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Monday, July 24, 2006

I shed a tear for the River Oaks Theater and West Alabama Bookstop

This deeply disturbs me (from the Chron):
Three Houston landmarks, including the Landmark River Oaks Theatre and the Bookstop in the former Alabama Theater, have been declared endangered by the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance.

The alliance has learned, spokesman David Bush said Friday, that two buildings in the River Oaks Shopping Center could face demolition within two years.

The center is controlled by Weingarten Realty Investors, a Houston-based company that owns and manages about 300 retail properties in the southern United States.

Let's hope this is not true. I love these locations and consider them Houston treasures. Besides, Mark Cuban can't let this happen to his theater!

There is more coverage from BlogHOUSTON and The Houstonist. In fact the latter includes a contact link for the property company.

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