- Electro Tech Industries Acquires 115K-SF Industrial Building at 303 W. Little York [Realty News Report]
- LGI Homes Sells Record 331 New Homes in June, Up 36% from June 2014 [Realty News Report]
- Officials Plan To Tear Down Old City Incinerator on 71st St. That’s Been Closed Since 1955 [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Ronnie Killen Moving Steakhouse to Malibu Steak & Seafood Spot, Converting Current Spot into Burger Joint Previously Planned for Former Gas Station [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- The Chicken Ranch Closes on North Main St. Following Lease Dispute, Looking for a New Home [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Songkran Thai Kitchen Opens Second Houston-Area Location, in Sugar Land Town Square Plaza [Prime Property]
- Surveillance Video Shows Thieves Using Backhoe To Smash Way into Warthog Firearms on Main St. in Old Town Spring [abc13]
- Should Lee, Reagan, Davis High School and Dowling, Jackson, and Johnston Middle Schools Be Renamed? [Houston Chronicle]
- Old Timers Stop by To Reminisce About Westbury Square [KHOU; previously on Swamplot]
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Sadly I could see the Chicken Ranch shuttering from a mile away. I heard the same scenario happened with the previous tenant Bellissimo (awesome Mexican/Italian fusion). When business started booming, the landlord attempted to screw them by arbitrarily/astronomically raising rent, so they moved.
Mirabeau Lamar was an execrable racist too, can we change Lamar High School’s name too?
As near as I can tell, this renaming/erasing history thing is principally the hobby horse of a small group of progressive, right-thinking white folks. Ergo, Lee, as a holding pen for the children of the world-famous COLONIAL HOUSE (free vcr!), should stay Lee. But Reagan, in the center of the gentrified heights, should be renamed to Malcolm X High School. Anything less would be… problematic.
Chicken Ranch was haunted by the ghost of Marvin Zindler. It was confused and kept demanding explanations.
@Gisgo: Also, Marvin’s Ghost kept announcing to customers that there was SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!!!
…he could see things others could not with those magic sunglasses…