- Woodlands Development Co.’s Next Spec Office Building at Hughes Landing Will Break Ground in June, Open in 2014 [Houston Business Journal]
- Anadarko Names New and Old Woodlands Towers After Former CEOs [Houston Business Journal]
- A Full Year After It Was Announced, Toby Keith’s Huge New Bar & Grill at West Oaks Mall Is Still Under Construction; Opening Date ‘Uncertain’ [29-95]
- A&M Officials Don’t Know Cause of Saturday’s Barn Collapse at Equine Center Construction Site [The Eagle]
- High-End Outdoor Furniture Available Again at Former Smith & Hawken Space on San Felipe as Janus et Cie Opens [Houston Chronicle]
- Congressman Culberson Blocking Federal Funding Again for University and Post Oak Rail Lines, Even Though Metro Hasn’t Asked for Any [The Highwayman]
- Georges Guy’s Bistro Des Arts Opens in Former Mumbai Spice Space on Westheimer [Eater Houston]
- Houston Food Park in Former Meridian Parking Lot Draws 11 Trucks on Opening Day [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Artist Behind Playboy Marfa Installation Will Work on Dodge Charger Next [New York Times]
Photo of Hwy. 59 at West Loop: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr pool
Good for Culberson, keep that hipster wet dream dead at inception.
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A hipster walks into a bar … the one you probably never heard of.
I like that rail is consistently written off as being a plaything of only the hipsters and liberal elite, as if they are the only ones that would like an alternative to driving. Oh wait, I forgot, car ownership is not only considered a birthright in Houston, but is also the national past time. I was particularly grateful for that more charming aspect of life in Houston on Saturday as I drove the loop: northbound lanes were at a total standstill. On a Saturday. Yeah, freeways are a totally rational and sustainable way to move people around.
I’m glad our legislators know what’s best for us and continue to limit transportation options.
MJ: There’s already an alternative to driving. I used it this morning to get to work. I didn’t see any hipsters on the bus with me though. I almost never drive on the loop or any of Houston’s other freeways. If you choose the right place to live and don’t mind getting on a bus with people who aren’t the liberal elite it’s easy.
I wonder when Culberson will block federal funding for the expansion of US 290, or federal funding for the Grand Parkway. I mean, if we can’t afford rail lines, surely we can’t afford more roads. And when was the last time a road project in Harris County was put on the ballot as a referendum to be voted upon?
Never saw hipsters on the bus or the light rail. In fact, I haven’t seen any in Houston altogether.
If there were any, I doubt they’d be going anywhere near Post Oak, though I can admit that a University line has the potential to attract a few, since a Sharpstown-to-Third Ward commute would be like catnip to hipsters, right?
Good old Culberson, looking out for the
Then more that 50% of Houstonians are hipsters, having voted for these rail projects.
Wish the rail on Richmond would have started years ago.