- Houston Still Building McMansions While Other Markets Downsize [Houston Agent Magazine]
- New Video Production Studio Near The Woodlands Built from 11 Shipping Containers [Houston Chronicle]
- Houston Marathon in Pictures: More Than 28,000 Runners [KHOU; more slideshows here, here, and here]
- League City Park-and-Ride Service Will Begin in March [Galveston County Daily News]
- Gone Since Ike, Galveston’s Trolley Cars Could Return to the Island with Upgrades [Galveston County Daily News]
- Galveston Historical Foundation’s Architectural Salvage Warehouse Keeps Building Parts on the Island [Galveston County Daily News]
- 420 Acres of Brazos Bend State Park Scorched in Prescribed Burn [Fort Bend Sun]
- Pedestrian Trapped Under Metro Light Rail Train at Main and Polk [KHOU]
- River Oaks Shopping Center Failure Has ‘Galvanized’ Houston’s Preservation Community [Texas Monthly]
Photo of marathoners on the Elysian Viaduct: abc13
Humans want more space, more features, more land. As much as the Chicago Tribune’s editors may wish people would choose en masse to live in 1500 sf or less, that “trend” will be done as soon as the hangover from the bubble is passed. Then the pursuit of more, more, more will continue indefinitely until (unless?) the earth actually runs out of resources to supply it.
Great race and great show of support from all the Houstonians. But, is it just me or should U.S. marathons be limited to just it’s citizens? Year after year Africans come in to the states and dominate every marathon in about every city leaving the citizens of the cities out of the prize money.