- Houston Ranks Third in the Nation in Apartment Construction, Behind New York and Dallas, Finds Yardi Matrix [Realty News Report]
- Midway Breaks Ground on H-E-B Phase of Buffalo Heights in Washington Ave. Corridor [CoStar Group; previously on Swamplot]
- The Houston Neighborhoods with the Strongest Rent Gains in June [HBJ ($)]
- Independence Art Studios in the Heights Adding 4 More Studios, In-Ground Swimming Pool Made Out of a Shipping Container [The Leader; previously on Swamplot]
- Long Sing Supermarket in Houston’s Old Chinatown Closing in 2 Weeks [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Conveyor Belt Sushi Spot Sushigami Opening in the Galleria This Week [Eater Houston]
- In Search of the Artist of That Richmond Mannequin House [The Great Pan Is Dead; previously on Swamplot]
- New U.S. Geological Survey App Shows 40 Years of Data on Houston Subsidence [Houston Chronicle]
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Long Sing – Went here a few times and really tried to support it but there we NO options and the store was a disaster. Would really like something that was clean like 99Mart or HK Food Mart with a BYOB LACrawfish
Farewell Long Sing Supermarket. I remember when my grandfather took me to stare through the glass at those bizarrely red roasted ducks. Your food court sustained me often as a miserly student looking for an affordable treat and your incredibly stinky sauce aisles were incapable of sating my culinary curiosities. You will be remembered fondly.
Really surprised Long Sing has lasted this long, when I moved to Houston in 1985, this original Chinatown was already on the way out (and our family never shopped there), replaced by Chinatown 2 (Milam Street), which itself was replaced by Chinatown 3 (Bellaire Blvd. out west).
Watch out with Midway moving into Washington. All those townhomes immediately south of them are gonna get flooded out. Those are really nice townhomes. Too bad Midway is going to flood them out. Just ask the town home owners off Memorial Drive south of City Centre. They don’t give a fuck either. Invest in kayaks.