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Headlines June 4 to 8

Graffiti [Photo by abradyb] When the Texas legislature ended its session, a bill that would have created a $500 million subsidy program for the installation of solar panels died. The Chronicle reported that despite broad bipartisan support for the bill Sylvester Turner killed the solar subsidy using a procedural tactic on the grounds that the [...]

 06.09.09 Architecture

Transit War Whoop: Headlines May 23 to June 3

A bronze chariot from the necropolis of Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of the Qin dynasty, on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science [Photo S. J. Alexander] A Chronicle editorial last week celebrated the budgeting of $150 million in federal money for light rail and suggested that the METRO CEO and Chair shared [...]

 06.04.09 Architecture

Carnival: Headlines May 9 to 22

2009 art car parade passes by Federal Reserve Building designed by Michael Graves [Photo by SMercury98] OffCite has been quiet the last couple of weeks because we have been so focused on getting the print magazine out. Looking back at the built environment headlines in the Chronicle, the biggest news came out of the carnivalesque [...]

 05.26.09 Architecture

Wet: Headlines April 25 to May 1

April 28 scene at Katy Freeway (I-10) and Beltway 8 [Photograph by finna dat] Besides fears of a flu epidemic, the biggest news of last week was the drought-ending torrential rain, which left behind sinkholes, flooded houses, stories of heroic rescues, and one dead motorist who was swept under the newly expanded I-10 into a [...]

 05.02.09 Architecture

Solar Power in Houston: Headlines April 18 to 24

Aerial view of Virginia Point [Courtesy of Adams Architects] Solar power dominated the Earth Day coverage. There was a review of the Virginia Point house designed by Adams Architects, which feeds into the grid during the day; a complaint from Houston-based Standard Renewable Energy that CenterPoint does not support the sale of energy from homes [...]

 04.25.09 Architecture
Environment

Zoning Sex: Headlines March 28 to April 3

View Larger Map Google map showing the El Rondo Motor Lodge (green arrow) amid churches (red markers) Last week’s news was punctuated by several stories about sex and the sex industry, including a court victory in the city’s effort to shut down an alleged “hot sheet” motel. Though Houston lacks zoning, an ordinance passed over [...]

 04.06.09 Architecture

Headlines March 14 to 20

Cyclists pass by the Menil Collection while riding the March 22, 2009 Tour de Houston [Photo by Raj Mankad] Six months have passed since Hurricane Ike and the Lehman Brothers collapse. Lindsay Wise of the Houston Chronicle tracked down the most famous hurricane survivors. Lisa Gray took Robert Bruegmann to the remains of Freedomtown to [...]

 03.22.09 Architecture

Headlines March 7 to 13

Sign marking the beginning of segment I-2 of Texas State Highway 99, also known as Grand Parkway. [Photo from Wikimedia Commons] Perhaps the biggest news over the past few weeks regarding the Houston area built environment has been the struggle over Segment E of the Grand Parkway, which would run through the Katie Prarie. The [...]

 03.16.09 Architecture
Environment

Headlines March 1 to 6

Clayton Carriage House, Birdsall P. Briscoe/Glassman Shoemake Maldonado [Photo by Raj Mankad] The Chronicle published a good articleon the rehabilitation of the Clayton House. The carriage house, pictured above, was rescued from disuse. Friday March 6 Gray: The strange political career of Bogota’s ‘Citizen Man’ [Houston Chronicle] Lisa Gray’s writes about one of the main [...]

 03.07.09 Architecture

Headlines February 16 to 20

Joe Icet at the Emile Community Farm [Photo from lastorganicoutpost.com] Friday February 20 Metro’s piece of stimulus is $92 million / Funds may go to light rail, but decision not final [Houston Chronicle] “The money could be used to begin construction of Metro’s North and Southeast rail lines or to buy additional rail cars.” Thursday [...]

 02.23.09 Architecture