KVIA: BERNIE AND MELISSA SARGENT LEAVE EL PASO
Many of you have heard that Bernie Sargent and his wife Melissa have sold their home and left El Paso for good after 37 years here. Bernie and Melissa were…
EL PASO MATTERS: “City Council moves to protect two damaged buildings as part of negotiations to end Downtown arena lawsuit”
Dear Friends and Media, Elida S. Perez of El Paso Matters published an excellent report on yesterday’s City Council vote to “address safety concerns for two structures” with in the…
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES $29K EXPENDITURE TO ADDRESS “SAFETY CONCERNS” IN THE “ARENA FOOTPRINT”
Today under Executive Session item 2, the El Paso City Council voted 6-1 to approve spending $28,929.27 “to address safety concerns for two structures” within the “Arena Footprint” in an…
“ARENA” LITIGATION FEATURED IN NATIONAL REPORT
Dear Friends and Media, Stephen Paulson of Courthouse News has made the “Arena” litigation the focus of his latest report: https://www.courthousenews.com/there-once-was-a-bridge/ Enjoy your day. Max
“ARENA” LITIGATION: LETTER FROM GROSSMAN’S ATTORNEY TO CITY’S ATTORNEYS
Dear Media, Five minutes ago I had one of my attorneys, Carlos Eduardo Cárdenas, send the attached letter to City Attorney Karla Nieman and Kemp Smith attorney Mark Osborn. You…
PANCHO VILLA STASH HOUSE TO BE FEATURED ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL MARCH 1
I am pleased to announce that the Pancho Villa Stash House at 331 1/2 Leon Street in Duranguito, across the street from the City’s “Arena Master Plan” area, will be…
DE SOTO HOTEL ON FIRE!
The De Soto Hotel in downtown El Paso is burning. See the attached photo from a friend of mine. It was originally called the Great Northern Hotel when it opened…
HAYMON KRUPP BUILDING ADDED TO “MOST ENDANGERED PLACES LIST” OF PRESERVATION TEXAS
This past November I reported that there is a plan to demolish the Trost-designed Haymon Krupp building, located at the northeast corner of Santa Fe and Overland, in order to…
TROST-DESIGNED INTERNATIONAL BUILDING SOLD!
Dear Friends and Media, I just learned that the Trost-designed International Building, completed in 1921, was just sold to Jerome Karam, a Houston based real estate developer who apparently plans…
THE SEGUNDO BARRIO FEATURED IN TEXAS HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE
Dear Friends, I am pleased to report that the Segundo Barrio is featured in a report by Roberto José Andrade Franco in the current issue of Texas Highways Magazine. I…