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By Cynthia LescalleetFor The Leader News

Had the dogs not barked so incessantly, Oak Forest homeowners Matt Worthy and Paul W. Han would not have realized their residence was in fl ames above them. They never smelled the smoke, and the lights never went out.

The devastating 2013 confl agration de-stroyed the home’s attic and roof. Water and smoke damage pervaded the interior. With their house reduced to a shell, Worthy and Han were at the crossroads of whether to raze or rebuild it.

They chose the latter and worked with an architect to not only recapture their lost home-stead but to take it to another level.

Quite literally, in fact: The new elevation fea-tures a chalet-worthy roof that gives the origi-nal 1955 ranch-style home a more mid-century modern elevation and vibe. Given the new pitch, the front rooms gained a ceiling that rises from 11 feet to 16 feet. Other portions of the upper level became attic storage.

The home now features clerestory windows above the combo living-dining room boost light from the south. Cedar plank siding encases the

front room that juts slightly toward the street. The half-height brick wall enclosing the home-front-hugging walkway gained a freshened straighter profi le.

Part of the decision to raise the roofl ine was “to bulk up” the home’s street presence in antic-ipation of any future construction on adjacent lots as the neighborhood continues its redevel-opment, Worth says.

“We know it’s coming our way,” Worth said. “We didn’t want to feel dwarfed.”

Add on and adjustThe overhaul gutted the entire 1,000-square-

foot original home to the studs. While the new fl oor plan was pretty much the same as before, it added a room and reconfi gured others, Worth said.

Rather than capture space under the higher roof for a master suite upstairs, the renovation included a 450-square-foot addition (with a high ceiling) at the back of the fi rst fl oor. By integrat-ing ADA features in the new suite, long-term living is a real possibility, Worthy says -- though they’ll have to ditch the cushy spa tub.

To play up the 60-year-old home’s clean, mid-century lines, new hardware and fi nishes

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A before (top) and after (bottom) comparison of Matt Worthy and Paul W. Han’s home, following a complete rebuild after a fi re destroyed the reisdence in 2013.

By Betsy DensonFor The Leader News

When Urban Living started to promote a new development on the corner of Alba and Wake-fi eld in Garden Oaks, it wasn’t just the soon to be built patio homes that got the attention of the neighborhood. It was the name – Swayze Court.

According to Vinod Ramani, owner of Urban Living, the original developer of the property told him that one of the original homes on the site had been a dance studio of Patsy Swayze’s. According to Cookie Joe, a former dance stu-dent of Swayze’s and friend of the Swayze fam-ily, Patsy did have a studio nearby on Judiway in the former club Pagoda A-Go-Go.

When Oppidan Homes took over the project the name stuck.

“We thought there was some history there,” said Ramani, whose company has exclusive marketing rights to Oppidan Homes. “If any-one does know any differently, we can change the name.” Ramani said he had not spoken to anyone in the Swayze family about the develop-ment and they are not involved.

Ramani confi rms that they are in the fi nal stages of permitting and once construction begins, it will be six to eight months for phase one of the construction to be completed. The entire development is 14 three-story patio

homes. Phase one is six townhomes and phase two is eight townhomes. All are priced between $500,000 and $600,000.

Sean Swayze, Patrick’s brother who lives in California, said that he fi rst heard about Swayze

Court a month ago when friends started send-ing him texts, but has not followed up with Ur-ban Living.

“If it is an opportunity to honor Buddy and Patsy then I’m glad they are being recognized

but approval from the family should be re-quired,” Cookie Joe said.

Andrew Sellers with the Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic said that while the name may be just a mark of respect, there are two issues of trademark law which have to be considered.

Sellers said a company could get into trouble for infringing on the trademark rights of the Swayze name.

“The heart of that claim would be showing that some sizable number of the population would mistakenly believe that Swayze’s estate somehow endorsed, sponsored, or is behind the development of the subdivision,” Sellers said.

The second concern would be if Urban Liv-ing ever tried to register the trademark for Swayze Court with the United States Patent and Trademark Offi ce (USPTO).

“The USPTO does not register marks that have a ‘false connection’ with a person, living or dead. A mark for HAT TRICK SWAYZE for a hockey league was rejected on these grounds recently,” Sellers said.

Lastly, Sellers says that the Texas Property Code has a law that controls how one can use a deceased individual’s name or likeness in a way that grants some benefi t to another.

As a few people pointed out on the Oak For-

New Swayze Court development draws attention over name

Contributed PhotoWhile offi cial renderings of the new Swayze Court development from Urban Vision’s website shows a gentle neighborhood, the reaction from members of the community and law experts might not be kind.

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A San Antonio-based man-agement company is seeking to revitalize a shopping center in the Greater Inwood area and attract much-needed commer-cial development.

Dan Nankani, vice president of Nankani Management, said the Evergreen Shopping Cen-ter on Antoine Drive near West Little York Road is a prime spot for a variety of different retail establishments. His company purchased the center several months ago and will be spend-ing much of its time renovat-ing the aging structure and its utilities.

“The previous landlord owned it since the late 90s, but following Hurricane Ike in 2005, the center lost much of its roof,” Nankani said. “Rather than repairing or replacing the damaged structure, the land-lord instead gutted the build-ing.”

Nankani Management is currently bringing the building up to code, installing drywall, insulation, electrical systems, camera systems and other utilities and amenities. Nan-

kani said the 177,000 square feet of retail space, which sits on about 17 acres, already has some bigger name neighbors, including Dollar General and a McDonald’s.

However, Nankani said the area is underserved in most commercial aspects. Tom Miller, the owner of nearby

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“The area is really on the up-swing, but its still underserved by stores and shopping cen-ters,” Miller said. “The Heights is a hot area, along with Oak Forest and Garden Oaks, and we feel like we’re becoming a part of that.”

Miller has seen firsthand the rapid growth of the com-munity and what he calls an upswing in development. He claims much of the crime in the area began to increase in 2005, during the influx of displaced residents from New Orleans.

“A lot of history has gone by since then, and the area has gone throught quite a lot of change,” Miller said. “We’ve gone from a high crime neigh-borhood to seeing a 90 percent reduction or so.”

Miller’s own property had been completely rebuilt sev-eral years ago after receiving millions of dollars in City of Houston Community Devel-opment block grants. The City of Houston also closed and

demloshed two large apart-ment complexes, The Gables and Candlelight Trails, and Miller said crime has contin-ued to drop.

Nankani said the company will complete landscaping, repainting and striping and re-coating the parking lot to help draw in potential clients.

“To the west of the prop-erty near Little York Road and Antoine Road there is the bike trail that runs along the side of the property as well,” Nankani said. “We’re going to be doing things like making it more at-tractive for people to stop and grab a drink or shop if they’re coming from the downtown area.”

So far, The Evergreen Shop-ping Center has attracted at-tention from a range of stores and a variety of specialized establishments like a photog-raphy business. While there hasn’t been much interest from larger corporations, oth-er than some preliminary in-terest from Wells Fargo, there also isn’t technically product available to sell.

Nankani feels both the community and companies abroad feel ready to invest in

new establishments. He points out that a local doctor has ex-pressed interest in renting a space in the center, showing that people who live there also

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“I think the name is nice and a recognition of the influence Patrick had on the community, but I don’t see it as a selling point,” Tammy Sue Ganze stated.

As for the Swayze name, Sean said he and the family have long been talking about an appropriate way to honor their mother, who was a key figure in the Houston arts scene for years. Patsy was an organizer of Main Street Art Happening, an early precursor to the Houston International Festival and on the design team for Jones Hall, among

many other endeavors. There is already a yearly $25,000 yearly scholarship named after her at the University of Hous-ton, where she taught dance and choreography for eighteen years.

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honor for someone who dedi-cated their entire life to the arts and to the dreams of thousands,” Sean said. “She gave a lot of free classes to a lot of kids. My mom said that people shouldn’t have to be rich to reach their dreams.”

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are reproductions of that pe-riod’s designs. So are some of the replacement furnishings, Worthy notes.

In updating the home, some room proportions and pur-poses shifted. Repositioning a few interior doors, for exam-ple, helped improve the flow between rooms and increase shelf storage.

Space previously consid-ered “the smallest bedroom” now ranks as a music room. Another original bedroom morphed into closet and utility room. And the cedar-planked

front room, formerly the mas-ter bedroom, now reigns as den.

Many of the features - such as a wine bar in an alcove once a closet - were designed to revert to more traditional uses down the line if the own-ers ever move.

To land the post-fire design within budget took compro-mise, Worth says. The addi-tion’s footprint meant remov-ing the yard’s storage shed because the dogs need space to run – particularly since they’d saved the property from ruin, he notes.

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meant that while the kitchen is new, the appliances aren’t the vintage reproductions they’d intended, he says. Next up is a deck and reimagined land-scaping.

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estimated six month time-frame. The owners moved to a rental home nearby and were able to keep an eye on prog-ress. Or lack thereof.

It took 11 months to com-plete the work. Some delays came from surprises found under renovations by previous owners, such as rot detected under old siding. Some of the

delays, however, were due to the homebuilding boom, Wor-thy theorizes.

“If our project had been big-ger, it would have been done sooner,” Worth said, since their subcontractors would get pulled to bigger projects else-where.

That’s in the past, however. The homeowners have en-joyed returning to their mod-ified home and neighborhood, located near Mangum Manor.

“If the dogs were a bit con-fused at first by the altera-tions in the home they saved, they’ve now settled in as well,” Worth said.

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The Houston housing market had another month of positive sales in July with prices up and the supply of homes continuing to grow slightly, according to the Houston Association of Realtors.

Housing inventory, which fell to a 40-year low earlier this year, has edged up each of the last three months, reaching a 3.0-months sup-ply in July, according to a press release. Prices climbed to the highest levels for a July, but were lower than June’s all-time record highs. Sales among homes priced between $250,000 and the millions showed the greatest strength, while Days on Market, or the number of days a home takes to sell, fell to a record low of 45.

According to the latest monthly report, sin-

gle-family home sales totaled 7,769 units, up 1.0 percent compared to July 2013, representing a record high one-month sales volume.

New listings of single-family properties this month rose 5.5 percent, translating to 10,390 properties, which helped boost inventory from June’s 2.9-months supply to 3.0 months, ac-cording to the release. That is still below the 3.4-months supply of inventory one year earlier and significantly lower than the current national supply of 5.5 months of inventory.

The average price of a single-family home jumped 6.4 percent year-over-year to $277,023. The median price—the figure at which half the homes sold for more and half for less—in-creased 6.8 percent to $202,000.

“July did not bring the most dramatic sales performance we’ve ever seen, but the numbers

are headed in the right direction,” HAR Chair Chaille Ralph with Heritage Texas Properties stated in the release. “We are beginning to see a steady resupply of housing inventory with pro-portionate sales and pricing gains, all of which translates to a healthier real estate market.”

July sales of all property types totaled 9,250 units, a 0.7-percent increase compared to the same month last year. That marks the second highest one-month sales volume of all time. Total dollar volume for properties sold rose 7.0 percent to $2.4 billion versus $2.3 billion a year earlier.

The Houston housing market experienced across-the-board gains in July with total prop-erty sales, total dollar volume and average and median pricing all up when compared to July 2013.

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Meanwhile, Houston’s housing inventory is gradually being replenished, hitting a 3.0-months supply in July. Inventory was flat at a 2.6-months supply from last December to April, but has edged upward each of the last three months. It is down from the 3.4-months sup-ply of one year ago and below the current 5.6-months supply of inventory across the U.S. re-ported by the National Association of Realtors.

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Officials with the City of Houston say they are nearing completion of the eighth floor of the revitalization project of the Houston Heights Tow-er on West 19th Street.

Work began on the project a little over a month ago and much of the work on the exterior of the building has been completed, Housing and Community Development represen-tative Susan Speer said. The project is the first of its kind for the Houston Heights Tower which was first built in the 70s.

“This is a major rehabilitation

project for this building,” Speer said. “We’re going to be replacing the en-tire plumbing system, all of the win-dows, installing better insulation, re-placing the flooring and the ceiling.”

The eight story, 236-unit senior housing facility will cost roughly $10 million to completely renovate, Speer said. According to a previous story in The Leader, the funds come from a Community Development Block Grant.

The city is aiming to repair floors two at a time, and tenants should be moving back into the eighth floor within the next or two.

“The vast majority of the current tenants on the eighth floor have been

moved to other vacant units within the same property,” Speers said. “Some of the residents are also be-ing placed at nearby hotels because of health issues.”

Since the project began, the dated and discolored exterior has since given way to a new, modern color scheme and residents and visitors alike might notice the new entryway currently under development. Those visiting nearby businesses will also be glad to note that the sidewalks have also remained accessible, keep-ing in line with official statements made in previous articles in The Leader that the project should not inconvenience residents both inside and outside of the facility.

The tower itself is sponsored by four Heights-area churches – All Saints Cathlic, Heights Christian,

St. Andrew’s Episcopal and Heights Presbyterian – and offers tenants one-bedroom units, a cafeteria and fitness facilities among other amenities. Its residents are primarily seniors ages 60 and older or other residents with impaired mobility.

Speers said the primary benefit to the building once it is finished is an “enormous” reduction in operat-ing costs by offering more modern energy efficient solutions. Complex mechanical equipment, like the build-ing’s elevators, will also be rehabili-tated.

“We’re not just doing some small work on the plumbing system,” Speer said. “We will be replacing the origi-nal cast iron piping entirely, which had frequent leaks and breakage.”

Currently, the project is expected to be completed by the middle of

2015, Speers said. “From this point on, it will be very

routine,” Speers said.

Photo By Jonathan Garris(Above) Officials with the city of Houston say they are a month into revitalizing the Houston Heights Towern, a 236-unit non-profit sernior housing facility, and will be finishing the eighth floor of the building soon. The aging building was in dire need of work on its exterior and interior, and the outside of the building already boasts a new modern color scheme, and officials will also be working hard on replacing the building’s plumbing system, flooring, elevator units, windows and other elements. (Left) The Houston Heights Tower as it appeared several years ago before the start of the rehabilitation program.

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Heights Tower resident Ester Morose will be turning 105 next week. Morose was born on Aug. 24, 1909, and was raised here in the Heights. She worked with Bell Telephone for 32 years, and stays active by dancing with her friends at the tower.

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Parents and children pass-ing by or attending The New School in the Heights on Heights Boulevard might no-tice a new set of wheels greet-ing students near the school’s playground.

In front of the playground sits a small, wooden recre-ation of a 1926 Ford Model-T pickup truck, complete with a steering wheel and even a small horn. The wooden truck is a contribution from Paul Carr, whose woodwork-ing attracted attention earlier this year when he placed a similar wooden train in Dono-van Park. While the Houston Heights Association eventu-ally dismissed Carr from his contract position for appar-ently not asking permission to build the train, that hasn’t stopped Carr from building more wooden models. In fact, that same controversy has attracted others in the com-munity to reach out to Carr to have a wooden vehicle of their own, like the NSH’s education director Jeanette Salinas.

“I had built a train already and wanted to do something different, so I suggested put-ting together a truck,” Carr said. “Now they’re talking to me about wanting to build something else for them. This winter, I’ll probably build them

something else to put out here as well.”

Carr also built a second wooden model for Tommie Vaughn Ford on Shepherd Drive. The truck now sits in-side of the dealerships main lobby, and Carr said it will be given away to a lucky child later this year for Christmas.

While the heat inside of Carr’s workshop might be too much during the sum-mer, Carr said his biggest joy comes from seeing children interact with his creations.

“I’m just enjoying doing it for the kids,” Carr said. “It’s been a real thrill to me to watch the kids climb all over the train at Donovan Park and, once school starts, I an-ticipate I’ll be coming down here to see how much they like this, as well.”

The truck is not only built to last, but is also built with safety in mind. Carr pointed out the truck’s lumber is treated for weather and is wa-terproof, and the wood was fastened with screws rather than nails. The truck also lacks jagged edges for children to get caught on.

Salinas said having the truck at the school for children to interact with would benefit the school’s younger children immensely. The NSH focuses on providing education for students from kindergarten to 8th grade who may excel aca-

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Salinas said the only costs the school covered were the materials needed for the truck, but Carr’s time came at no cost.

“That talent is really a gift,” Salinas said. “We’re really thankful.”

Photo By Jonathan GarrisJeanette Salinas, education director for The New School in The Heights, stands with Paul Carr and his recently finished wooden truck he completed for the school. The wooden truck is modeled after a classic Ford Model-T pickup truck, and an identical one will be given to one lucky child as part of a giveaway later this year at Tommie Vaughn Ford on Shephard Drive.


While it may have been a long time coming, Heights area resident Ryan Link finally fulfilled one of his dreams of self-publishing a novella.

Link’s new book, titled Re-tanus, is now available on Amazon digitally and in paper-back.

“I guess I’ve always read a lot,” Link said. “However, I wrote a ton of technical-type stuff, like various technical publications, dissertations, a masters thesis and so on. I’ve done tons of technical orient-ed work, but I always reading in my spare time.”

Link said he began devel-oping a pipe dream of sitting down and writing fiction about a year and a half ago. By day, Link works as an engineer with Hailliburton here in Hous-ton, but by night Link typed away in front of his computer screen.

Link said he was met with a small degree of success when he first started writing, with three short stories being picked up by several internet magazines. That drove him to write something a little longer, which eventually turned into Retanus

The novella follows Aldon Prandtel, a former scientist turned street urchin and drug addict, living in a decaying 22nd century St. Louis. After being recruited by a splinter nation formed in the aftermath of the fall of the United States, he becomes entangled in a “re-search project with a hidden dark side.”

In developing the decaying vision of St. Louis in the fu-ture, Link said he drew upon his own strengths in technical

writing and inspiration from the numerous works he read while growing up. He counts books like Dune, Catcher in the Rye, and David Copper-field among his favorite works. He also took a creative spark from the country’s own cur-rent political climate and eco-nomic uncertainty.

“I really want to ask myself if the US does dissolve, what sort of climate would poten-tially be left,” Link said. “I enjoy more character driven novles so I wanted to focus on that and what I could put Al-don through.”

On the choice the self-pub-lish, Link said the process has allowed him to “test thje wa-ters” to see if he had the right sort of drive to maintain the lifestyle of a writer.

“Everyone has their own theories on which way is best,” Link said. “From speaking with some people and looking through what some of the ma-jor publishers were publishing, it became obvious they weren’t interested in certain types of short stories and novellas.”

Balancing work and life also challenged Link during the writing process.

“You can always carve out time to write, but the main problem is relaly overcoming your exhaustion from having worked eight hours already,” Link said.

These days, Link is moving on to writing the first draft for his first, full-length novel, but he said he’s still playing it by ear.

“Realistically speaking, it is still kind of a dream job,” Link said. “I’m going to keep sticking with it and as long as people find out about the work and read it, I might consider writing full-time.”

Photo by Jonathan GarrisRyan Link’s new novella, Retanus, is now available.

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