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• Severely Damaged Harris County Criminal Justice Center Will Be Closed at Least 8 Months [HBJ]
• Another Lawsuit Against Chemical Plant Owner Arkema Likely To Be Filed by Crosby Residents in Coming Weeks [Texas Tribune; previously on Swamplot]
• At Least 7,700 Houses Damaged by Flooding in League City Alone [Galveston County Daily News]
• San Jacinto River Flooding Leaves Roofs on the Ground, Cars in Trees in Channelview Community of River Bottom [abc13]
• Slideshow: Digging Out from Hurricane Harvey [Texas Tribune]
• Houston ISD Announces Relocations for 9 Damaged Schools, Rolling Opening Days for Other Campuses Over Next 3 Mondays [HBJ]
• Water-Damaged Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital To Transfer 34 Patients [Houston Chronicle]
• Interactive Map: EPA Superfund Sites Affected By Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Houston’s Traffic Is So Bad After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• 3 Apps or Websites To Help Navigate the Roads After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• A Real Estate Agent’s List of Houston Communities That Fared the Best During Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey First Responder Warns He Got Deadly Infection Known as Flesh-Eating Bacteria [Click2Houston]
• Undocumented Workers Will Play a Crucial Part in Rebuilding Houston [Vox]
• The Scramble for Temporary Office Space After Harvey [Bisnow]
• How a Volunteer Found Herself Working Dispatch for the Cajun Navy [Houston Chronicle]
• 5 Suggestions for Filing Harvey Insurance Claims [Houstonia]

Photo of Woodlyn Rd., East Houston: Leslie LaMacchia

• Texas A&M University Chancellor John Sharp Tapped To Lead Harvey Rebuilding Effort [The Texas Tribune]
• City Considering Leasing Former Star of Hope Shelter in East Downtown To House up to 300 Harvey Evacuees for a Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Why These Houston Homes Didn’t Flood During Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• More Than 30,000 Federal Workers Involved in Harvey Recovery [Houston Public Media]
• 3 Texas Churches Sue FEMA Over Access to Harvey Emergency Relief Funds [Houston Chronicle]
• Wortham Theater Center Expected to Stay Closed Through at Least Oct. 15 [Houston Press]
• TxDOT Begins Pumping Water from Flooded Beltway 8 Lanes Between I-10 and Westheimer [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Sinkhole Develops on West Beltway 8 Feeder Road in Memorial Area [abc13]
• More Than a Dozen Texas Chemical and Refining Plants Reported Harvey Damage [Houston Chronicle]
• EPA Investigating After Benzene Detected in Air Near Manchester [WSJ]
• Mercury Mysteriously Washed or Blown Ashore in Channelview [New York Times]
• Those Pink Things Dotting the Houston Landscape Now are Snail Eggs [Houston Chronicle]
• Hospitals See Uptick in Skin Infections from Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Cypress Floodwater Samples Had E. Coli Levels 125 Times Higher Than What Is Considered Safe for Swimming [Houston Press]
• A Peek at How H-E-B’s Emergency Preparedness Department Operates [Texas Monthly]
• Houston Cleanup Has Little Crime and Lots of Helping Hands [AP]
• How One Near Northside Couple Ended Up Helping Rescue Evacuees with Their Kayak [Houstonia]
• The Web Developers Behind HarveyNeeds.org [Forbes; previously on Swamplot]
• Harvey’s Heroes: ‘Two Regular Guys in a Bass Boat’ [Texas Standard]
• 7 Lessons Federal Responders to Harvey Learned from Katrina [New York Times]
• How Hurricane Harvey Taught the World About Houston [Houston Press]

Photo of Bayou Bend: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Downtown’s Harris County Criminal Courthouse Could Be Closed for at Least 8 Months [KHOU]
• Residents File Class Action Lawsuit Blaming Flooding on Government Mismanagement of Addicks and Barker Reservoirs [Courthouse News]
• Houston Was Hours Away from Having a Drinking Water Crisis [CBS News]
• Groups Demand Answers About Harvey’s Impact on San Jacinto River Waste Pits Site [Houston Chronicle]
• Some 7,500 Harvey Evacuees Have Sought Shelter at State Parks [Houston Public Media]
• Commuters To Endure Traffic Congestion Potentially for Weeks as Roads Reopen [Houston Chronicle]
• City Estimates It Will Collect 8 Million Cubic Yards of Harvey-Related Waste [Houston Chronicle]
• The Scene Cleaning Up in Kashmere Gardens [LA Times]
• Video: After Harvey, Texas Homeowners Fighting Mold [AP]
• How To Safely Re-enter Flooded Homes [Click2Houston]
• Meyerland Considers Risks of Rebuilding After 3 Floods in 3 Years [Wall Street Journal]
• Houston’s Relaxed Land-Use Regulations Could Be an Advantage During Rebuilding [CityLab]
• Metro’s Role in Helping Houston Recover [CityLab]
• Two Houstons Emerge from Harvey Aftermath: One Wet, One Dry [AP]
• The Lessons Learned from Houston for Other Flood-Prone Cities [New York Times]
• Houston’s Growth Created the Perfect Flood Conditions [New York Times]
• Why Houston Flooded During Hurricane Harvey, According to Climate Change Experts [Texas Monthly]
• How Harvey Might Affect Houston’s Food Producers [Houston Chronicle]
• Questioning Now Whether So Many Public Dollars Should Have Been Spent on New Stadiums Instead of Houston’s Dams [The Washington Post ($)]
• Houston Flooding Pushed the Earth’s Crust Down 2 Centimeters [Digg]
• Texas Real Estate Commission Extends Licenses Statewide After Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• Satellite Images of Houston Show Before-and-After Impact from Harvey [HBJ]
• Houston Was Built on a Stubborn Defiance of Nature [Texas Observer]
• Harris County Planners Predicted a Storm Like Harvey More Than 20 Years Ago [Dallas News]
• Tillman Fertitta To Buy the Houston Rockets in $2.2B Deal [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Goode Company Restaurants Opens First Location Outside Houston’s City Limits, in Shenandoah [HBJ]

Photo of Cinco Ranch: Adam Brackman

• More Than 60 People Have Died or Are Feared Dead as a Result of Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• FEMA: More Than 90,000 Residential Structures in Harris, Galveston, and Fort Bend Counties Damaged by Floods [Houston Chronicle]
• Water Continues To Rise in West Houston Neighborhoods [KHOU]
• The Effect Harvey Could Have on Houston’s Real Estate Market [San Antonio Express-News ($)]
• Ongoing Labor Shortage in Construction Industry Could Slow Harvey Recovery [Houston Chronicle]
• Size and Duration of Harvey ‘Beyond Anything’ TxDOT Has Experienced Before [The Texas Tribune]
• Landlords Demanding Rent on Flooded Houston Homes [The Guardian]
• Eviction Notices Affecting Hundreds of Local Renters [Houston Chronicle]
• Headcounts Fall at Shelters, Though Thousands Still Remain at GRB, NRG Park [Houston Chronicle]
• KHOU Begins Cleanup To Return to Flooded Studios [Mike McGuff]
• Aqua Dam Saves Lake Jackson Home from Floodwaters [Click2Houston]
• Rep. Dan Huberty Calling for Investigation into Decision To Open Floodgates in Kingwood Area [Click2Houston]
• An Illustrated Guide To How the Barker and Addicks Dams Work [OffCite]
• How to Divide Your Debris for Garbage Pickup [abc13]
• Tips on Salvaging Your Flood-Damaged Home and Belongings [Houston Chronicle]
• Photos Compare Meyerland Before and After the Flood [Houston Chronicle]
• Photos: Bayou Bank Collapses East of Jensen Bridge [Houston Streetwise]
• FEMA Extends Grace Period for Paying Flood Insurance Premiums [Houston Chronicle]
• Will Past FEMA Problems Resurface in Harvey Recovery? [Houston Chronicle]
• Thieves Allegedly Looted Flooded Home with Victim Still Inside [abc13]
• Arkema Lifts 1.5-Mile Evacuation Order Around Crosby Chemical Plant [abc13]
• Now Houston Braces for a Mosquito Swarm [Texas Monthly]
• Houston Area Under Alert for Ground-Level Ozone [Click2Houston]
• Recreational Boating Temporarily Banned on Swollen Waterways in Brazoria County [abc13]
• FAA Quickly Issues Drone Operating Permits for Rescue Workers, First Responders To View Harvey Disaster [abc13]
• How Social Media Emerged as a New Civic Infrastructure During Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• How Coding Group Sketch City Is Helping with Harvey Relief Efforts [Texas Standard; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Community Fed Thousands of First Responders [Time]
• Eric Berger: Harvey Must Be a Wake-Up Call To Stop Business as Usual [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: Christof Spieler via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 7 Superfund Sites in Houston, 13 Statewide Were Flooded by Harvey, Experienced ‘Possible Damage’ [AP]
• Without Disputing Claims, EPA Calls AP Report on Superfund Sites ‘Misleading’ [Politico]
• After Explosions, Harris County Fire Marshals Burn Down Last 6 of Arkema’s Chemical Containers in Crosby [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Lets Companies Keep Chemical Inventories Secret, Even in Emergencies [Texas Observer]
• Thousands of Houston Rental Homes Owned by Wall Street Could Be Affected by Harvey Flooding [HBJ ($)]
• Storm Flooding Destroyed Hundreds of Thousands of Cars in Houston Area [Washington Post]
• Upwards of 12,000 Houston ISD Students Will Likely Be Temporarily Displaced from Their Storm-Damaged Schools [Houston Chronicle]
• Airbnb Asking Hosts To Offer Free Stays to Hurricane Evacuees Through Sept. 25 [New York Times]
• Where Are Houston’s Displaced Going To Live Now? [Houston Press]
• Some Houston Residents Still in Crisis While Others Return to Normal [Houston Chronicle]
• Historic Amount of Detritus Expected from Storm Damage [Houston Chronicle]
• Bryan Caswell’s Oxbow 7 To Debut in Mid-September [Eater Houston]
• Humble Homeowner Finds 9-Ft. Alligator in Dining Room After Floods [abc13]
• Receding Floodwaters Reveal Extent of Houston Area’s Post-Harvey Destruction [HuffPost]
• 12 Sewage Spills Already Reported After Harvey; Environment Texas Estimates Sewage Overflows Could Eventually Total in the Millions of Gallons [Houston Public Media]
• How Professional Drone Pilots Are Helping Houston To Recover [Wired]
• Booming Houston Built Over Land Meant for Flood Projects [AP]
• The Political Roots of Houston’s Flooding [The Nation]
• Zoning Would Not Have Stopped Harvey [Phillip W. Magness]
• How Houston’s Population Boom Made Harvey’s Damage Much Worse [NBC News]
• Houston Still a Model City for Growth, Says Center for Opportunity Urbanism [New York Times]
• Town After Town Under Water in the 100 Miles from Houston to Beaumont [New York Times]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou Downtown (yesterday): Christof Spieler via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Harvey-Related Death Toll Climbs to 39 [Houston Public Media]
• METRO Resumes Service with Limited Bus and Light Rail Schedule [Culturemap]
• Houston ISD To Delay Start of School Year Until Sept. 11 [Houston Chronicle]
• A Semi Truck Floated into Lucky’s Pub in the Heights During Harvey Flooding [Houston Press]
• Houston’s Historically Black Neighborhoods Devastated by Flooding, with Little Safety Net [The Texas Tribune]
• Costar Launches Mini-Site Analyzing Harvey Damage to Houston [CoStar]
• Why Houston Was a ‘Sitting Duck’ for Harvey Flooding [NPR]
• How Houston’s Layout May Have Made Its Flooding Worse [CNN]
• 5 Things Non-Houstonians Need To Understand About Harvey Flooding [Houston Public Media]
• A 12-Step Program for Houston To Address Its Serious Flooding Problem [Houston Chronicle]
• An Apartment Dweller’s Guide to Managing Harvey’s Aftermath [Houston Chronicle]
• Public Health Concerns Stirred Up by Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Residents Coming Home Find Scent of ‘Mildew and Death’ [New York Times]
• 4 Workers Trapped for 2 Days at Wayside’s El Bolillo Bakery Spent the Time Making Bread for Harvey Victims [The Washington Post]
• Aric Harding Playing Piano in His Flooded Houston Home [Aric Harding/Instagram]
• RePurpose Depot Accepting Donations of Building Materials To Distribute to People in Need [RePurpose Depot]
• Unauthorized Drone Users in Houston May Face Fines [HBJ ($)]
• An Aerial View of the Flooding and Damage in Houston [abc13]
• Beyoncé Launches BeyGOOD Houston to Help Victims of Hurricane Harvey [Complex]
• She Fled to Houston After Katrina, Only to Relive It Again [Vox]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Explosions Reported This Morning at Flooded Crosby Arkema Chemical Plant [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey’s Flooding Spurs Concern About Houston’s Toxic Waste Sites [The Texas Tribune]
• Texas Fails To Penalize 97% of Illegal Air Pollution Releases [Environment Texas; previously on Swamplot]
• TCEQ Issues Ozone Action Day for Houston Area for Today [Air Alliance Houston]
• Number of People Housed at GRB Now Down to 8,000 [Houston Chronicle]
• Red Cross, Others Having Problems Getting Needed Supplies to Shelters [Houston Chronicle]
• AccuWeather Estimates Harvey the Costliest Natural Disaster in U.S. History; Federal Spending May Reach $160 Billion [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s 47,000 Vacant Apartments and 21,000 More Units Under Construction Should Help Meet Demand from Displaced Residents [Houston Chronicle]
• TxDOT Installs Mile-Long Temporary Dam Along Westbound Lanes of I-10 [Houston Chronicle]
• HISD May Not Start School Tuesday as Planned; Assessments of 300 Facilities Underway [abc13]
• Mail Service in Houston Suspended Until Further Notice [Houston Chronicle]
• Some Guidelines for Contractors Wanting to Be Part of the Cleanup and Construction Efforts [HBJ]
• What To Do If You Lost Your Car in Flood Waters [Houston Chronicle]
• Stories of Some of The Victims Who Died During Harvey [New York Times]
• Some Interesting Charts and Maps Related to the Storm [Washington Post]
• Space City Weather’s Eric Berger: Houston Will Never Be the Same [Ars Technica]
• Former Mayor Bill White, Who Opened Houston To Katrina Evacuees, a Flood Victim Himself [Washington Post]
• Harvey Raises Questions About Houston’s Model of Perpetual Growth [New York Times]
• How a Federal Insurance Program Made Harvey Far More Costly [Politico]
• Signs of Life Return to Houston After the Rain Stops [New York Times]

Photo of I-45: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 1.5 Mile Radius Around Crosby Arkema Organic Peroxides Plant Evacuated Yesterday Amid Explosion Risk [abc13]
• Brazoria County Judge: Columbia Lakes Levee Breaching a ‘Nightmare Event’ [KHOU]
• Harvey Broke a National Rainfall Record for a Single Tropical Storm, with More Than 4 Ft. of Rain [Vox]
• Moody’s Analytics Estimates Destruction to Southeast Texas at About $75 Billion So Far [HBJ]
• 10,000-Bed Shelter Opening at NRG Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church Opens Its Doors To Evacuees [Houston Chronicle]
• More Than 1,500 Patients Evacuated from Houston-Area Hospitals So Far [Houston Chronicle]
• At Least 40,000 Galveston County Residents Have Been Displaced by the Storm [Galveston County Daily News]
• Talks To Convert Greenspoint-Area Subsidized Housing Complex Arbor Court into Detention Basin Are Ongoing, Owner Says [Houston Chronicle]
• Congress May Dole Out Hurricane Harvey Relief in Multiple Installments [Politico]
• Mapping the Devastation of Harvey in Houston [New York Times]
• Columbia Lakes Residents Build Artificial Barrier To Hold Back Water [Houston Chronicle]
• A Boat Ride Through Flooded Ponderosa Forest in North Houston [Click2Houston]
• Saint Arnold Brewery Gave Free Beer in Exchange for Hurricane Harvey Relief Supplies [Houston Chronicle]
• Opening of New Location of Lone Star Flight Museum Delayed [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• What Judge Emmett Says He Might Have Done Differently in Storm Response [Houston Chronicle]
• What Rebuilding in Houston Might Look Like [NBC News]
• Houston’s Flooding Made Worse by Unchecked Urban Development and Wetland Destruction [Quartz]
• Hurricane Harvey Showing Us the Future of Climate Change [Curbed]
• Houston’s Drainage System Designed To Clear Out Only 12 to 13 In. of Rain per 24-Hr. Period [AP]
• Houston Needs To Invest More in Infrastructure To Ensure Its Future [The Atlantic]

Photo of Spaghetti Warehouse, 901 Commerce St., Downtown: Kelsie H. Dos Santos

• Homeowners Face Billions in Losses from Harvey [New York Times]
• IAH and Hobby Airports Closed Until Thursday [abc13]
• Officials Warn of Possible Uncontrolled Releases at Addicks, Barker Reservoirs [KHOU]
• Hospitals scramble as Harvey forces patient evacuations [Houston Chronicle]
• Memorial Hermann’s Sugar Land Hospital Evacuating Patients, Temporarily Shutting Down as Flood Threat Rises [Houston Chronicle]
• George R. Brown Convention Center Over Capacity with More Than 9,000 Evacuees [abc13]
• Assessing Harvey’s Toll on Downtown’s Theater District [Culturemap]
• La Porte Chemical Spill Contained Following Pipeline Rupture [Houston Chronicle]
• Residents of Manchester Near Houston Ship Channel Refineries Report Smelling Powerful, Unknown Odor in Harvey’s Wake [Houston Press]
• Southwest Airlines Evacuates About 500 Stranded Travelers and Staff from Hobby Airport [The Weather Channel]
• Lakewood Church Responds to Criticism, Says It Will Shelter Harvey Victims Once Other Shelters Are Full [Houston Chronicle]
• National Weather Service Adds 2 New Purple Shades on Graphics So It Can Map Harvey’s Rains [NPR]
• North Houston Family Uses Lego To Prop Up Furniture Away from Harvey Flooding [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey Provides First Big Test of New Disaster Analytics Tool Called Eigen Prism [HBJ]
• How Harvey Compares to Katrina So Far [New York Times]
• Before-and-After Photos Show the Extent of Houston’s Flooding [Houstonia]
• Harvey Forces 24-Hour Waffle House To Close Several Locations in the Houston Area [Eater]
• 8th Wonder Brewing Uses Its Army Truck To Help Rescue Flood Victims [Eater Houston]
• Beyoncé Pledges To ‘Help As Many As We Can’ [Houston Chronicle]
• How Texas Universities Are Faring from Harvey [The Texas Tribune]
• Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause [New York Times]
• Stormwater Management: a Big Deal for Houston [The Atlantic]

Photo: Lt. Zachary West, 100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment [License]

• Death Toll from Hurricane Harvey Remains Unclear [Houston Chronicle]
• Emergency Crews Conduct More Than 2,000 Water Rescues in Houston Area [abc13]
• Army Corps Begins Releasing Water into Buffalo Bayou from Addicks and Barker Reservoirs [ABC News]
• ExxonMobil, Shell, More Houston-Area Refineries Shut Down Facilities [HBJ]
• Flights Halted at IAH and Hobby; Cancellations Near 5,000 [USA Today]
• Waffle House, Gallery Furniture, Pinkerton’s BBQ, More Commercial Properties Opening Their Doors to Flooding Evacuees [Bisnow]
• Three Cruise Ships Still Stuck in the Gulf After Port of Galveston Closes [Miami Herald]
• Houston-Area School Districts Cancel Classes All This Week [Houston Chronicle]
• 18 People Rescued from Flooded Assisted Living Facility in Dickinson [Galveston County Daily News]
• Greenspoint-Area Residents Once Again Face Devastation from Flooding [Houston Chronicle]
• For Houston’s Homeless, a Terrifying Night Under Siege by Harvey [New York Times]
• Mayor Turner Defends Decision Not To Order Evacuations Before Harvey Hit [CNN]
• Reporter Stayed on Air as KHOU Building Flooded Sunday Morning [Washington Post]
• Bellaire-Based New York Times Reporter Shares Own Flooding Story [New York Times]
• Citizens with Boats and High-Water Vehicles Help in Harvey Relief Efforts, Rescuing Houston Residents from Flooded Homes [KTAR]
• Sinkhole Takes Out Portion of FM 762 in Fort Bend County [Houston Chronicle]
• 1,000-Year-Old Oak Tree at Goose Island State Park Survives Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Dramatic Video Footage Shows Storm Devastation Across Houston [Slate; more here]
• Hurricane Harvey in Photographs [New York Times; more roundups here and here]
• Why Houston Is So Prone to Devastating Floods [Huffington Post]
• America’s Fastest-Growing City May Be Reaching a Turning Point After 3 Straight Years of Catastrophic Floods [Slate]
• Opening of Chef Bryan Caswell’s Restaurant Oxbow 7 at Le Meridian Downtown Houston Delayed Until Sept. 12 [HBJ]
• Snapchat’s Map Tool Lets You See Exactly Where Recent Flooding Pics Were Taken [Houston Public Media]
• Kevin Hart Donates $25,000 To Red Cross, Challenges Celebrity Friends To Do the Same [Houston Press]
• Treasury Department Expands Crackdown on Money Laundering in Real Estate [CNBC]

Photo of I-45, Downtown: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hurricane Harvey Intensifies into Category 2 Hurricane Overnight, Prompting Evacuations of Some Coastal Areas [Houston Chronicle]
• Kroger, H-E-B, Home Depot Stock Up on Supplies for Hurricane Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Refineries Gearing Up for Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Houston ISD Cancels First Day of School Monday, Other Districts Alter Schedules [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Zoo Closing Ahead of Hurricane Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Katy Area Roads To Avoid During the Storm and After [Community Impact]
• Foundry Club Co-Working Space Coming to Downtown’s Main & Co. Building [Houston Chronicle]
• Next Level Urgent Care Opening Ninth Houston-Area Location in Pearland [Houston Chronicle]
• WeWork To Open Second Houston Location [HBJ ($)]
• Dallas Chain Shell Shack Teams with Franchisee To Open Houston Locations [Eater Houston]
• Struggling Mall, Aging Apartments Create Challenges in Greenspoint Area [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Camp Logan Monument Vandalized 1 Day After Restoration Unveiling [Houston Chronicle]
• What Makes Houston a ‘Velcro City’? [OffCite]

Photo of the Heights Kroger yesterday: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hurricane Could Hit Texas for First Time Since 2008 [CNN]
• Hurricane and Storm Warnings in Effect for Southeast Texas [Houston Chronicle]
• As Harvey Approaches, Here’s How To Prepare for Inland Flooding [Space City Weather]
• Areas Houston Drivers Should Avoid During Heavy Rain, According to the Public Works Department [Click2Houston]
• Finger Cos. Breaks Ground on Apartment Project in Clear Lake [HBJ ($)]
• Design Firm Ware Malcomb Completes 2 Buildings in Southport Logistics Park in North Texas [Houston Chronicle]
• The High Homeownership Rates Among Asian and Hispanic Residents in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Lone Star Flight Museum To Open Sept. 2 at Ellington Airport [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• City Council OKs $12.5M for Next Phase of Bayou Greenways 2020 [Houston Chronicle]
• Manchester Getting Left Behind in Houston’s Sustainability Vision [Houston Public Media]
• 100 Years After Camp Logan Mutiny, 2 Soldiers Honored with Military Headstones at College Park Cemetery [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• A History of Texas Residential Castles in the 20th Century [Texas Monthly]

Photo of White Oak Bayou: Mark Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Renderings Reveal Chinese Investment Firm’s 600-Acre Grand Oaks Reserve Development in Cleveland [Houston Chronicle]
• Pelican Builders Opening Sales Center for Proposed 9-Story Luxury Condo The Revere [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• NRG Relocating Houston Offices Downtown from GreenStreet to One Shell Plaza at 910 Lousiana [Realty News Report]
• Sugar Land Development Imperial Sugar Lands Co-Working Tenant Serendipity Labs [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Retail Occupancy Down Slightly, Finds NAI Partners [Houston Public Media]
• Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Houston from Enforcing Ban on Homeless Camps [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Target Now Hiring for New ‘Reimagined’ Sugar Land Store Slated To Open Oct. 18 [abc13]
• New Katy Buc-ee’s Set To Open Monday with What Might Be the World’s Longest Car Wash [HBJ]
• White Oak Music Hall Sister Concept Raven Tower To Reopen to the Public Next Month, After ‘Unfortunate Bout with Safety Issues and Regulations’ [PaperCity Magazine]
• Tex-Mex Restaurant Superica Opening in Former Hunky Dory and Bernadine’s Space [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Woodlands Homefinder Building Undergoing Renovation To Become Fine Arts Center [abc13]
• Cypress Creek Greenway Project Seeking Partners To Help Achieve 40-Mile Goal [Community Impact Newspaper]
• A Rice Military Resident’s $5,000 Perimeter Security Camera System [KHOU]

Photo of Asian Night Market at Hong Kong City Mall: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston New Home Starts Outpace Sales for First Time Since Oil Slump [HBJ ($)]
• Dallas Company Completes Purchase of 6-Building Foreclosed Office Complex Greenspoint Place, Where ExxonMobil Had Offices [Houston Chronicle]
• Clay Development & Construction Breaks Ground on Cutten Distribution Center I in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• ClearWorth Capital Acquires 2 Clear Lake-Area Apartment Complexes [Houston Chronicle]
• Pet Supermarket Signs On to Brazos Town Center in Rosenberg [Houston Chronicle]
• Tila’s Restaurante Doomed By Shepherd Road Work, Says Owner [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• New Irma’s Restaurant Downtown To Start Buildout Inside the Catalyst Apartment Tower at 1423 Texas Ave. [HBJ]
• CityCentre To Say Goodbye to Straits Restaurant, Hello to The Escape Game [HBJ]
• Bus Ridership in Houston Is Decreasing, but Not Plummeting as It Is Elsewhere [The Urban Edge]
• Berryhill Baja Grill Replacement Yucatan Taco Stand in Montrose Has Closed [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• No Uptown Houston Holiday Lighting Shows for Thanksgiving on Post Oak Blvd. for a Couple Years, Until Construction Is Complete [Culturemap]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sneak Peek at the Terrace-Top Pools at Condo Tower Arabella [HBJ ($)]
• Lennar Opens 2 Urban Townhome Developments Near Spring Branch [Houston Chronicle]
• Resort-Style Montgomery Community Bluejack National On Target To Beat Last Year’s 45 Property Sales [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Proceeds from Sale of Former Hill Country Boy Scouts Camp To Help Pay for Development of Camp Strake [HBJ ($)]
• Northside Lexus Relocating Further North on I-45, To Mixed-Use Development South of The Woodlands [HBJ ($)]
• Bryan Caswell’s Le Meridien Hotel Restaurant Oxbow 7 Opening Aug. 29 [Culturemap]
• Texas Undergoing a ‘Fundamental Shift’ with Housing Boom — Like California, Florida, and New York Before It [Curbed]
• A Tribute to Houston Architect John S. Chase, Whose Largest Collection of Work Can Be Found on the Texas Southern University Campus [Curbed]
• Hundreds of Protesters Demand Removal of Spirit of the Confederacy Monument at Sam Houston Park [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Six Flags Replaces Confederate Flag with Stars and Stripes at Arlington, San Antonio, and Atlanta Parks [Bloomberg]
• Where To Watch Today’s Solar Eclipse in Houston [abc13]

Photo of the Astoria and adjacent McDonald’s on Post Oak Blvd.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool