- Public Arts Organization Museum of Cultural Arts Houston Shutting Down, Effective Today [Glasstire]
- Midtown Arts Center Will Include Coffee Shop, Wine Bar, Large Video Screen in Open-Air Lobby; Aims To Break Ground in First Quarter of 2014 [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
- Metro Expanding HOV-Only Hours, Raising Tolls by as Much as $2.25 During Peak Hours Starting January 6 [MyFoxHouston]
- Pedestrian Improvements in the Works Near Airline Drive Flea Markets [KUHF]
- Unlike Other Recent Openings on 300 Block, Main St.’s Bar Materia Won’t Be Connected to OKRA; Will It Be a ‘Breastaurant’? [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Metro Could Better Communicate How the ‘Extension’ Part of the North Line Past Burnett Station Actually Works [Off the Kuff]
- Bike-Sharing Service B-Cycle Expanding to Travel-Challenged Spots [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Texas Has Seen Greatest Growth of Any State Over Last 10 years, Finds Census [Hair Balls]
- Texas Tops Allied Van Lines’ List of States with Most New Relocations for Ninth Straight Year [Prime Property]
- Only 30% of Users of Closing West U Recycling Center Lived in West UÂ [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
- Unusual Items from the Houston’s Public Library’s Houston Metropolitan Research Center [Houston Chronicle ($)]
Photo of Houston Food Park, 1504 St. Emanuel St.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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@Spoonman Good catch. Post updated!
The closing of the West U recycling center is just another sign of how West University is simply a leech on Houston. West University Place would not exist without the city of Houston and they suck life from Houston all while sanctimoniously looking down at Houston. I feel that the time is upon Houston to erect a toll booths at all points of egress from West U for their residents so that they can actually give something back to the city that makes them possible. All citizens, especially those of minoroty know of how West U wracks up traffic fines, their utilities are all sold to them from the City of Houston, West U Elementary is now losing their magnet status (+$225,000/year) since they continulally do not admit outsiders and the list goes on. West University is uncluttered by almost no businesses, yet they residents flock to Houston for their needs, which surely add to the coffers of Houston while not blighting West U. If a toll seems regressive, how about a simple income tax on incomes generated outside of the confines of West U.
What’s with the hate for West U, the art appreciation degree does not allow you to join the community of the successful?