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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.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Going up!




The buildings are going up! The first picture is taken from the east side (gray construction trailer just visible on the right -- current apartments are to the north [right]). This is the back side of the building and the window openings are in the bedrooms. The next picture shows the courtyard. The trusses for the second story ceiling/third story floor are in the middle. The two men (red shirt and other) are standing on part of the walkway that is outside the apartments. Both apartment buildings face the courtyard with the entrance doors and living room/kitchen areas on these sides. The community room/office building (partially green walls) is at the northern end of the courtyard. The last picture shows the east apartment building and in the left background, the community/office building. Trusses for the east building are visible in the middle right of picture. The small window opening is over the kitchen sink. The larger window opening is in the living room. The doorway is in between the two windows. Jon Stevens and Frances and John Hunter braved the mud last Friday to tour the buildings (with their hard hats on) and were amazed at the size of the new community room.

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