- Williamsburg Enterprises Acquires Retail Center the Renaissance Center Near the Medical Center [Realty News Report]
- Levy Park Reopens After $15M Reconstruction [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
- Trampoline Company Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park Leases Pearland Space [HBJ]
- Irma’s Southwest Grill Opening New Location Across the Street from Original on Ground Floor of Catalyst Houston [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
- Dairy Queen Planning 15 More Houston Locations over the Next 5 Years [Houston Chronicle]
- River Oaks Restaurant Cafe Ginger Relocating Nearby, Opening Second in the Galleria Area [Culturemap]
- Ed Emmett Responds to Calls for Nonspecific NRG Stadium Renovations [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
- Texas Builders Watch for Fallout of Immigration Crackdown on Building Workforce [Houston Chronicle]
- Ranking Houston’s Services, Quality of Life [The Urban Edge]
- Kinder Institute Enlisting Volunteers Who Regularly Bike, Walk, or Use Transit for Study on Near-Miss Incidents [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Levy Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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I agree with Judge Ed here. However, but we live in a time of alternative facts. So we’re facing major headwinds. People are convinced that 1.) They voted to tear down the dome. They didn’t, but they’re convinced that happened for some reason. 2.) New is always better than old. Always. No question. 3.) Texans and the Rodeo have the best interest of all Houstonians. Why? Well…. as a kid you see / go to them and therefore it is good. Plus they don’t any tax money so its good. They do? Well….. at least its going to something I like. If it didn’t it probably go to poor people. God they always have there hands out. Takers are the worst!
The new Levy park is spectacular. Lets order up a dozen more and let the Astrodome rot.
““What they’re talking about doing, requiring another vote, would be the first time in Texas history that the Legislature has told a local government what they could or couldn’t do, with a building they’ve already paid for,†Emmett told the Houston Press this week.”
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Wait, what? You must be new around here. Exactly what about modern day Texas politics seems normal?
Texas builders shouldn’t have hired illegal aliens in the first place. Cry me a river.
Once the Astrodome is renovated it becomes USABLE SPACE for NRG Park’s three largest tenants….Texans, Rodeo, and OTC. I would hope that all three of those organizations would support the new plan.
What has happened to the Texas Stop Sign?? All the DQs have been DQ’d!! Bring back the Dilly and that incredibly smooth soft serve!
Seriously, drive across Texas and you’ll find a Subway in every small town, not a D Q. Subway is useless to me.