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Headlines January 31 to February 6

Wilshire Village [Photo by Raj Mankad]

Friday February 6
Eviction notices at historic Wilshire Village [River Oaks Examiner] Swamplot has an active discussion in the comments of its report. I personally spoke to a current tenant who said that he had been threatened with eviction last year and he was taking a wait and see attitude.

Thursday February [...]

Headlines January 24 to 30

Rendering shown at the groundbreaking for the Memorial Park Pedestrian Bridge, which was initially designed at a Rice Design Alliance Charrette by Clark Condon Associates

I attended the groundbreaking of the Memorial Park Pedestrian Bridge on Friday. It was a glorious day for a good project. I interspersed a few pictures from the event below.

Friday January [...]

Headlines January 17 to January 23

Black Heritage Society’s Martin Luther King Day Event [Photo by Raj Mankad]

Friday January 23

Bridge’s name goes nowhere / City officials think ‘Tolerance’ too negative, seek new suggestions [Houston Chronicle]

Thursday January 22

Cinco Ranch posts 6 percent hike in sales for 2008 [Houston Chronicle]

MECA officials seek funding solution for renovation plan / Arts program needs $7 million [...]

Headlines January 12 to January 16

Bicyclist on Braes Bayou path [Photo by Raj Mankad]

A roundup of last week’s news about Greater Houston’s built environment. Good — City bicycle coordinator invites input at January 27th meeting. Bad — Huge piles of trash.

Wednesday January 14
Ike debris towers over Pleasantville “Felton Lee does not remember the exact day when trucks started dumping [...]

Headlines January 3 to January 11

Mosaic Condominium Towers [Photo by Raj Mankad]

The New York Times led their story on high rates of office space vacancies with a picture of Houston. On the residential side, according to the Houston Business Journal, “Developers of the award-winning Mosaic condominium tower filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week to avoid foreclosure on the [...]

Headlines December 19 to 26

Red swing at the Menil Collection [Photo by Raj Mankad]

Friday December 19
Texas transportation price tag put at $313B through 2030 [Houston Chronicle]

$8.5 million deal assures Water Wall will survive: Company agrees to sell Galleria-area spot to the city [Houston Chronicle]

Saturday December 20
More growth for Pearland [Houston Chronicle]

Monday December 22
Christmas at the ‘last house standing’ in [...]

Headlines from December 13 to 18

3916 Woodhead on a foggy morn [Photo by Raj Mankad]

For a few months this year, the economic story for Houston was that we were an exception. The headlines this week indicate that the national downturn has finally caught up with us. Perhaps the above townhouse, which is being built on a site where the original [...]

Headlines from December 6 to 12

Rendering of Donald Lipski’s “Tubbs,” an outdoor sculpture commissioned for the upcoming WaterWorks museum, Arts in Houston

Saturday December 6

Lisa Gray: Older homes blind to the bayous [Houston Chronicle] This story came out Friday the 6th but it was missed on the last headline roundup and it’s worth reading.

Monday December 8

Financial crunch may stall effort on [...]

Headlines from November 28 to December 5

Preliminary Design by Elmgreen + Dragset and SWA Group for Bridge at Montrose and Allen Parkway

This post is the first in a series that will gather news relating to architecture, arts, design, construction, engineering, infrastructure, and other topics of special interest to Offcite.org readers.

Friday November 28
Cypress Woman Launches Sustainable Living Website Targeting Suburban Areas [Houston [...]