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| All Offcite Posts Tagged: Public Space | Date Posted | Categories |
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Cite 87: Insider StoriesCover photo by Jack Thompson. The Fall 2011 issue of Cite (87) was mailed and is arriving at the Brazos Bookstore, CAMH, MFAH, Issues, Domy, River Oaks Bookstore, and other stores. Below is a letter from the editor about this issue, followed by the Table of Contents. The cover of this issue shows Dan Havel [...] |
11.30.11 | Architecture Place |
Can Houston be Occupied? Protesters Create Public SpaceA general assembly of Occupy Houston at Tranquility Park Mic check? Mic check! MIC CHECK! MIC CHECK!!! Such is the call-and-response that kicks off every General Assembly at Occupy Houston. Organizers have chosen to forego the permitting process which would allow for amplified sound in favor of this technique, where speakers talk slowly, one short [...] |
10.17.11 | Place |
A Stroll Along Hillcroft and 59A ramp arcs over the Hillcroft Transit Center, photos by Rose Kuo In this Hear Our Houston audio tour and contribution to Unexpected City, Raj Mankad, the editor of Cite and OffCite, takes us on a tour of the triangle-shaped area bounded by Highway 59, Hillcroft, and the Westpark tollway. First he braves the feeder [...] |
09.22.11 | Unexpected City |
Street ArtDaniel Anguilu’s murals at Main and Drew Streets. Photography by J Alejandro Almanza In this Hear Our Houston audio tour and contribution to Unexpected City, Daniel Anguilu, a prolific street artist responsible for some of Houston’s most compelling murals, and Alex Luster, documentary filmmaker of “Stick Em Up,” take us on this tour of art [...] |
09.06.11 | Art & Culture Unexpected City |
Unexpected City: Canino’s MarketAll photographs taken by Natasha Ostaszewski OffCite presents the ninth submission to the Unexpected City challenge, made by Maria Oran. Click here to learn about making your own submission. Just North of Downtown Houston, Airline Drive is not just a street. It is the home of Canino’s market, one of Houston’s largest produce markets, numerous [...] |
02.17.11 | Unexpected City |
Unexpected City: San Jacinto BattlegroundAerial image of the San Jacinto monument in its industrial context. Photo by baldheretic. OffCite presents the next submission to the Unexpected City challenge, made by Cite editor Raj Mankad. Click here to learn about making your own submission. Anyone who has attended the fourth grade in Texas knows there is no place more central [...] |
01.14.11 | Place Unexpected City |
Sharpstown Back to the FutureSpectators watch as the rotation of a house in Sharpstown is completed. It is 11 a.m. on a Thursday in Sharpstown, Houston. Roughly forty spectators sit obediently on metal benches provided by Cherry House Moving Company — a mix of Rice University students, architects, “just in for the day” New York art scenesters and garden-variety [...] |
11.19.10 | Environment Preservation |
Can Market Square Honor and Break from Past?Houston Market Square Park, designed by Lauren Griffith Associates and Ray + Hollington Architects, featuring James Surls’s “Points of View.” Photo by Hank Hancock. Visitors to the new Market Square Park in the past couple of weeks have seen significant changes, and many are distinctly hopeful about what it all means for Downtown. Designed by [...] |
09.17.10 | Place Reviews |
Big “Green” Theme Park Idea Raises Hopes and QuestionsDon Lessem, aka “Dino Don,” explains the park’s development. All images courtesy of Patricia Hernandez. During an information session at Kirksey Architects on Wednesday, September 8, a team including former Disney “imagineer” Chris Brown, developer Don Lessem (aka Dino Don), and scientist Dr. Matt Gardner presented plans for EarthQuest. The 1,600-acre resort and learning institute [...] |
09.10.10 | Architecture Environment Infrastructure |
Montrose Farmer’s Market?Los Angeles Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax [Photos David Bucek] For the past two years, the Ashby Highrise has dominated debates over Houston’s lack of zoning and land-use planning. The well-to-do residents of Southhamptom and Boulevard Oaks sought to delay and ultimately stop the 23-story building proposed by Buckhead Investments. There is a new [...] |
03.26.10 | Architecture Environment |
