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(Contact information: 713.790.9120. PO Box 25213, Houston, TX 77265-5213. hospitalityapartments@yahoo.com) Since 1968 the Hospitality Apartments, located south of the Texas Medical Center in Houston at 7300 Bertner Avenue (formerly 7219 Cecil Street), have been providing free temporary housing (up to three months) and a welcoming, supportive environment for out-of-town medical center patients and their caregivers. Entries in this blog follow the demolition of old apartments (begun spring, 2006)and construction of 46 new apartments and community room/office (begun November 2006). For more information, see the summary page, posted March 6, 2006, and the video, posted September 22, 2006. TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE CURRENT NEWSLETTER, SEND AN EMAIL TO hospitalityapartments@yahoo.com. A COPY WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Then and Now






Just in case you've forgotten . . . The first picture was taken February 28 as the workers were getting ready to pour the foundations. If you remember, we had a lot of rain in December and January and the cement pouring was delayed. The other pictures were taken June 8. Second picture shows the two apartment buildings and the courtyard area in between them. The third picture is the Cecil Street side of the west apartment building. Picture four is the port-cochere in front of the community building. In picture five you can see that the stairwells are partially enclosed. The gray area above the community building (upper right of picture) is the elevator shaft. It is anticipated that the office will move to the community building sometime in July and that current building A (apartments 1-8) will be demolished in early August. (Don't forget that you can click on the picture to make it full screen size.)

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