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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown
What year did the gold building turn blue? This photo was between 1987 and then.
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That building was built in 1974, but it was reclad in 1994.
I think this photo is from the spring of 1999. This was before all of the development along 2nd Street in 2000 and 2001, and the City Hall in 2004. I can see the site was cleared for 300 West Sixth, and I remember it breaking ground in 1999.
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Originally Posted by the Genral
1994, and it also gained 10 feet in height with the cover for the utilities on the roof. Four years earlier, my favorite facelift happened on the Dobie Center when they removed the brick for glass. One other major facelift was done to 816 Congress Ave.. and then later a rooftop terrace was added, I don't know the dates when they occurred, but the original exterior to 816 Congress was horrible. I think these were the only major facelifts downtown unless someone can think of another other than the recent total paint makeovers to 823 Congress and the Hilton.
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There were a few others, but yeah, those were the big ones. 800 Brazos, which used to be the Commodore Perry Hotel, was remodeled and repainted and turned into Brazos Place. There as also the Perry-Brooks Building, which had its red brick covered up with what I'm guessing is aluminum panels.