Houston19514 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) To be clear, the townhouse under construction across the street (205'ish Portland) is not owned by The Joy School and would seem to tell us nothing about what The Joy School plans for their property. Edited November 18, 2019 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) On a related note, what’s the story with the abandoned house caddy corner from this development at 120 Portland St? It’s in ROUGH shape and has been for a while. I was driving down that street last night and I’m pretty sure squatters live there since I saw one laying out on the stoop. I believe it used to be a restaurant back in the 70s/80s. EDIT: Oh wow, I just read this on the Wikipedia page for none other than Joseph Finger: ”On 6 February 1953, a month short of his 66th birthday, Finger died at his home at 120 Portland Street.” Edited November 18, 2019 by clutchcity94 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 7 hours ago, Toopicky said: How do you explain the school installing new address posts (pictured in post above) that appeared over the weekend? There are a multiple of them all along the north side of the street (more than the previous 4 addresses of the apartment buildings). Also consider that a townhouse is being built on the other Joy School lot at 205(ish) Portland just down the street. There are 8 of the little address stakes, indicating 5 addresses: 216, 220 (2 stakes), 234, 238 (2 stakes), and 242 (2 stakes) Portland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 5 hours ago, clutchcity94 said: On a related note, what’s the story with the abandoned house caddy corner from this development at 120 Portland St? It’s in ROUGH shape and has been for a while. I was driving down that street last night and I’m pretty sure squatters live there since I saw one laying out on the stoop. I believe it used to be a restaurant back in the 70s/80s. EDIT: Oh wow, I just read this on the Wikipedia page for none other than Joseph Finger: ”On 6 February 1953, a month short of his 66th birthday, Finger died at his home at 120 Portland Street.” From the Clerk's site, it was sold to Joe E Lee in 1968 by Gertrude Levy Finger, then in 1973 to a married couple, then transferred to the current owner after, presumably, a divorce in 1979. There have been a couple of City notices about the condition of the property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Ross said: From the Clerk's site, it was sold to Joe E Lee in 1968 by Gertrude Levy Finger, then in 1973 to a married couple, then transferred to the current owner after, presumably, a divorce in 1979. There have been a couple of City notices about the condition of the property. what website did you find that? I just see one name on HCAD’s site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 11 minutes ago, clutchcity94 said: what website did you find that? I just see one name on HCAD’s site. Harris County Clerk Real Property Records. Search for the current owner as the grantee, then go backwards. It's not always obvious what terms to use, as the spellings are sometimes off, or change from buying to selling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 These wooden stakes are numbered from 216 to 244, not sure what this means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Across the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 11/18/2019 at 11:56 AM, clutchcity94 said: On a related note, what’s the story with the abandoned house caddy corner from this development at 120 Portland St? It’s in ROUGH shape and has been for a while. I was driving down that street last night and I’m pretty sure squatters live there since I saw one laying out on the stoop. I believe it used to be a restaurant back in the 70s/80s. EDIT: Oh wow, I just read this on the Wikipedia page for none other than Joseph Finger: ”On 6 February 1953, a month short of his 66th birthday, Finger died at his home at 120 Portland Street.” Well it just caught on fire . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 I passed by this countless times and the windows were boarded up very poorly and always thought that vagrants were easily getting into the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 A couple of people on reddit/houston posted stuff on the fire. u/EOTGisUngiven posted the fire from what looks like the Carter, notice the Joy School. u/EpicLopez rode their bike nearby and took some pics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Why would the owner of that very valuable lot keep a house like that standing? Why not just knock it down? Especially if it’s attracting squatters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsonr Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 11 hours ago, hindesky said: A couple of people on reddit/houston posted stuff on the fire. u/EOTGisUngiven posted the fire from what looks like the Carter, notice the Joy School. u/EpicLopez rode their bike nearby and took some pics. That’s such a shame. It was quite an elegant structure, even though it suffered from significant deferred maintenance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Chainlink fence around what is left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 The fire ravaged house is going to be demolished. Should have done this years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Finally demolishing the old fire torn house. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Vacant house that caught fire is gone. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Looks like work on the Joy School might be starting sometime in the near future. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Not sure what's going on here but.......it might mean something. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 False alarm, "Mystery Maze" for the students. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagoman Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 I heard a rumor that the Joy School is planning a new building for their high school students. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 From the Joy School website: " In February 2020, we completed the schematic design process for an 11,000 square foot multipurpose building to meet our most pressing space needs and expand programming opportunities for the students. Based on years of surveys and focus groups, the most pressing needs are related to indoor eating, indoor recess and PE, large gathering space, expanded space for art, stage performances, and new space dedicated to STEAM and maker work. The new building will provide it all! It is a dream that has been a long time coming and because of that, our capital campaign has been aptly named Dream Big. The Dream Big Campaign will fund the $14 million project which includes the purchase of the Portland property as well as the construction of a new multipurpose building, an expanded playground area and additional parking. We can’t wait to share more details with you in early 2021!" Link to renderings and site plan: https://www.thejoyschool.org/support/dream-big-capital-campaign 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Found a knot hole in the wooden fence, looks like they have done some dirt work. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 http://jacksonryan.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 COH permit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Work is about to start, Harvey is the GC, has opened a gate on Portland St. and has a construction trailer set up in the school's parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 https://www.thejoyschool.org/support/dream-big-capital-campaign 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77002er Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Heavy equipment on site 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.