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.…
GROSSMAN: PROPOSED DOWNTOWN EL PASO ARENA COST FALLS ON TAXPAYERS
“In her guest column dated Nov. 5, Adair Margo accused me and Dr. David Romo of spreading lies about the historic neighborhood the city hopes to demolish to clear space…
BREAKING NEWS: CITY VOTES TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS TO RESOLVE “ARENA” LITIGATION
Dear Media and Friends, After spending more than three hours in executive session, our City Council emerged and voted 8-0 to adopt the following two motions: Item 8 “To direct…
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…
THE SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STOUT!
Dear Media and Friends, Commissioner David Stout of Precinct 2 has led the effort in the County Commissioners Court to establish both the Segundo Barrio National Register Historic District and…