The government and bank document printing company of Clarke and Courts entered the suburban era when it moved its headquarters from downtown Galveston (
GV5) to this one-story, cast-in-place concrete commercial printing plant, one of the highlights of modernistic architecture in Houston. Finger contrasted the plant's horizontal band of steel-sash windows, grouped under a continuous parapet marked with triple speed lines, with the stout pylon tower above the front entrance. Architecturally integrated graphics are the building's chief decorative device. In 1993, the building underwent a certified rehabilitation when it was transformed into apartments by developer Randall Davis.
Tribeca Lofts (Clarke and Courts Building)
1936, Joseph Finger. 1210 W. Clay Ave.