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Also, Jesse Hager assessed the 2009 AIA Houston home tour at a new online publication called Culture Map.

Read on for a recap of the last month's stories about the built environment.

Monday November 23

Help on way for knotted U.S. 290 interchange [Houston Chronicle] "The $315 million allocation will allow work to begin on rebuilding the interchange of U.S. 290, Loop 610, and Interstate 10, Buying Valium. The next 18 months will be spent acquiring rights-of-way and moving utilities."

Sunday November 22

Brick by brick, who invented the valium, shingle by shingle: Recycling an entire house - and saving money [Houston Chronicle]

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Saturday November 21

Stubborn works Oilman George Mitchell's persistence has yielded gifts of energy and community. [Houston Chronicle] "The stubbornness of this Texas wildcatter has helped to give the world access to larger supplies of an environmentally friendly fuel, and the Houston region a planned community that is a living laboratory consulted globally."

Friday November 20

Going Attractions: Hollywood Video Gives Up on the Tower Theatre [Swamplot] "Unless the owners of the former Tower Theatre on Westheimer just west of Montrose have another feature ready to go, it looks like Houston will soon have a second shuttered and lonely Art Deco theater left to spin its reels."

Thursday November 19

Photos tell tale of grand beginnings: Heights native chronicles history of area [Houston Chronicle] "The 128-page book features more than 200 historical photos collected from approximately 65 donors."

Ring Library to get added space: Expansion, renovation project to feature new entrance, added amenities [Houston Chronicle] "Headed by Susan Bischoff, but generic valium, the library foundation donated $400,000 towards the project, which continues the "iconic" round architecture of the 1964 structure, named after Elizabeth L. Ring. Nline valium overnight, Ring, whose service to libraries began in 1887 when she joined the Ladies' Reading Club, led the way in establishing the first free public library in Houston."

Shuttle may ease parking problems: ‘Jitney' service now operating on Washington Ave. [Houston Chronicle] "Billed as Houston's first jitney service in 15 years, the Washington Wave operates from 6 p.m.-3 a.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays."

City to pay $600,000 to prod builders 10 houses would be built in depressed areas [Houston Chronicle] "The proposal would set aside $620, valium given rectally,000 for the construction of 10 single-family homes, most of which will be used as model homes in Trinity Gardens and Fourth Ward. Buying Valium, The developers may sell the homes after they are used for at least a year as models, but the net proceeds must be reinvested in the same community."

Wednesday November 18

First charging stations are going up in town, in a bid to promote electric vehicles in oil country [Houston Chronicle] "A deal between the city and Reliant has the electric retailer converting 10 of the city's new Toyota Prius gasoline-electric hybrids into plug-in vehicles with greater fuel efficiency and the ability to recharge through a standard home power socket. Reliant is also installing 10 charging stations for the cars around the city, including seven that will be available to the public."

RDA salutes Tudors [Houston Chronicle]

Looking for a hopeful sign that the recession is ending. Consider the Rice Design Alliance's gala Saturday night. Ativan valium, The mood was buoyant as more than 1,100 people packed the second floor of the Hilton Americas-Houston, and the party raised over $500,000. Those are promising omens, given that Houston's architecture, engineering and construction industry - the RDA's natural constituency - is exquisitely attuned to the economy, valium picture.

The crowd gave a standing ovation to Phoebe and Bobby Tudor, a couple known for preserving one of Houston's best old buildings and raising money to build excellent new ones, Buying Valium. Phoebe is head of the campaign to expand and restore the 1926 Julia Ideson Building, Houston's first library. Bobby, the chairman and CEO of investment and banking firm Tudor, Pickering & Co., Valium patent expir, is currently co-chair of Rice University's $1 billion Centennial Campaign. As a former Rice basketball star, he took special pleasure in his and Phoebe's support of a major renovation of the university's gym, now called Tudor Fieldhouse.

Land deals, with a twist of heritage: City Council has questions about plan for a historic area near ballpark [Houston Chronicle] "If a series of deals go through, the city would be able to create a "super block" previously eyed for a new hotel, no prescription valium, redevelop Avenida de las Americas and move two historic houses and a railroad engine to create a small historic area on the eastern side of downtown."

Galveston and High Island residents say the government is treating them like deadbeats [Houston Chronicle] "More than 3,700 Ike victims were in FEMA trailers at the height of the temporary housing program in Ike-ravaged Texas counties. Buying Valium, That number has since dwindled to about 1,300 households."

Monday November 16

Houston SLEEPOUT: Event participants spend night in park to raise money, awareness for area homeless [Houston Chronicle] "The night turned chilly, mosquitoes started biting, and bouncing grass spiders kept 14-year-old Domica Webster anxious all night long. Come morning, some of the 40 members of the girl's community services sorority at Nimitz were aching for creature comforts after spending the night on cardboard."

Sunday November 15

Too much of the same on AIA home tour [Culture Map] "In my mind, Strasser Ragni stole the show, Valium 5620 pill description, although the house is certainly not the most livable."

Condos in the sky on a descent: Area high-rise market slow but some see hope [Houston Chronicle] "During the last quarter, sales were down 17 percent and prices were off 20 percent compared with the same period in 2008, according to data from the Houston Association of Realtors."

Stadium in play for the runoff: Locke sees project as development tool and Parker is cautious about the risk [Houston Chronicle] "Both candidates have offered public support for the stadium in the past. Now their challenge is to frame the issue in a way that courts conservatives for whom the stadium is unpopular."

Saturday November 14

Arrest made in Heights blaze: Possible link to 17 other fires is being explored [Houston Chronicle]

Friday November 13

SpawMaxwell sees no layoffs in its acquisition by Balfour Beatty [Houston Chronicle] "The deal will combine SpawMaxwell's work in corporate and health care interior construction with Balfour Beatty's ground-up construction specialty, the companies said Thursday...Founded 76 years ago, Balfour Beatty Construction has 1,600 employees in 10 offices nationwide, valium information weight loss pill. Its 2008 revenue was more than $2.4 billion."

Thursday November 12

FIRST RAZE, THEN REVIVE, REFRESH Jaycee Park begins renovation [Houston Chronicle] "The proposed $1 million park master plan Friends of Jaycee Park have developed with the city of Houston Parks & Recreation Department and Houston Parks Board would include new playgrounds for children, a picnic pavilion, two smaller picnic shelters, Making valium, a sand volleyball court, an open play area and a trail system around and through the park."

Backed by state law, a new city ordinance will target eyesore, dangerous apartments [Houston Chronicle] "The key feature of the new ordinance is the shift from primarily complaint-driven inspections of problem complexes to a system that guarantees city personnel will conduct on-site evaluations of every apartment development with three units or more at least every four years, in addition to checks prompted by complaints. Inspectors will look for fire hazards, exposed wiring, roche valium online, out-of-code conditions involving sewer connections and swimming pools, and structural defects such as unsound stairways and railings."

African-American library is ready for Nov. 14 grand opening: Gregory School is library archives location [Houston Chronicle] "The renovation included the removal and reinstallation of windows, cleaning and preservation of bricks and the transformation to the original 1926 appearance, Buying Valium. Central corridors and stairway handrails have been redone to reflect their original appearance."

Wednesday November 11

OBITUARY MFAH exec Skidmore, 71, led expansion: Museum saw exceptional growth during her career [Houston Chronicle] "When Skidmore joined the MFAH in 1978, Migraine valium, the museum consisted only of the Caroline Wiess Law Building and Bayou Bend. During her 27 years there, the museum added the Glassell School of Art, in 1979; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, in 1986; a 40,000-square-foot conservation facility, in 1991; and the new Junior School of Art and central administration building, buy valium online overnight without prescription, in 1994. Skidmore also oversaw the $127 million capital campaign for the Audrey Jones Beck Building, which opened in 2000. The addition of the Beck Building more than doubled the museum's exhibition space, making it the largest museum in the South."

Tuesday November 10

Why walking in Houston is hazardous to your health: Car-oriented development and a lack of sidewalks and medians make city deadly for pedestrians [Houston Chronicle]

Houston ranked eighth on a new list of the most dangerous urban areas for pedestrians. Buying Valium, ... Home made valium instructions, Harris County, for example, has a policy of not installing sidewalks when it builds a new road, unless a group or city provides the extra money.

"It's an expense that doesn't have to do with transportation," said Mark Seegers, a spokesman for Harris County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia, buy valium online for under $2.00. "The county does not do sidewalks; it's not what gets cars from point A to point B."

That approach irks Robin Holzer of the Citizens' Transportation Coalition, who calls it outdated and short-sighted. "The people on foot and bike are trying to go to the same schools and restaurants and shops as people in cars are going to," Holzer said.

Sunday November 8

Where the wild things are: Willow Waterhole, a flood-control project, Valium on-line, does double duty as a nature preserve [Houston Chronicle]

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And we were at a place that sounded as though it, too, should be unlovely. Willow Waterhole, which is still under construction, Getting a valium enema, exists primarily as a gigantic "stormwater detention basin": a big hole in the ground to hold floodwater so that it doesn't get into people's houses. Buying Valium, But, very much by design, its 279 acres do double duty as a nature preserve. Its six linked parklets all involve enormous ponds, most with islands, surrounded by tall native grasses and hopeful little trees. More and more every week, it's used for hiking, biking, buy valium cod, picnicking - and, most spectacularly, for bird-watching. So far, in its monthly counts, Valium no prescription fast delivery, the Audubon Society has logged more than 120 species. Among them: black-bellied whistling ducks, pied-billed grebes, lesser yellowlegs, downy woodpeckers, loggerhead shrikes, yellow-rumped warblers, valium peach.

"We've even seen roseate spoonbills," says Becky Edmondson, a friend of Boston's and the volunteer director for Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy, Buying Valium. "Shorebirds. Usually you'd have to drive to Galveston to see those."

Friday November 6

Waiting to inhale An old Houston stereotype - stinky, smoggy air - may be on its way out. [Houston Chronicle] "According to the latest federal smog measurements, in the past decade the noxious, lung-irritating chemical soup primarily composed of ozone created by vehicle exhaust and industrial smokestacks has dropped significantly. From a peak near 120 ozone molecules per billion molecules of air, the number has dropped to 84 in the air we breathe, matching the current acceptable federal standard."

Thursday November 5

Artists brush up on works to help fund housing group: Washington Ave. and Near Northside areas to get some help [Houston Chronicle] "Babbitt remembers the first Art on the Avenue fundraiser, held in an artist's warehouse. Buying Valium, She supports Avenue CDC's efforts to preserve homes, saying 'who knows what those old walls saw and heard.'"

SYLVAN BEACH Shoreline will have better access: County's only public beach will be used by more than 10,000 visitors a year [Houston Chronicle] "The bayfront park's heyday was probably in the 1920s and 1930s when musicians such as Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Perry Como performed there. After the Houston Ship Channel was finished in 1928, the original Sylvan Beach began to shrink, due mainly to erosion from wind and big ships' wakes, Barr said. With the added impact of subsidence and Hurricane Carla in 1961, the beach eventually disappeared."

BELLAIRE City's planning focus gets clearer: Land-use plan to be put before a vote on Nov. 16 [Houston Chronicle] "Among additions requested by City Council are a glossary of terms, additional background about ongoing reconstruction of streets and drainage and more detail about the proposed Bellaire Village Vision, a conceptual plan for a transit-based, mixed-use development that would straddle the border with Houston at the city's northern-most point."

Wednesday November 4

ELECTION 2009 PARKER, LOCKE IN MAYORAL RUNOFF [Houston Chronicle] "[Architect Peter] Brown conceded at 11:05 p.m. as the final totals showed no possibility for the outcome to be reversed."

Tuesday November 3

Houston may finally meet smog standard [Houston Chronicle]

Tea Party rally draws at least 10,000 people [Houston Chronicle] "Under clear skies and a perfect moon, crowds packed the field at the Sam Houston Race Park and cheered loudly as speakers called for the people to take control of the American government."

Sunday November 1

East End becomes artist's muse [Houston Chronicle] "The East End is where Clorox is bottled and coffee is decaffeinated, where beer is brewed and oil refined. It's the taco-truck part of town, the Port of Houston part of town, the train-tracks part of town. In a city that revolves around work, it's the place where work seems most real."

A ROAD CALLED ALMEDA Neighborhood tries to keep its identity in face of big growth [Houston Chronicle]

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Brasil Cafe and Domy Books Courtyard [iPhone photo Kathryn Fosdick]

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Nov. 24, 2009
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Friday October 30

Big plan for an Ike-worn Isle icon: Proposal worth $15 million would give Flagship a carnival-like feel [Houston Chronicle] "In the proposal now on the table, Landry's outlines plans to install a 'stunning pool with an outdoor bar, cabanas and a lower sundeck jutting out over the Gulf.' The Ferris wheel and related attractions will be located in the area now occupied by the hotel's pool."

Thursday October 29

Disaster aid to help to rebuild complex: Owner wants to overhaul complex, area [Houston Chronicle] This story details the use of post-hurricane and stimulus funds to rehabilitate apartment complexes around Fondren, Gulfton, and elsewhere, valium metabolites.

Greenway project adds land to conservation effort: Four major tracts will benefit recreation project [Houston Chronicle] "Montgomery and Harris counties are collaborating on a project to create the largest linear park in the Houston area, which will stretch 33 miles between FM 2978 in Spring and U.S. 59 in Humble."

Wednesday October 28

MAYORAL RACE Flooding is an issue with no cheap solution [Houston Chronicle]

Tuesday October 27

State suing to shut plants while fatal incidents probed: Workers have died in waste facilities here and in Port Arthur [Houston Chronicle] The saga of the waste facility seen on the RDA house tour behind Grace Lane continues.

Monday October 26

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The economic stimulus deck is getting reshuffled. Valium mexico online, Road projects that were once slated to get millions of dollars - like the controversial Segment E of the Grand Parkway - might not be ready before the federal deadline.

In Segment E's case, that's because the road would cut through an undeveloped swath of the Katy Prairie, and both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are opposing a needed wetlands permit.

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At the top of the list: $15 million for pedestrian and transit goodies like sidewalks, white valium, curb cuts, medians, bus and rail stops for three redeveloping areas of Houston - Upper Kirby, Uptown and the East End Management District.

Researchers find a natural solution to unnatural grass: Blend of native grasses shows promise for drought-resistant lawns "Using satellite mapping, NASA research scientist Cristina Milesi found that some 40 million acres of the U.S. Expiration date valium, and up to 5 percent of urban areas, are covered by lawns, making turf the country's largest irrigated crop."

Sunday October 25

Next mayor will inherit next era of protecting coast: Proposals include longer Seawall, ‘Ike Dike' and limits for development [Houston Chronicle] "'I'm willing to consider all proposals, but I don't believe this [Ike Dike] is the best way to approach the issue,' [Peter] Brown said. 'Natural barriers are cheaper to maintain, valium without perscription, effective, and have ancillary benefits in terms of tourism and protecting our natural resources.' ... [Annise] Parker said governments should consider drawing the line on further development by no longer insuring it."

Project in southern part of downtown is quashed: Group pushed for complex with low-income units to go elsewhere Valium Pharmacy No Prescription, [Houston Chronicle] "After running into resistance from the group - recently formed to help steer development in the southwest quadrant of downtown - Stephan Fairfield of Covenant Neighborhoods pulled out of a deal to buy a half-block on Main at Leeland. He was planning a mixed-use real estate development with a supportive housing component on the site."

Wilshire Village land [Houston Chronicle] "'We would consider an outright sale if the appropriate user was identified,' owner Matt Dilick of Commerce Equities said. There's still a chance Dilick will build something on the land. Valium generic online, He said a townhome development could be the right use at this time. Previously he had considered putting a residential tower on the site."

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Friday October 23

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Thursday October 22

Green building takes root: Environmentally sound designs influence where you live, work and play [Houston Chronicle] Sysco Foods headquarters. Location: 1390 Enclave Parkway. A collective effort by lead architect HOK Houston, architect of record Kendall Heaton Associates and interior architect Kirksey, the 595,600-square-foot corporate office space is made of two glass, steel and cement towers, set side by side and connected by a pedestrian bridge."

Historic Heights church faces demolition [Houston Chronicle] "'In the Heart of the Heights/With a Heart for the Heights,' Immanuel Lutheran Church declares itself on its Web site.But the church recently posted its intention to demolish a building that, according to the National Register of Historic Places, helps give the Heights its distinctive character: the handsome old Gothic Revival church at the corner of 15th and Cortlandt, a red-brick exercise in buttresses and pointy windows."

Old Heights church may be facing demolition: Some object, but church can't afford restoration [Houston Chronicle]

LAKE HOUSTON Parks department earns ‘Award of Excellence' [Houston Chronicle] "The Houston Parks and Recreation Department, along with SWA Landscape Architects, has received the "Award of Excellence" by the Texas Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the Lake Houston Wilderness Park Master Plan."

EPA will backtrack, look again at refinery emission controls: Feds apparently swayed by White's claim that earlier rules used bad data [Houston Chronicle] "The EPA's acceptable health risk is generally one additional cancer case per 1 million people, Valium Pharmacy No Prescription. In areas near a refinery, the agency allows 30 additional cases per million...While Wisconsin has one refinery and Texas has 30, the increased risk to Texans is more than 30 times the risk to Wisconsin's residents because of the concentration of facilities, valium equivalent, White said in a letter to the EPA."

Condo tower's saga takes another turn: Consortium has control of Mosaic [Houston Chronicle]

Wednesday October 21

With new recycling program, participation pays: Residents who contribute can earn up to $450 a year in credits [Houston Chronicle] "Already, Houston is poised to expand the single-stream system to an additional 50,000 households with roughly $3 million in federal stimulus money, Hayes said."

Ashby developers push for original plan: They'll appear before city panel to appeal decision [Houston Chronicle]

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"Removing these amenities completely contradicts' city officials' statements that they want new development inside (Loop 610) to create a ‘walkable Houston,' " the developers said. "Their action removes predictability from the development process and results in the loss of millions of dollars in value to our development; it deprives our neighbors of substantial amenities and the city of significant tax revenues."

Tuesday October 20

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Monday October 19

HOUSTON VOTERS POLL Tough land-use law supported: Ashby high-rise controversy is cited for the apparent turnaround in public opinion [Houston Chronicle] "More than two-thirds of Houstonians are ready for tighter land-use restrictions in the wake of several high-profile conflicts between developers and neighborhoods in recent years, according to a Houston Chronicle poll. Out of 601 people surveyed between Oct, Valium Pharmacy No Prescription. 12 and 15, apo 10 blue valium, 71 percent said they strongly or somewhat agree that "Houston should enact tougher land use restrictions."

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Mayor of Houston: The Chronicle co-endorses Annise Parker and Gene Locke in the first round [Houston Chronicle]

MAYORAL RACE BROWN HAS EARLY BUT SLIGHT LEAD Parker is close on his heels, with Locke third and 36 percent of the voters undecided [Houston Chronicle] "According to the poll, Brown leads the field with 23.8 percent of the vote, followed by Parker with 19 percent, Locke with 13.1 percent, Possession of valium, and Harris County Board of Education Trustee Roy Morales with 6.7 percent."

MAYORAL RACE A plan to guide the way the city grows: Candidates differ on new development in unzoned Houston [Houston Chronicle]

Annise Parker: Develop citywide deed restriction database; create "ultra-urban" development code category for neighborhoods such as Midtown.

Peter Brown: Simplify development code to make it "business-friendly;" enable planned development districts where property owners and developers could create their own codes.

Gene Locke: Make city's neighborhoods competitive with suburban ones; encourage "edge development" in underdeveloped areas.

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Chinatown no longer: Neighborhood rebrands itself as EaDo - ‘east downtown' - as it undergoes a cultural shift with a new look and identity [Houston Chronicle] "The 'new Chinatown' blossomed along Bellaire Boulevard in the 1990s when many of Houston's Asian entrepreneurs relocated again for cheaper land."

New school for arts sought Group wants HISD facility in Theater District [Houston Chronicle]

100 years at Magnolia Park: The city's oldest Hispanic community marks major milestone [Houston Chronicle]

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ARSON MYSTERY Sense of safety up in flames: Residents of the Heights are on edge after 15 fires [Houston Chronicle]

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October 13

Grand Parkway's ‘E' never was ‘shovel-ready' [Houston Chronicle]

When Arthur Storey, executive director of Harris County's Public Infrastructure Department, recommended in a letter last week that commissioners give back the stimulus funding slated for Segment E, he cited delays in obtaining a federal permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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"Sure," he said simply.

This is the reason, Storey said, he asked commissioners in his letter to re-evaluate other segments of the Grand Parkway project and review "overall funding priorities and constraints."

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Monday October 12

MAYORAL RACE: CANDIDATE PROFILE PETER BROWN Urban planner feels many small successes can make better city [Houston Chronicle] "Brown denies that he favors zoning, saying publicly that 'for better or for worse, it's too late for zoning in this city,' but he does favor what he calls an "outcomes-driven" development code to help protect neighborhoods from inappropriate development and degrading influences."

Sunday October 11

URBAN WOODSMEN Waste no tree: Woodworkers Clay Robinson and Brian Conner salvage wood no one else wants to create usable works of art [Houston Chronicle] "Developer Carol Isaak Barden discovered TruTimber at an acquaintance's house, will valium keep you awake. A little wooden step by the bathtub, she says, was 'the most exquisite thing I'd ever seen.' The acquaintance told her about 'this guy named Brian' who'd made it. Carol immediately MapQuested TruTimber's address and drove over."

Saturday October 10

OSHA fines waste processor $207,800 in deadly accident [Houston Chronicle] "The fine levied against CES Environmental Services, announced Friday, followed an investigation into the Port Arthur operation that was begun when worker Charles B, Valium Pharmacy No Prescription. Sittig was killed in an accident there in April."

Montrose. Planned. A great neighborhood, yes. But a great example of urban planning? "Planning can't take credit for the off-beat charms of Montrose. But without at least some planning - public, private or both - that unplanned charm may disappear."

New arts group emerges: Printmaking resource [Houston Chronicle]

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Grand Parkway stretch in W, Where Can I Buy Adipex. Adipex weight loss forum, Harris Co. not so shovel-ready after all "Harris County officials will ask the state to shift $181 million in federal stimulus funding from a controversial toll road portion of the Grand Parkway to other local projects, citing delays obtaining federal permits that 'might never be issued'....'This is stupendous news' said David Crossley, president of the non-profit Houston Tomorrow."

Commuter rail: It will take unity, teamwork to bring regional service here within three to five years. [Houston Chronicle] "The question is no longer whether but when commuter service will plug the city's suburbs into Metro's light rail service and other transit options inside the 610 Loop."

10 YEARS OF JAINISM New Center Opens for Houston's growing Jain population [Houston Chronicle] "At 14102 Schiller, the facility cost $2 million, raised entirely from voluntary donations. The facility's main room features a 3, adipex 37.5 cheap without presription,600-square-foot cardinal-pyramid meditation hall, shaped to enhance the meditation experience."

FIRM TO TAP POWER OF GULF WAVES Texas company says its approach addresses 2 global problems at once [Houston Chronicle] "A Texas firm plans to use power generated by the Gulf of Mexico's waves to make its salty water drinkable...The desalinated water will be stored in a 30,000-gallon tank on the platform and then transported to shore, where it will be put in bottles made from corn-based plastic and marketed under the Renew Blue brand."

Thursday October 8

High speed rail in Texas: options [Intermodality]

West Houston Medical to get expansion $70 million, project will add 95,000-square feet to facility [Houston Chronicle] "The architectural firm of Gould/Turner designed West Houston's renovation with growth in mind."

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Eclectic, walkable and one of top 10: What sprawl. Planning group lists Montrose among great U.S. neighborhoods Montrose: Planners say win shows city's method works [Houston Chronicle] "Montrose, the central Houston community known for its diverse lifestyles, vibrant street life and stately historic homes, prescription drugs online adipex, is being honored by the American Planning Association today as one of the country's 10 great neighborhoods...In the early 20th century, long before it became the focus of slum-clearing urban renewal projects or the heart of Houston's gay and lesbian community, Montrose was an elite master-planned suburb, said Stephen Fox, a Rice University architectural historian."

Monday October 5

MAYORAL RACE Winner inherits task of solving gridlock: Candidates differ on whether buses or light rail should be ‘heart' of transit system mayor: Metro's focus at issue [Houston Chronicle]

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Thursday October 1

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No Zoning catalog, activities make up for exhibit's flaws [Houston Chronicle] "Caroline Huber and the Art Guys contribute an invaluable chronology of Houston's art scene since 1930. Cameron Armstrong's memoir of a 1993 battle over zoning combines personal experience with broader historical context. Susanne Theis, who spent nearly 25 years with the Orange Show Foundation, updates a 2000 essay on Houston's handmade personal spaces like the Beer Can House, Cleveland 'The Flower Man' Turner's garden and Jeff McKissack's Orange Show."

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Vision for Project Row Houses: Art endeavor may branch into the business of laundromats [Houston Chronicle]

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No Zoning falls victim to, well, zoning: Painting, other media aren't included - and much of what is, is filler [Houston Chronicle] Douglass Britt comments on the CAMH exhibtion: "A better solution would have been to include the city's painters and sculptors, many of whom talk about being inspired by the weird juxtapositions the city's lack of zoning creates. Picture Give and Take looming over Hana Hillerova's sleek, geometric sculptures - two of which are on view at Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery through Oct, Where Can I Buy Adipex. 1 - and Howard Sherman's expressionist, prescription drug adipex, bombastic canvases in dialogue with Jonathan Leach's crisp, architectural paintings. Throw in some of Kathy Kelley's wild-eyed assemblages of tires, rebar and other detritus, and you'd get a mix that says "no zoning" better than No Zoning does."

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Proposed master trails project seek comments, funds: Agencies hold town-hall meeting at Wolfe [Houston Chronicle] "To learn more about the proposed West Houston Trails Master plan and to contribute your input, visit www.energycorridordistrict.org/west-houston-trails."

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HOUSING HERE SHOWS NEW SPARK Permits for homes jump for second time in '09, but will revival be sustained after tax credit ends? [Houston Chronicle]

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Old Savoy hotel to be demolished [Houston Chronicle] The original seven-story hotel at 1616 Main, constructed in 1909, buy phentermine adipex no prescription, is scheduled to be razed Friday. A 17-story addition, built in 1966, will remain intact although it also has been vacant since the Savoy closed its doors in 1988."

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Metro approves 2010 budget Bulk will go toward upcoming light-rail projects [Houston Chronicle] "Metro passed a $1.26 billion budget on Thursday that involves a heavier debt load and a 5-cent fare increase next January. The overall budget for fiscal 2010 is 23 percent higher than last year, but the operating portion of the budget remains flat. The increases stem, in part, Adipex p no rx, from capital spending and debt related to the impending construction of new light-rail lines that will run north, east and southeast from downtown Houston. The budget also contains money for a new Park & Ride lot in Pearland, a commuter bus route to Texas 6 in Missouri City, and a local bus serving the Energy Corridor in west Houston. Metro also plans to buy 100 new hybrid buses and construct 100 new bus shelters."

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Commuter rail to be discussed at public meetings [Houston Chronicle] "The idea of a commuter rail line along Interstate 45 to connect Houston and Galveston and points in-between is among several ideas to be discussed at three public meetings this month."

Proposed master trails project seek comments, funds [Houston Chronicle] Community leaders in west Houston are looking to the region's residents and stakeholders to determine the best way to create a master plan of interconnected shared-use trails linking the 130,000-acre area that lays within a six-mile radius centered at Interstate 10 and Texas 6...[T]he Energy Corridor has set up a Web site, www.energycorridordistrict.org/west-houston-trails, where people can not only view the existing west Houston trail map and proposed changes, but they can also complete surveys to submit their input about where they would like to see new trails constructed or linked to one another.

Computer housed in cardboard is a sustainable design recompute: PC on display at UH [Houston Chronicle] "EunSook Kwon, the director of the industrial design program at the University of Houston who oversaw Macaluso's thesis project, expects arguments about whether the case is really sustainable, adipex physician, given that it seems designed to be easily disposable. 'It is controversial. I think that's the beauty of this project,' she said. 'Sustainable design is not supposed to be the perfect solution but it is a new way of thinking and using materials.'"

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Prison takes on new role as a museum: Sugar Land to be home to Natural Science satellite facility [Houston Chronicle]

Area welcomes change in storm recovery plan: Nonprofits still see problems with distributing funds [Houston Chronicle] "Harris County officials offered qualified praise Wednesday for a revised state plan that increases local control of federal hurricane recovery funds and provides an additional $225 million to the Houston-Galveston area...The rental housing program is of particular interest in Houston, which is using most of its share of the federal funds to refurbish run-down apartment developments. H-GAC is to receive $104.4 million of the $174.3 million designated for this purpose."

Hightower students produce documentary on the environment [Houston Chronicle] "The documentary, 20 minutes long, explores the condition of wetlands around Houston and within Fort Bend County."

Lone Star College-North Harris to build educational, community development center in Aldine [Houston Chronicle]

Street plan clarifies agreement between the city, its residents [Houston Chronicle] "The city's Neighborhood Reconstruction Program, which is coordinated through the Public Works and Engineering Department, requires neighborhoods that want residential street improvements to submit an official application, which includes a petition that must be signed by over 75 percent of the property owners. Until now, residents who signed the petition agreed they were willing to pay for part of the project."

UTMB making strong recovery $1 billion plan a comeback from massive layoffs and a proposal to move it off Isle [Houston Chronicle] "The UT Board of Regents recently authorized $667 million worth of new projects at UTMB, an amount that doesn't include a proposed $400 million hospital tower."

Sunday September 13

Battered, bruised but not broken, Galveston is seeing signs of renewal in the distance as its tax base recovers and tourism returns [Houston Chronicle]

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Table of Contents

Citings
Courting Change: Resurrecting the Historic Harris County Courthouse
by Anna Mod

Q+A: Ulrich Franzen on the Alley
by Michelangelo Sabatino

Features
Dealing with Density: Constructing the City's Legacy Takes Care and a Little Clairvoyance
By Christof Spieler

Instant Urbanism: Mixed-use Lifestyle Centers, Coming to an Intersection Near You
By Susan Rogers

Street Talk: Rethinking the Space Between Buildings Can Accommodate Growth
By Christof Spieler

Knit Wit: Homegrown Talent Takes Its Tactile Message to the Streets
By Julie Sinclair Eakin

Tracking Change: The Current Word on Houston's Commuter Agenda
By David Crossley

Mercury Rising: Kirksey's New Skyscraper Heats Up the Medical Center
By Julie Sinclair Eakin

The Modern Mr. Jones: A Legendary Houston Architect Shares His Tall Building Portfolio
By Ben Koush

Readings
Robert Moses Reconsidered
By Michelangelo Sabatino

HindCite
Living with Trains in the First Ward
By Marci Perry.