- Houston Metro Area Now the Fifth Largest, According to Census Estimates [Houston Chronicle]
- Proposal To Add Toll Lanes to U.S. 290, Texas 288 Scheduled for Vote on Tuesday [Houston Chronicle]
- Alamo Drafthouse To Open New Theater in Vintage Park, near 249 and Louetta, by End of Year [Community Impact Newspaper via Prime Property]
- From Seattle to Houston, Apartment Construction Surge Threatens To Stall Growth in Rents [Bloomberg]
- BBVA Compass Sign Going Up at Dynamo Stadium [Houston Business Journal]
- Slideshow of Sugar Land Skeeters’ New Stadium [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot]
- Houston Drought Conditions Officially Gone [KUHF]
- Citing Low Aquifer Levels, State Officials Encourage Residents To Conserve Water [Bay Area Citizen]
- Woodlands Woman Scares Off Burglar Dressed Like Spider-Man [Click2Houston]
- Four-Foot Alligator on Pearland Pkwy. Service Road Stops Traffic [abc13]
- Festival To Celebrate Transformation of Houston’s East End [KUHF]
Photo of Discovery Green fountain: lc_db via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Still waiting for an Alamo Drafthouse inside the loop. Heck, I’ll settle for inside the beltway.
They apparently had a lead that fell through. I suspect that the lack of inner loop multiplexes for them to take over isn’t helping.
There is now an Alamo Drafthouse opening up in Midtown (via CultureMap):
http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/05-30-12-14-12-alamo-drafthouse-is-heading-to-midtown-houston-suddenly-has-movie-options/