- Sneak Peek at the Terrace-Top Pools at Condo Tower Arabella [HBJ ($)]
- Lennar Opens 2 Urban Townhome Developments Near Spring Branch [Houston Chronicle]
- Resort-Style Montgomery Community Bluejack National On Target To Beat Last Year’s 45 Property Sales [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- Proceeds from Sale of Former Hill Country Boy Scouts Camp To Help Pay for Development of Camp Strake [HBJ ($)]
- Northside Lexus Relocating Further North on I-45, To Mixed-Use Development South of The Woodlands [HBJ ($)]
- Bryan Caswell’s Le Meridien Hotel Restaurant Oxbow 7 Opening Aug. 29 [Culturemap]
- Texas Undergoing a ‘Fundamental Shift’ with Housing Boom — Like California, Florida, and New York Before It [Curbed]
- A Tribute to Houston Architect John S. Chase, Whose Largest Collection of Work Can Be Found on the Texas Southern University Campus [Curbed]
- Hundreds of Protesters Demand Removal of Spirit of the Confederacy Monument at Sam Houston Park [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
- Six Flags Replaces Confederate Flag with Stars and Stripes at Arlington, San Antonio, and Atlanta Parks [Bloomberg]
- Where To Watch Today’s Solar Eclipse in Houston [abc13]
Photo of the Astoria and adjacent McDonald’s on Post Oak Blvd.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Re: Confederate things
AUSTIN, Texas – University of Texas President Greg Fenves ordered the immediate removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus, saying such monuments have become “symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism.”
The John Chase article is interesting. I have heard the name, but never knew he was African American. Neat story.