Greenway Plaza, 1980. Photos courtesy Fondren Library Woodson Research Center and Rachel Dewane.
OffCite presents the eleventh submission to the Unexpected City challenge, made by Aaron Carpenter. Click here to learn about making your own submission.
In his frustratingly insightful text After the City, Lars Lerup argues that it is all the in-between places that define Houston geography. And seemingly most important (or most glaring) of them all — even above those power line ranges, freeways, and underpasses — is parking, whether it be in lot or garage form. So is it “unexpected” for a lifelong Houstonian to have the Greenway Plaza parking garage pop into his head as a place where he feels a most personal connection to the city? I think it deserves a real tribute. There’s a lot of Houston here.
Photo from the Texas Hawking Association
OffCite presents the tenth submission to the Unexpected City challenge, made by Camilo Parra. Click here to learn about making your own submission.
The Trails of Memorial Park
The coral snake tentatively treads in the leaves decaying
colors camouflage her yellow bands,
a warm winter day unusual to see her.
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