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Headlines February 7 to 15Mayor’s press conference announcing the March 22 2009 Tour de Houston [Photo by Raj Mankad] Sunday February 15 25 random things about Houston [Houston Chronicle] Lisa Gray infects Chronicle readers with an incessant Facebook meme. Tinsley’s legacy – in her words [Houston Chronicle] Eleanor Tinsley, former city council member and great leader in improving Houston’s [...] |
02.17.09 | Architecture |
Headlines January 31 to February 6Wilshire 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 [...] |
02.08.09 | Architecture |
Headlines January 24 to 30Rendering 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. [...] |
02.02.09 | Architecture |
Headlines January 17 to January 23Black 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] |
01.24.09 | Architecture |
Headlines January 12 to January 16Bicyclist 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 [...] |
01.19.09 | Architecture |
Headlines January 3 to January 11Mosaic 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 [...] |
01.12.09 | Architecture |
Headlines December 19 to 26Red 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] |
12.26.08 | Architecture |
Headlines from December 13 to 183916 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 [...] |
12.19.08 | Architecture |
Headlines from December 6 to 12Rendering 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 [...] |
12.12.08 | Architecture |
Headlines from November 28 to December 5Preliminary 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 [...] |
12.06.08 | Architecture |
