- Houston Tops Cities with the Highest Rent Spikes in 2012 with 16.8% Increase [Fortune via Hair Balls]
- Galveston’s Historic Hendley Building Undergoing $1.9M Rehabilitation for Commercial, Residential Use of Vacant Eastern Units [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- The Chilly Last Day of the Heights Fiesta Mart at Studewood, 14th St. [The Leader]
- Moon Tower Inn’s Building Made of Repurposed Shipping Containers Passes Inspection; Bar Expected To Reopen Soon [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
- Ranking Houston’s Best Bathrooms to Bang In Based on Ambiance, Feasibility, Sex Appeal [Eating Our Words]
- New Texan French Arts Alliance Project Opens the Door to ‘Banal’ Public Art in Hermann Park [Glasstire]
- Houston, Galveston Recorded Warmest Years on Record in 2012 [SciGuy]
- 90-Day Burn Ban No Longer in Effect for Brazoria County [Pearland Journal]
- Texas To Reach Population of 26.39M People This Week [Houston Business Journal]
- Baytown To Conduct Citizen’s Survey Starting January 8 [CBS Houston]
Photo of Discovery Green: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Glad to see them restoring the Hendley Building in Galveston. It needed it and its very old too, I believe it was built in the 1850s so thats some good news.