- Hines’s 609 Main Skyscraper Opening Party Includes Giant Earth Harp, Performances of Board Meetings Gone Wrong  [Bisnow; previously on Swamplot]
- Wildwood Corporate Centre I Office Building in Spring Gains 2 Tenats [Realty News Report]
- B&B Butchers Owner Signs Lease for New Restaurant Inside Former Texaco Building Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
- Pet Supermarket Has Opened 3 Stores in the Houston Area, 7 More Planned [Houston Chronicle]
- Warby Parker Bringing First Houston Outpost to Heights Mercantile — Not River Oaks District [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Evelyn’s Park Restaurant Ivy & James Now Officially Open [Eater Houston]
- Galveston Finishes Multi-Million Dollar Sand Replacement Along the Seawall [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
- Galveston Bay Projects Could Receive $46M from BP Oil Spill Settlements [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Portions of I-45 Will Be Completely Closed This Weekend, Again [Houston Chronicle]
- Shepherd Park Plaza, Heights Residents Report Feeling Harassed By Drone Creeping Around Their Property [The Leader]
- Salaries, Rents Make Houston Appealing To New Grads, Finds Indeed and Trulia Report [HBJ]
Photo of Iglesia La Luz del Mundo: Patrick Feller via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Drones invading private property: 12-gauge or 10-gauge? Birdshot or buckshot? So many decisions.
Google: drone EMP cannon. Not any more legal than firing a 12ga at it, but at least it’s safer in a city neighborhood.
@Gisgo – Yes, but what comes up must come down. I’d rather not have buck shots raining down on my house/yard from a neighbor firing into the air.
Rock salt and a cloth wad is a little more environmentally friendly
Heck, if you could launch a yarn web or loose ball of yarn/string at it, the drone rotors would do all the work of bringing itself down as the skein got tangled. Yarn doesn’t cost much and will biodegrade nicely. I wonder if this product has been featured on “Shark Tank”?
Re Houston rents and salaries: That HBJ piece is an entertaining read. Heaven forbid they bother to do some fact checking. Rents are definitely more attractive in Houston. But salaries? Are you kidding! I’m sure millennials are thrilled about the prospect of waiting tables or serving drinks at one of Houston’s finer eating establishments. They’ll probably rush out and buy a new car with all of the money they are making. Wait, What’s that? Houston automobile sales are down 20% year-over-year. You mean to tell me HBJ printed “fake news”?
http://aaronlayman.com/2017/05/houston-employment-growth-2017/