As two yellow bulldozers finally slowly take the Montrose Fiesta apart piece by piece, Houston seems to be losing part of its history.
Since 1994, Fiesta has occupied the location in the shopping center that was originally a Weingarten grocery store when it was first built 1962. The Fiesta's been closed for more than a year and there's been some work done on the site since March, but the bulk of the demolition has only recently begun (Swamplot notes that the permits for the heavy demolition at 3803 Dunlavy at West Alabama weren't granted until last week.)
Now, the bulldozers are really starting to move in on the Fiesta building itself.
Now, the bulldozers are really starting to move in on the Fiesta building itself. And with it, generations of grocery store history will go down.
Real estate developer Finger Companies needs to move fast. A six to eight story mid-rise luxury apartment complex that will cover the four-acre property is supposed to be completed by next June.
The lot is across from the still relatively new H-E-B Montrose Market, of course. Ironically, not long ago the location H-E-B now occupies was an apartment complex and a grocery store sat opposite it.
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Fiesta celebrated its last day July 15, 2012, but the heavy demolition is only really beginning now.
