Houston Deco: Houston's Modernistic Architecture
2922 S. Shepherd Drive
endangered
Historic name: Alabama Theater
Current name: Bookstop
Completed: 1939
Architect: W. Scott Dunne (Dallas)

City of Houston Landmark

Barnes & Noble, which owns Bookstop, plans to close the store and move to a new location built on the site of the River Oaks Shopping Center. Weingarten Realty Investors, the property owner, plans to demolish the building and redevelop the site.

above | façade, 2006
detail (top) | façade, 1939
detail (center) | auditorium, 2007
detail (bottom) | pylon sign, 2004

Photo by Jim Parsons
 
 
 
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