plumber2 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I heard a radio announcement today that Delmar Gymnasium will be demolished. There is a plan to replace it, by PBK Architects. Will there be any effort to save this structure. Maybe have a bond election to turn it into a convention and exhibition venue? Just kidding!Seriously though, will this building be missed? Does this slumped back quonset hut pull at anybody's preservation heart? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2013/09/12/board-of-education-approves-motion-to-fast-track-new-delmar-tusa-fieldhouse/ Delmar Field house has multiple problems with there infrastructure and a leaky roof. It sad to see an unique building being demolished but HISD is in need of a new field house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Too bad BUT, I look at the facilities kids in the 'burbs have and wish there were updated facilities for our children to be proud to play in and represent our communities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) Fans of Wes Anderson's Rushmore will be upset as one of the scenes takes place on the Delmar grounds. Edited September 25, 2013 by TGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 At least it's memory will be preserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I generally have a soft spot for late-50's buildings but I've always thought that one was just ugly. Never been in the fieldhouse but I have been to the stadium for a football game and it was by far the worst high-school stadium I've ever been to. But they did have HPD officers with hand held metal detectors at the entrances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Unfortunate they must tear it down, rather than try and save it. Funny, I think most developers in this town seem to have very little faith in architects and engineers being able to preserve or re-use something. Just because a building is in bad repair does not mean it must be torn down. Imagine how cities such as Boston, New York or Chicago would look if every building developers/real estate folks there had decided were in "too bad of shape" to salvage. Bleak indeed. Though I share the sentiments of others above that HISD needs a quality gymnasium (or several) for their student athletes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Kaboom! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I liked it - not too many parabolic roofs around (more pictures here: http://arch-ive.org/archive/delmar-field-house/) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 While it's true that the Best catalog showroom did some pretty crazy things with its architecture, the Delmar Field House has the unfortunate apperance of a rather normal 1950s gymnasium with a roof that's caving in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I went there for an NBA charity game during the lockout. There's a good pizza place around there called Daddyo's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I admit to having some fondness for this building because I remember thinking how cool it looked when both it & I were young! However, I can't object to it going away if no cost-effective solution to saving it can be found. There are plenty of more beautiful and interesting buildings that we've either torn down or let burn over the last 100+ years. I will grieve more for some of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Better quality pictures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hbcu Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 too bad HISD athletics is dead though and the administration doesn't care about marketing what they have...the fieldhouse is 20 years too late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 too bad HISD athletics is dead though and the administration doesn't care about marketing what they have...the fieldhouse is 20 years too late Why do you think HISD athletics is dead? Keep in mind that HISD, unlike other area districts, doesn't build sports palaces, and the athletics are really about the kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 it is.....they don't promote it and the teams...it's light years behind what it was just 15 years ago and it was going down then they let Lamar High School cannibalize the rest of the district and take the best football talent and even then they get bounced early.......alot of other schools are just fielding teams for fun and have no need to play football....the games are beyond empty...they don't advertise their tournaments as the Jaycees Tournament has regressed from the top tourney in the city to nothing... they schedule the traditional; rival games on bad night..need I go on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortbendtomontrose Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I remember going to the Jaycee tournaments around the Holidays to see Wheatley and other Houston area schools do battle in the "crunched-in building" that was Delmar Fieldhouse. I won't cry over it, but they better leave Lanier Middle School alone. That is a beautiful school. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 as funny as it sounds...I think people prefer the high school gyms where people are on top of you...makes for a better atmosphere I would love they build the new delmar like the old one but modern but it won't...we build arenas like country clubs and that's the setting we're in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallasvw171 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Went to many U of H Cougar basketball games there during the Hayes-Chaney era. A heck of a drive from Genoa, but to see the best team in the country (well, OK, 2nd best after UCLA), it was worth the trip. From the Houston Chronicle website article by Jerome Solomon January 31, 2014 : " Big E, as he would later be known, had some huge games there. In his senior season in 1968, he scored a school-record 62 points and grabbed 27 rebounds against Valparaiso. Two weeks earlier, he posted 50 points and 37 boards against Centenary. They didn't keep blocked shots numbers then, so we have no idea how many Hayes had, but following Guy V. Lewis' orders to swat away anything that he could get a hand on, Hayes had 12 goaltending calls against Wisconsin at Delmar. That has to be a record. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 from HISD facebook page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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