Purple Reign reigns no more on Lenox Ave.
Might there be work being done on the long empty Lenox Ave. buildings?
Across 116th from the Kalahari, future home of SOHA Style.
The Kalahari
It has become somewhat of a tradition of mine to walk around the neighborhood on New Year's Day to see what's changed over the past year.
Purple Reign was an upscale children's shoe boutique. It was open for a year or two, and I'm surprised it lasted that long. Up a block and across the street from the shoe store is a row of beautiful, mostly empty buildings. Three were renovated several years ago, and now it looks like work has begun on a fourth. The apartments in the new building across from the Kalahari, and down the block from me, have been occupied. There's a sign in the ground floor window that SOHA Style, a home furnishings store, will be opening soon.
The Kalahari is expected to open this year. It looks to me like the interior walls of the apartments are finished. The ground floor commercial spaces are still under construction. According to the Kalahari website, there's an open house this weekend.
Nice pics! An upscale children's show boutique? I've never heard of such a thing! I guess there a few things we don't have in south TX...Happy New Year!
Posted by: Cinn | 04 January 2008 at 12:00 PM
Shoe boutique! There's upscale children's clothes/shoe stores in the wealthier parts of town, but Lenox Ave would not be one of those neighborhoods.
Happy New Year to you too!
Posted by: Joe | 04 January 2008 at 08:12 PM