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Can Houston Feed Itself?

Illustration by Amir Kasem

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It was soil, not oil, that determined the location of Texas’ largest cities. It was good dirt that drew people here—good dark, rich soil that is [...]

12.01.09 Architecture

What Parts of Houston are Walkable?

Map generated by Walk Score. Green means very walkable, red means car-dependent, and yellow is in between.

The above map purportedly shows what parts of Houston are walkable. An algorithm generates the scores using distances from a given location to different types of amenities. That measurement is weighted according to population density. So a place where [...]

04.15.09 Architecture
Infrastructure

Houston Belongs to the Cars

Buffalo Bayou Montage [Shannon Stoney]

Shortly after I moved to Houston, I had the weird thought that it was actually a city where cars were in charge and ran the city. Humans were just sort of their servants. We provide them places to park; we maintain them and gas them up. The actual environment of Houston [...]

02.24.09 Infrastructure

I fought the infrastructure and the infrastructure won

Bolt on sidewalk on Old Spanish Trail

When I lived in Houston Heights, I could walk to the grocery store, the post office, the drug store, the public library, the hardware store, the bank, and the garden center. And I did. But recently my partner and I moved to University Oaks, a small neighborhood [...]

02.14.09 Architecture
Infrastructure

Houston: The Walking City

Pedestrian realm cross-section showing a 15 foot minimum distance from a mixed-use development to the street [From City of Houston Urban Corridor Planning]

The city released an implementation report for the urban corridor planning initiative, which aims to “create a high quality urban environment in areas along METRO’s light rail corridors.” It is the product of [...]

01.14.09 Infrastructure
Place