Headlines: Voting on an Astrodome Plan; Making Art of Power Lines

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  • I do hope that the changes to Chapter 42 help spur the redevelopment of old apartments and condo complexes in Southwest Houston. But time will tell if it succeeds. A nightmare scenario could be if slum lords jack up the prices of their buildings so high that developers won’t buy them; and then the developers turn around and start building in single family neighborhoods.
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    Hopefully this is avoided by neighborhoods strengthening their deed restrictions, and by slum lords being pressured to either sell or fix up their properties. But we will see.

  • RE the streets initiative, as a native I’ll just throw out a guffaw. I’ll believe it when I see it.

  • Mother Hydra +1. Shoot, robbing money from Metro for the last couple of decades for that exact stated purpose hasn’t done that much, except to hobble Metro.

  • Thought this nugget from the Biz Journal article was interesting:

    The organization, which presides over Reliant Park, is scheduled to hold a board meeting on April 17. The agenda includes “(d)iscussion and possible action to approve a resolution regarding the future of the Reliant Astrodome” and “(d)iscussion of a nondisclosure agreement with the University of Southern California regarding a potential project related to the Reliant Astrodome.”

    Now what do those Trojans want with our Dome?????????