  Nine historic cottages dating from the 1870s to the 1940s have been renovated as affordable housing through the efforts of an innovative non-profit organization and a concerned property owner. Avenue Community Development Corp., which develops affordable housing and promotes historic preservation in Houston's First Ward, and Anthony Colca, who had inherited the properties and still lived in the neighborhood, were determined to preserve the area's historic character and protect long-term tenants from displacement. | Visit Avenue CDC's Web site Next winner: John P. McGovern Campus of the Texas Medical Center Photo courtesy of Avenue Community Development Corp. |
3401 Allen Parkway, the former Rein Co. Building 22nd Street Lofts, an adaptive reuse of a Heights textile factory 308 Cordell St., a 1910 bungalow in the Brooke Smith Addition "Rosecroft," an Arts & Crafts-style home in Eastwood 1605 Heights Blvd., a 1918 Alfred C. Finn-designed home Willow Street Pump Station, an adaptive reuse of early 20th century civic buildings Hotel Icon, the former Union National Bank Building Summer Street Project, the restoration of nine First Ward cottages John P. McGovern Campus of the Texas Medical Center, the former Nabisco bakery Down in Houston, a literary look at Houston's blues scene Houston House & Home magazine: Preservation Partner in Print Award Menil House, the restoration of the 1951 Philip Johnson design Minnette Boesel for leadership in local preservation |
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