- Urban Land Institute Report Calls for More Green Space, Affordable Housing, Walkable Connections Downtown [KUHF]
- New BBVA Compass Plaza Perks Include Internet-Equipped Gym Equipment, Cafeteria, City Views [Culturemap]
- Heights Ford Dealership Undergoing $12M Renovation, But Not Changing That Oil Derrick Sign [Houston Business Journal]
- Hotel Galvez’s Old Bernardo’s Restaurant Now Open with New Name, Look, Menu [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Billionaires Open Drive-Thru Donut Shop on Westheimer in River Oaks [Culturemap]
- Residents Ask Conroe Not To Annex Them [Courier of Montgomery County]
- Fracking Beginning Today at Cleveland Oil Site [Cleveland Advocate]
- 25 Years Ago, Moody Gardens Brought White Sand to Galveston [Houston Chronicle]
- A Little Visual History of the Shamrock Hotel [Prime Property]
- Redux: Houston’s Top 10 Small Churches and Temples, Architecturally [Art Attack]
Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
today is flag day
..” She says southeast downtown doesn’t have many housing options for households earning between $50,000 and $80,000 a year.
“We all know that one of the things that can really help downtown to keep thriving and be an attractive place is more options for more people, at diverse price points, to live downtown.”
How does having a certain income group living there keep a place “thriving” and make it “attractive”?
More tax-funded, non-free market feel-good policies coming soon? Is this what they teach at universities these days?
The updated dealership looks great (possibly a prototype for future stores?), but does anyone else think having the Ford logo twice on the building front is redundant? It will be interesting to see how they’ll incorporate their existing 12ft razor wire fencing into the new design. Every time I drive past the lot going south on Durham, it looks like their cars are in a prison yard.
The donut story is ridonkulous. I must admit it is entertaining to see what rich people throw their money at, though.
It’s also a shame that there are no options for people making $50k a year in Piney Point or River Oaks. Maybe we should kick a few people out of those neighborhoods and confiscate some land to build houses for people who can’t afford to live there. I would think one of the worst things about being poor is the not having money part, it means you can’t buy stuff and you can’t live on land that costs more per square foot than you make in a month.