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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Aerosol Warfare Declares E.D.O. the Street Art District


Maybe the East Downtown Management District should just Give Up on those other names.

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Graffiti and Blogs: The Conversations Continue

   

Dude with the can of red spray paint, Cutten Road bridge? Responses to your latest messages are posted here. [Dirty Third Streets]

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Monday, March 17, 2008

News from the Artist Front

View Inside Afront, 2205 Washington Ave., Houston

Razorblade and wheatpaste artist Give Up gives up this photo preview of the Artist Front (AFront for short) boutique and skate shop, opening March 21st on Washington:

anthony correa and matt fuller have decided to take their combined years of experience in pretty much every facet of the skateboard industry and turn it into something a little more physical. offering up a new skate/boutique/gallery space under the name A-FRONT. located at 2205 washington next door to the darkhorse tavern, A-FRONT is like houston’s answer to supreme or huf or ftc. with an even stronger emphasis on art. a fully functional gallery space, the shop’s grand opening will also be the opening of their first show.

Another inside photo of Afront — from the front — after the jump.

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Monday, February 4, 2008

South Side Special: One Sorry Fuqua

3015 Fuqua, Houston

Vandalism, 3015 Fuqua, HoustonForeclosure, vandalism . . . what more could possibly go wrong at this mansion-on-the-prairie near Brunswick Meadows, off 288 in South Houston?

How about a lack of serious buyers since the home was put on the market back in August — even after two major price cuts?

The place was built in 1950, but the listing agent’s mysterious comment that the “Home was at one time almost completed” probably refers to the recent doomed redo attempt. The asking price was cut to $345,900 in November, from an original $451,900. And it’s listed on another site for $325,900. Not bad for a 11,640-sq.-ft. home on 5 acres inside the Beltway.

Or . . . maybe not. After the jump: when vandals strike!

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

And Now, Some Gentle Words of Encouragement for Midtown Redevelopment

Hoa Binh Center, Travis and Tuam, Houston

Hey, whaddya say we just knock this baby down and put up a strip center?

Another parting shot of the former Hoa Binh Center at Travis and Tuam — plus more from Midtown’s most . . . vocal booster — after the jump.

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Friday, October 26, 2007

When Graffiti Artists Paint the House

This Old House by Aerosol Warfare at the Diverseworks Satellite Space

DiverseWorks gave graffiti collaborative Aerosol Warfare free reign to paint the arts organization’s satellite space at the corner of Alabama and Almeda in Midtown, and this is the result.

You remember this house, right? It’s the one that used to have giant Sesame Street characters airbrushed all over it.

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