- Houston Agrees To Buy Half Its Power from Renewable Sources [Fuel Fix]
- Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites Planned for Convention Center District [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Houston’s Master-Planned Community Lot Supply at 13-Year Low [Houston Business Journal]
- Owner of Former ‘Urban Cowboy’ Pasadena Honky-Tonk Gilley’s Planning New Concept [Houston Chronicle]
- Whataburger Opening a Restaurant in Kemah [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Stop Using These Words and Phrases To Describe Houston [The Texican]
Photo of graffiti art at Houston Food Park at St. Emanuel and Bell by The One Lee and Cease: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Re: the midrange hotels downtown = excellent news. Infill on an empty lot = even better. I’ve been working downtown for 17 years now, and based on my wildly unscientific, highly anecdotal observations, there are appreciably more tourists around downtown these days. Getting them to stay downtown instead of booking out at the galleria means more opportunity for more downtown retail to stay open on nights/weekends.
yeah i’ve noticed tourists downtown the last few years. mostly taking pics along main of buildings and cops on horseback. i’ve also seen what appear to be tour groups with guides in the tunnels which seems like kindof a lame vacation activity if you ask me.
If the new Gilley’s doesn’t have a mechanical bull they might as well not even rebuild. ???