HALF THE $25.8M NEEDED FOR MIDTOWN ARTS CENTER RAISED 
Looks like the money for that proposed theater and gallery complex on Main St. keeps rolling in, reports the Houston Chronicle: “Fundraising up to now,” reports Flori Meeks, “has yielded about $12.3 million.” But the little meter on the website for the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston — or The MATCH for short — says that the troupe-friendly group already has $13.2 million; that’s 51 percent of the $25.8 million needed to get started on the Lake Flato- and Studio Red-designed building (shown here) on the existing surface parking lot that’s bound by Main, Travis, Francis, and Holman. And what’s it going to be when that other $12.6 million’s in pocket? “While designs have yet to be finalized,” reports Meeks, “current plans for the 59,000-square-foot building call for a large 350-seat theater, three black-box theater spaces with flexible seating configurations, two rehearsal spaces that can also be used for performances and exhibits, a large gallery area, more than 6,000 feet of office space, a central public breezeway that can be used for performances and exhibits and a coffee and wine bar.” [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot] Rendering: The MATCH
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when does the Brown Foundation throw down?
RE : pantryboss’ comment.When do all of the other deep pocketed local foundations whip out the checkbook for substantial donations? If they already haven’t they’ll be getting a call.
GO HOLMAN! Our first Mayor! :)
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When my future wife and I moved to Midtown (not far from this place) in 1999, this was a place where the male toots played their horns.
I used to park here when getting permits.