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Sisters in Struggle: Karachi & Houston

Karachi headquarters office of Emaar, a Dubai-based real estate company [Photos Sehba Sarwar]

At a March 2009 ceremony in Houston, Mayor Bill White and Syed Mustafa Kamal, the mayor of Karachi, Pakistan, declared the two cities sisters. The connection between the two cities was not new to me. Back in 1992, when I followed my then-boyfriend-now-husband [...]

 10.17.09 Art & Culture
Preservation

Honor the Railcar

KCS Red on Green, Oil on Masonite [David Cobb]

If you are intrigued by David Cobb’s art and reflections on rail, industry, and culture, check out the Cite Infrastructure Issue.
I began painting the railcars or “rolling stock” back in my college years at the University of Houston as a project for my undergraduate studies. I [...]

 10.15.09 Art & Culture
Infrastructure

Lars Lerup Valedictory

Sketch of Lars Lerup [From a celebration announcement, unknown artist]

Stephen Fox delivered the following valedictory on Tuesday May 19, 2009, at a reception in celebration of Lars Lerup’s 16 years of leadership and service as dean of the Rice School of Architecture (RSA). For background, you can read this previous OffCite post, this profile of [...]

 07.16.09 Architecture