Houston Main Building (HMB)
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Great job on this Tim what a lovely tribute. There is something beautiful about those cracked floors and carpeted elevators.
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Great Job Mr. Edwards, I certainly appreciate you taking the time to document such a historically moment in time. Your video brought back fond memories of HMB and it also brought a tears to my eyes.
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also the mural @ 01:24 was removed and sent to the museum of the artist's hometown in either NM or AZ ... I forget which ...
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@PreservationTexas I'm with you ... stories of unrepairable foundation problems and leaking limestone are the 2 top reasons I've been hearing ... sadly ... it went down today ... 01/08/2012 @ 11:15 ...
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I'm greatly saddened to see this building demolished. As a native Houstonian, this building has been a familiar part of the Houston landscape for my entire life. As a nurse, I received my specialty training in this building through UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. There are so many fond memories, and I'm sorry to say farewell. I too wonder why it had to be destroyed!
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If the foundation was indeed cracked, the building was not well enough designed to be able to stand long term. Architects designing for this area seem to have forgotten that the soil is basically gumbo without bedrock and that the area around Hermann Park and the Medical Center used to be a swamp and the main water outflow to Braes Bayou for rain waters that fall in the West University Place area.
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"The building was differentially sinking one side at a time, cracking the foundation and the exterior limestone and granite.
After much discussion and many feasibility studies conducted by outside consultants, it was determined that renovation and repair of HMB would be more costly than demolition and construction of a newer, updated facility designed around MD Anderson's mission and goals."
The above copied from a video titled "Houston Main Building Implosion".
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Why is demolition necessary? This great property could be reused for any number of uses. Can you imagine the amount of debris that will fill the air and landfills?
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This is a wonderful video. I am glad somebody took the time to document such a beautiful bulding.
nholt 2 months ago
@nholt Thank you. I felt this building had a lot of personality that is missing in today's designs. When I learned it was going to be demolished, I had to share what I saw.
TimJEdwards 2 months ago