- Energy Tower in Energy Corridor Lands 4 More Tenants, Now Nearly Three-Quarters Leased [Houston Chronicle]
- Iconic Village Arcade Sign in Rice Village Taken Down Amid Revamp [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
- Move-In Date for Floors 9 to 12 of the Hanover Set for Mid-August, Rest To Follow by End of the Year [Montrose District; previously on Swamplot]
- Virtual Reality Tours Launch at Luxury Apartment Project The Carter’s ‘Preview Center’ [HBJ]
- ‘Restaurant Impossible’-Featured Gratifi Kitchen + Bar in Montrose Closing July 13 [Culturemap]
- Alief Residents Push Back on ‘Little Saigon’ Proposal [Houston Press]
- Downtown Ramp Closings Along I-45 To Start Friday Night, Last Through September [Houston Chronicle]
- The Tax Day Floodwaters Have Finally Finished Draining from Addicks and Barker Reservoirs [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
Photo of Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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The Village Arcade sign was a nod to the Village Theatre marquee, which was promptly razed in January of the year after a Jim McConn-administration moratorium on demolition of historic structures expired. (1990 maybe? Sometime around then.) There was, actually, some effort to save the Village Theatre and its block of shops (incl. World Toy and Gift) but it came to naught. It was a nice MacKie & Kamrath neighborhood theatre design but by the time of its demise it was probably irretrievably tainted by its waning days as a porn house.