- Average New Home Sales Price in Houston Down 3.2% in December to $358,176, Finds HomesUSA.com [Houston Chronicle]
- Cypress Home for Sale Also Comes with $250 Worth of Tacos [abc13]
- Harvey-Damaged Downtown Criminal Courthouse Could Be Closed for Up To 2 Years [Houston Chronicle]
- Retail Center at 34th and Ella Dubbed 33 & 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth Opening This Spring [The Leader]
- Midtown Sears Department Store Has Closed Its Doors for Good After 79 Years [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
- Baltimore Seafood Spots Ouzo Bay and Loch Bar To Take Over Bottom Floor of River Oaks District Building [Eater Houston]
- Recently Shuttered Pappa Charlies Barbeque Relocating to Cypress [Culturemap]
- Groundwater at TxDOT Houston HQ Officially Deemed Contaminated [Houston Chronicle]
- Manchester Residents Still Dealing with Foul Air After Harvey [The Guardian]
- Southwest Fwy. Bridges’ Lights Back on After a Few Dark Days Amid Montrose Management District Legal Dispute [abc13; more info]
- Russian Trolls Who Promoted 2 Opposing Facebook Events on the Same Day in Houston Created 129 Events Total During Election Season [CNN]
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Alert readers will notice the error in the abc13 report.
The recently closed Sears on S. Main was not Houston’s first. The original Sears was constructed in 1926 and located at the corner of Lincoln St. and Buffalo Dr. (now Montrose Blvd and Allen Pkwy).
After heavy damage from floods in 1929 and 1935, the decision was made to construct a new building on higher ground, which opened in 1939.
Russian Trolls = 4chan. All of these things mentioned on the article are created in 4chan boards
Big Tex, thanks for the info. Very interesting.
I doubt the building survives this attempt to imbed more walkabillie fettish into Midtown where department stores fronting main boulevards, built when walking and using public transit weren’t very hip and now no longer have relevance.
we all know Rice U has lots of smart people and lots of money and so whatever they develop will be smart probably using obama’s smart city initiative to have everything “smart” meaning tracked, monitored and data mined..but it ll be so much fun…and will look so awesome.
Although I doubt Rice U. would bother, it would be really cool to remove the garbage facade on the old Main St. Sears store and let people view what was left of the Art Deco designs on the original architecture. Would be even better if perhaps some of the Art Deco pieces could be salvaged.