The Nix Houses, Innovation and Style in Texas' Oldest Historic District - Hardcover

Roy R. Pachecano

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0934955719 ISBN 13: 9780934955713

Publisher: Watercress Press, 2007

Synopsis

This is the untold story of three prominent South Texas players in real estate in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries. The characters profiled are true-life individuals who shaped the skyline of San Antonio: Atlee B. Ayres, Joseph Madison ("JM") Nix and Birdie Lanier Nix. When these three got together in the late 1890s life would never be the same for them as well as for San Antonio. Published by Watercress Press, the book peices together an intricate historical account of a real estate project launched by an unknown architect and out-of-town developer that proves to be the genesis of two patron families of San Antonio. Pachecano's essay weaves the architectural significance with the social, economic and political histories seen as contemporaneous with the creation of the Nix Houses in the late nineteen century.

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About the Author

Roy R. Pachecano has had his hand in design and construction ever since he was a boy walking construction sites with his father. With over 20 years of professional experience, Mr. Pachecano has enjoyed working in all facets of the real estate development industry and has practiced in all major aspects of development itself: design, construction, finance, law and politics. A developer, Mr. Pachecano is also a trained and licensed architect. His twin companies, Portico Residential LLC and Portico Real Estate Investments ("Portico REI") are based in New York where he has represented major corporations, institutions, and private clients in the proactive practice of real estate development. The firms were created to advise on and reposition unique, distressed properties. As a new, first time author of a nationally publicized book on The Nix Houses, Mr. Pachecano trained his skill in writing while he was employed as director at a prominent New York City law firm. He has earned two advanced degrees from Columbia University. Mr. Pachecano combined his studies in real estate development by cross registering with the University's Planning, Architecture, Business and Law schools adding to his broad experience attained in the professional world of zoning, land use law, and financial and physical asset due diligence reporting. Mr. Pachecano has written and published numerous industry related articles and has been featured and/or appeared in the New York Times, Architecture Magazine, PBS's Ask This Old House, and Home and Garden Television (HGTV). He currently teaches at Pratt Institute's Center for Continuing and Professional Studies at its Manhattan campus on topics affecting real property: zoning/land use and real estate development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Watercress Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0934955719
• ISBN 13: 9780934955713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Roy R. Pachecano
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152
• Editor: A Book By Watercress Press