- The Woodlands, Katy Fwy. Score as Top Office Submarkets in Houston for Construction, Leasing [Houston Business Journal]
- David Weekley Homes Building Westview Manor, a Gated Collection of Townhomes and Patio Homes in Spring Branch [Prime Property]
- Microsoft Store Opening in Baybrook Mall on Nov. 6 [Prime Property]
- Pappas Plans to Rebuild Burned-Down Bar-B-Q Restaurant on Little York near US-59 [Culturemap]
- Unnamed Izakaya Planned for Former Farrago Space in Midtown at 318 Gray St. [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot]
- Parents, Alumni Protest Preliminary Design for $59.5M Jack Yates High School Building in the Third Ward [Houston Chronicle]
- Sunday Streets Events Return on October 5, Somewhere in the ‘East End and Fifth Ward’ Area [The Highwayman]
- Artist Rick Lowe, Founder of Project Row Houses, Wins MacArthur Fellowship [Houston Chronicle]
- Do Houston’s Sprawl and Its Diversity Go Hand-in-Hand? [Houston Chronicle]
- Slideshow: Houston’s Weirdest and Funniest Clusters of Street Names [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Houston Police Officers’ Memorial, Memorial Dr.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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A new “japanese tapas” restaurant on a block with an established tapas restaurant and another sushi place? Dumb dumb dumb. I miss Farragos. I wish this place luck… not sure what Post is thinking.
Congratulations to Rick Lowe for his genius grant, which nonetheless seems a tad late as a result of the rampant gentrification now ongoing in the Third Ward. PRH describes itself as “a unique experiment in activating the intersections between art, historic preservation, affordable and innovative housing, community relations and development, neighborhood revitalization, and human empowerment.” Given the pricey townhouses now replacing the single-family homes in the Third Ward and the departure of many African American residents for more affordable housing on the far north side of Houston, one fears that PRH is an island in this historic neighborhood, rather than a driver of preservation and revitalization.
@Brian: The way tapas is supposed to work requires a bunch of tapas joints close together. You pop in one and have a drink a bite, then wander to the next one. Maybe that’s what they’re shooting for.
Protesting a building of a school?!?! How delightfully ironic and comical.
I guess it’s just “Third Ward Problems”.
What Rick Lowe didn’t realize apparently is that Project Row House would become this hipster, feel-good beacon the lit the way for massive demolition and gentrification. It was inevitable anyway though.
Next thing you know, the Project Row Houses will be targeted by a developer and demolished. For now, congratulations to Rick Lowe and to the PRH team!
These genius award winners were once predominantly scientists and artists. This year’s winners are mostly activists of some sort. Not that there’s anything wrong with that….