RESTORE SACRED HEART CHURCH: INTERVIEW WITH AARON MONTES & UPDATE
Dear Friends, Aaron Montes of KTEP interviewed me for a segment focusing on our effort to Restore Sacred Heart Church. It aired on KTEP 88.5 FM on May 17 but…
SACRED HEART CHURCH: MAJOR DISCOVERY REPORTED BY EL PASO MATTERS
Dear Friends and Media, René Kladzyk of El Paso Matters, assisted by photographer Corrie Boudreaux, just published a beautiful report on the effort to Restore Sacred Heart Church as well…
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…
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…
PLAN TO DEMOLISH A MAJOR DOWNTOWN TROST BUILDING REVEALED
Dear Friends and Media, I have just learned that the Meyers Group plans to demolish the Haymon Krupp & Co. Building, designed by Trost & Trost and erected in 1916.…
SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT ESTABLISHED: PRESS CONFERENCE MONDAY AT 3:00PM
Tomorrow at 3pm, Commissioner David Stout of El Paso County Precinct 2 will host a press conference at Sacred Heart Church to discuss the establishment of the Segundo Barrio National…