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    Artist's Home Wows

    Arty real estate: Bold painter's unique Houston home and studio goes on sale for $200,000

    Elizabeth Rhodes
    Aug 30, 2014 | 4:18 pm

    Editor's Note: Houston, the surrounding areas and beyond are loaded with must-have houses for sale in all shapes, sizes and price ranges. In this continuing series, CultureMap snoops through some of the best and gives you the lowdown on what's hot on the market.

    A uniquely designed former home and art studio used by one of the city's most celebrated artists is up for sale. Bert Long, Jr., known for his bold, highly-personal paintings, lived and worked at the 4739 Buck Street home for more than a decade before he passed away on Feb. 1, 2013.

    Located in the rapidly changing Fifth Ward, the 5,831-square-foot property features a 960-square-foot two bedroom, one bathroom home as well as Long's separate studio space.

    The attached double-shotgun row house, once featured in design and architecture magazine Dwell, was carefully renovated 15 years ago as part of a year-long thesis project by then- Rice University graduate architecture student Brett Zamore. Originally built for two families, Zamore deconstructed the home and rebuilt it, transforming into something completely unique.

    "I received the house from the Fifth Ward CRC (Community Redevelopment Corporation) in disrepair," Zamore, founder of Brett Zamore Design, says. (The nonprofit encourages preservation and development of inner-city properties.) "I injected a new life, an open, modern feeling to the house."

    Long, who grew up in the area, purchased the home after the renovation for around $70,000. He lived at the Buck Street domicile with Joan Batson, his wife and a fellow artist, until his death.

    Walk through

    It should come as no surprise that an artist's former abode doesn't look like your typical home. Its open ceilings and visible rafters make the one-story house feel larger than it is and allows for a lot of storage space on the second story. Central air-conditioning and a number of ceiling fans help cool the quaint home and most rooms feature track lighting. A modest-yet-functional open kitchen, living room and dining room anchor one side of the former row house, while bedrooms and a centralized bathroom are found on the opposite side.

    The property, which sits just east of Waco St. and south of Interstate 10, also features a large yard between the home and studio buildings. The artist's former studio could easily be transformed into a cozy garage apartment as it houses a full bathroom of its own.

    Long's expansive art collection, which includes many large sculptures and mixed-media pieces, is being handled locally by Deborah Colton Gallery.

    Lot size: 5,831 square feet

    Home size: 960 square feet

    Asking price: $200,000

    Listing agent:Star Massing, Boulevard Realty

    The front of Bert Long's former double-shotgun style home features two patios.

    Front of 4739 Buck
      
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    The front of Bert Long's former double-shotgun style home features two patios.
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    More Marriott

    Luxurious downtown Houston hotel expands with more rooms and rooftop pool

    Jef Rouner
    Jun 16, 2025 | 1:30 pm
    A computer rendering of the new rooftop lounge and pool area at the JW Marriott Houston Downtown.
    Courtesy of the JW Marriott Houston Downtown
    A render of the future rooftop space at the JW Marriott Houston Downtown

    The JW Marriott Houston Downtown has revealed plans for a massive expansion that will add the adjacent Battelstein’s Building at 812 Main to the hotel's existing footprint.

    With an eye to impress guests coming to Houston for the June 2026 FIFA World Cup, the revitalized Battelstein's Building will include a new ground floor restaurant, additional meeting and events spaces, and a rooftop bar and lounge with a pool overlooking the downtown skyline. It will offer easy access to the planned Main Street Promenade, also set to open next June.

    “This initiative represents an exciting evolution for the JW Marriott Houston Downtown,” hotel general manager Jelle Vandenbroucke said in a statement. “We are not just adding rooms — we are redefining the guest experience by creating a hospitality destination that captures the energy, diversity and sophistication of Houston.”

    When the expansion is complete, the Marriott will have a total of 384 guest rooms (an increase of 56), including 89 suites, touted in press materials as the largest inventory of luxury lodging in the city's core. The expansion also adds 10,000 square feet of meeting space to the Marriott, bringing the total to over 23,000 square feet. Rottet Studio designed the new space, and Los Angeles-based Cole Martinez Curtis & Associates is handling the renovation. Guests should still see plenty of the original materials used in these historic constructions as they explore the Marriott's modern services.

    Built in 1924 to house the titular department store, and raised to 10 stories in 1950 by acclaimed architects Joseph Finger and George Rustay, the Battelstein’s Building is a beloved, if modest, part of the Houston skyline. Philip Battelstein opened his tailor and haberdashery in Houston in 1897 after arriving from Lithuania with almost no money. The store thrived through the post-war years, leading to its iconic expansion, but declined as the 1970s oil boom petered out and suburban shopping malls grew in popularity. The space was frequently vacant after 1980. Southwest Value Partners, the company that owns the hotel's current location, acquired the building in 2022.

    Currently, the JW Marriott occupies another historic Houston location, the adjacent, 22-story Samuel F. Carter Building at 806 Main. When Samuel Fain Carter built it in 1910, it was the tallest building in Houston. Many doubted such a towering structure could actually stand on Houston's famously swampy ground, earning it the nickname Carter's Folly. More than a century later, it remains Houston's first skyscraper. The Marriott welcomed its first guests in 2014.


    A computer rendering of the new rooftop lounge and pool area at the JW Marriott Houston Downtown.
      

    Courtesy of the JW Marriott Houston Downtown

    A render of the future rooftop space at the JW Marriott Houston Downtown.

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