war and became a partner in 1956. He retired in 1984. A leader in community organizations and causes, Harvin served as a trustee of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston and of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. He also was board chairman of the Kelsey Research Foundation. “It all began with David’s father,” Sally says. William C. Harvin III was a long time member of the UTHealth Development Board serving until his death in 2007. He also was chairman of the Texas Medical Center Board of Directors. For his service on the board of the Texas Medical Center, a street in the center was named in his honor in 1996. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-deaths/article/William-Harvin-lawyer-at-Houston-firm-Baker-1529149.php https://www.uth.edu/giving/impact-stories/sally-and-david-harvin-a-family-tradition My research spanned 50 years. I understand he was 3rd generation of William C. Harvins (William C. Harvin III) so maybe the home addresses are of different family members. Or, like many people, he simply moved a few times in the span of 50 years. Southwestern Times dated November 28, 1946: William Harvin lived at 2634 Sunset Blvd. Southwestern Times dated August 2, 1951: William Harvin lived at 4328 Jim West Street. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan dated February 9, 1966: William Harvin lived at 111 Maple Valley Road. The Texan dated April 9, 1986: William Harvin lived at 111 Maple Valley Road.

I was reading the newspaper The Fayette County Record dated May 3, 1946 and came across the address for one of the TMC board members named Henry Markley "Mark" Crosswell Jr. He served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Medical Center for more than 38 years. Graduated from University of Texas at Austin in 1937. There is also a street in Houston named after him. Located within the Texas Medical Center Leland Anderson Campus off of South MacGregor Way. The John S. Dunn UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Center is located at 5615 H. Mark Crosswell Jr. Street, Houston, TX 77021. Wanted- White girl care two children, help housework; no cooking. Private room and bath, salary, $20.00 weekly. References. Write Mrs. H.M. Crosswell Jr., 2154 Dryden Road, Houston 5, Texas.