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There’s a free program you might be interested in attending this Friday, August 12th, that’s being put on by the New Leaders Council — Houston. The program is called “Hacking Gentrification,” and it is Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day. Thanks for the support!

Something tells us some Swamplot readers might have an opinion or 2 on this topic: Could Houston become the city that figures out how to avoid the pitfalls of gentrification?

This event is a chance for you to learn a few things about the issues involved in gentrification, but also to express your own opinions, hear those of others, and meet and network with other people engaged with the topic.

The first part of the program will be a moderated discussion featuring Houstonians with expertise in many of the issues surrounding gentrification: affordable housing, aging in place, criminal justice, urban planning, education, access to capital, and more.

The second part will be an open space conversation, so audience and panel members can dive deep on opinions, ideas, or questions that seize their imagination.

The goal? Maybe just new connections or more questions, but maybe a new partnership or an ad hoc committee to turn an idea into a plan for action.

The New Leaders Council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan leadership-development program bringing progressive values to the civic discourse in Houston, throughout Texas, and across the country.

Join the conversation this Friday, August 12th, from 1:30 to 5 pm at The Montrose Center, 401 Branard St. in Montrose. There’s no cost to attend. You can find more information about the NLC—Houston on the organization’s website. And check out this page for more details about this Friday’s program.

Got something you need to discuss? When you’re a Sponsor of the Day, all of Swamplot will be listening. Find out how to become one here.

Swamplot’s sponsor today is the 4-story home at 2242 Lakeshore Edge Dr. in Hilshire Lakes. Thank you for the support!

Where can you find waterfront living this close-in? In the gated community that flanks the 10-acre lake near Hollister Rd. and Hammerly Blvd. in Spring Branch. This 3,086-sq.-ft. residence originally served as the neighborhood’s model home. The gated garden terrace that sits just outside the guest bedroom suite on the first floor includes a small vegetable garden and fruit trees planted by Edible Earth Resources (a previous Swamplot Sponsor of the Day). It faces onto one of 2 community green spaces in the complex. A second-story balcony is linked by French doors to the home’s main living space; a roof deck with a gas grill hookup on the fourth floor has clear views of the water.

The 3-bedroom, 4-and-a-half-bath home was built with energy-minded features, including a tankless water heater, 2×6 exterior walls, and a metal roof. The second-floor living space has windows on 3 sides. On the top floor a game room or den (or possible fourth bedroom) connects to the roof deck; it has its own separate wet bar and wine fridge.

If you’d like to find out more details about this unique home, or see more photos of it — including more views of the adjacent lake — please take a look at the property website.

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Today’s sponsor is the 4-5-bedroom, 4-bath single-family home at 1704 Kipling St. in Winlow Place. Thank you for supporting this site!

The duplex that originally stood on the northwest corner of Kipling and Dunlavy was built in 1930, but it had been vacant for 20 years before Houston architect Donna Kacmar renovated and converted it, in 2007, to this single residence. Kacmar recycled some of the materials from the house for its own rejuvenation: Termite-ridden oak planks on the first floor were replaced by shiplap — removed from the interior walls, milled, and turned into wide-plank flooring. New cabinet pieces were fabricated from the home’s longleaf pine door jambs. Interior doors are refinished originals, but all windows and exterior doors were replaced, soapstone countertops inserted, and a new garage constructed.

The renovation efforts resulted in a Good Brick Award from the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance (now known as Preservation Houston) in 2008. But the home has more to offer than its rehab pedigree: There’s also the central Montrose location. Coffee, croissants, and company are just a short walk away. The 3,552-sq.-ft. home is just a couple blocks south of the storied corner of Westheimer and Dunlavy.

1704 Kipling St. is listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers. You can see more photos of the renovated home — including the back porch and brick exterior — and get more info about it on the property website.

Isn’t it time people focused on the cool stuff you’re offering? That’s what Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day program is for.

Today’s sponsor is the 1962 colonial-style Ranch home at 7634 Glen Prairie St. in Glenbrook Valley. Thank you for supporting Swamplot!

Straight back from the foyer, past the main living and dining areas, you’ll find the den of this home, (above) with original terrazzo flooring and easy connections to the kitchen and breakfast areas — as well as the back patio and yard. Behind the camera in the above view is a wall of built-in cabinets, including a desk. (You can find a photo of it in the listing.) The kitchen has Corian countertops and stainless-steel appliances, and the 2 full baths and the 1 powder room have been updated as well. The home has 4 bedrooms.

Glenbrook Valley — in case you hadn’t heard — is Houston’s largest historic district, perched just 1 exit outside the 610 Loop. Its collection of midcentury Ranch, Colonial, and Modern homes earned it a place in a This Old House list of the best old-house neighborhoods in the South. And Scenic Houston has secured funding to turn neighborhood thoroughfare Broadway St. into what it calls a “classic Houston boulevard” (with overarching live oaks, red-brick crosswalks, modern streetlights, and extensive median landscaping) in time for next year’s Super Bowl. If you’re interested in Glenbrook Valley, look for the neighborhood home tour now being planned for the first weekend in October.

Want to learn more about this home? Check out the pics and details on the property website.

Is a Sponsor of the Day spot right for you, or a property or local business you know? Find out more about the program here.

Swamplot’s sponsor today is the 2-story home at 628 E. 6th 1/2 St. Thank you for the support!

The open, main gathering area (pictured at top) of this 2,570-sq.-ft. brickfront home is upstairs, which allows for a combined living, dining, and kitchen space that spans the entire width of the home. Two pairs of north-facing French doors from this space allow access to the covered deck that lines the front façade. The master bedroom suite (see second photo), with a separate shower and whirlpool tub, is downstairs, and opens onto the back patio and yard.

Sure, a good number of Heights-area homes are within walking distance of the many dining options on White Oak Dr. But how many of these homes have a gate that leads directly to White Oak’s Onion Creek Coffee House? You’ll find the one at the end of the backyard of this property pictured in the listing photos. The Heights Hike & Bike Trail is only a block-and-a-half away. And the home, which was built in 2007, is zoned to Harvard Elementary School.

If you’d like to see more pics of and details about this 3-bedroom, 2-bath home with the quirky-but-cool fractional address, please take a look at the property website.

Unique spaces in unique places get attention when they pop up as Swamplot sponsors. Find out about this site’s Sponsor of the Day program here.

Houston’s own Central Bank is again sponsoring Swamplot today. Thank you for the continued support!

Central Bank has 4 (central) Houston branches available to meet your business or personal needs: in Midtown, the Heights, West Houston, and Post Oak Place.

Central Bank believes that change is essential to its success; the company actively pursues the latest in service, technology, and products. Central Bank aims to know its customers personally and to be their primary business and personal financial resource. The bank’s staff values relationships and strives to be available when you need them.

To learn more about how Central Bank can meet your banking needs, please call any of the following Senior Vice Presidents: Kenny Beard, at 832.485.2376; Bonnie Purvis, at 832.485.2354; Gary Noble, at 832.485.2366; or Ryan Tillman, at 832.485.2307. You can also find out more on the bank’s website.

Swamplot sponsors make the Swamplot go ’round. Here’s how to become one. 

Today’s Swamplot Sponsor of the Day is the 2,608-sq.-ft., 3-bedroom home at 2415 Avalon Pl. We sure appreciate the support!

If you dream about the back of your house opening up to a backyard pool-and-spa combo, you’ll want to check out this place in Avalon Place. By removing the walls surrounding what was once a separate study adjacent to the living room, the owners of this brick midcentury home have created a full-width interior space that lines and laps the pool. An array of 10 full-height expanses of glass (including 2 sets of French doors) covers the home’s back wall. The photos above show a portion of this arrangement, but you’ll want to click through the slideshow on the property website to appreciate the extent of this poolside hangout.

How about adding to that vision with a ground-floor master bedroom opening onto that space? The other 2 bedrooms are upstairs (one with a built-in office alcove; the other with windows on 3 sides). Because it’s in Avalon Place, Chuy’s and West Ave (to the southeast), River Oaks Elementary (to the west), and the River Oaks Theater (to the northeast) are all within walking distance.

Do look through all the pics on the 2415 Avalon Pl. website, where you can also find additional details. It’s listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers.

Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day program is a great way to draw attention to a local property or business. Find out more about it here.

Sponsoring Swamplot today: The metal wine storage racks from the wine storage experts at Houston’s Nos Caves Vin. Thank you for the support!

If you’re looking for a way to store your wine collection that allows you to show the bottles to their best advantage, you’re going to be interested in metal wine racks. The steel racking systems from Belgium’s Degre12 come in 3 distinct lines, each of which can be integrated neatly with almost any style of decor: Classic (see photo at top), for wine rooms; Sliding (see this video) for climate-controlled wine cabinets, and Gravity (shown in the second photo), for wine cabinets, rooms, or as an add-on to either of the other systems.

Each is available in different heights and depths, and incorporates LED systems to display your wine collection in the best light. The Classic and Sliding lines have both fixed and sliding shelf options.

NCV Custom Wine Rooms is the exclusive distributor of Degre12 wine rack systems in Texas. Special pricing and support is available to professionals installing Degre12 racks for a client; though the system is available to end users to assemble and attach themselves, NCV recommends having a qualified professional design and complete the installation.

To learn more about these systems or see photos that show how well they’ve been used, please take a look at the NCV Metal Wine Racks website.

Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day spot is a great showcase for fine interior furnishings. See this page to learn how to get products featured in this space.

Today’s Swamplot sponsor is . . . a party! It’s the gathering Boulevard Realty is putting on before White Linen Night festivities begin in the Houston Heights — from 5 to 8 pm on Saturday, August 6th — and it’s open to all.

Boulevard Realty is billing the pre-party’s location as the most expensive new single-family home listing ever to hit the Houston Heights, and the party will serve as an early open house for it, too: It’s the new 6,814-sq.-ft. residence Smith Family Homes is building at 1035 Harvard St. — which is expected to be completed in the fall.

But there’s room on the home’s 9,900-sq.-ft. lot (plus an adjacent property) for a few party attractions: a live performance by Craig Kinsey & His Band; food trucks Foodgasm and St. John’s Fire; plus specially fortified New Orleans-style snoballs from the Mam’s House of Ice trailer. There will also be lawn games, refreshments, and a shuttle bus to and from the main White Linen Night in the Heights party on the 200 and 300 blocks of 19th St.

Where you planning on attending White Linen Night this year? Stop by here first! See the pre-party’s event page on Facebook for more information.

Need to get the word out about an important local event? Sign up to become a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day!

Today’s site sponsor is the 3-bedroom, 3-1/2-bath home at 2207 Devonshire St. in Glendower Court. Swamplot appreciates the support!

Brick-paved and landscaped spaces frame this 1992 2-story, 3,669-sq.-ft. home near River Oaks. Outside the front entry is a gated-in patio with a fountain feature and plenty of plant life. Straight through the main hallway, past the formal living and dining rooms, French doors (see top photo) open onto a neat fenced-in back patio with more space and more foliage (above) — a space suitable for a morning coffee or an evening cocktail with friends and family.

A balconette off the second-floor master bedroom overlooks the front courtyard. The upstairs is rounded out by 2 more bedrooms; one, with its own full bath, leads to a flex room. Additional rooms downstairs include a den and an office area. The listing notes the home could be outfitted with an elevator.

The home is offered for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers. You can find additional views of and details about the property on the 2207 Devonshire website. If you like what you see, you’ll want to stop by the open house this weekend: from 2 to 4 pm on Sunday, July 24th.

Your home offers privacy — but it needs publicity? Give it a star turn — as a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day!

It’s time to reveal a bit more info about the Oak Forest and Garden Oaks-area retail development known as 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth — Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day today. (Thanks for sponsoring us!)

The first aerial-view renderings of the design for the multi-tenant center, above, show an additional element we haven’t seen before. It’s next to the standalone restaurant building and patio space along 34th St. (in the front of both renderings) and in front of the larger retail structure perpendicular to Ella Blvd. (in back) — both of which were featured in drawings shown the last time this development appeared as a Sponsor of the Day. These new overall views of the design for the project, by the Houston office of Gensler, reveal the surprise: Down in front, directly on the corner of Ella and 34th St., it looks like some prime parking spots are reserved for . . . food trucks!?

What!? No drive-thru bank?

Nope: Food trucks, right down there on the corner all those Garden Oaks and Oak Forest residents will be passing daily on their drive home. (Workers in the North Loop medical and office buildings should provide a good chunk of the midday traffic.) Broker Tony Armstrong, who’s leasing retail space in the property, says he’s “extremely excited to work on a development of this caliber in an area that is undergoing some really cool change. . . . I rarely see such high demand for a project this early in the marketing phase.”

Not counting the mobile food units, a total of 18,500 sq. ft. of retail and restaurant space is planned for 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth. It’s a project of Crescere Capital Management. There are still more details and images of the center to show; look for them in future 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth Sponsor of the Day posts on Swamplot.

What’s notable about that thing going up on that corner that you’re working on? Show it off by becoming a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day.

Today’s sponsor is Houston’s own Central Bank. Thank you for the continued support of Swamplot!

Central Bank has 4 (central) Houston branches available to meet your business or personal needs: in Midtown, the Heights, West Houston, and Post Oak Place.

Central Bank believes that change is essential to its success; the company actively pursues the latest in service, technology, and products. Central Bank aims to know its customers personally and to be their primary business and personal financial resource. The bank’s staff values relationships and strives to be available when you need them.

To learn more about how Central Bank can meet your banking needs, please call any of the following Senior Vice Presidents: Kenny Beard, at 832.485.2376;Bonnie Purvis, at 832.485.2354; Gary Noble, at 832.485.2366; or Ryan Tillman, at 832.485.2307. You can also find out more on the bank’s website.

Is a Swamplot sponsorship in your future? Read this to find out. 

The 2,608-sq.-ft., 3-bedroom home at 2415 Avalon Pl. is Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day today. Thanks for the support!

If you dream about the back of your house opening up to a backyard pool-and-spa combo, you’ll want to check out this place. By removing the walls surrounding what was once a separate study adjacent to the living room, the owners of this brick midcentury home have created a full-width interior space that lines and laps the pool. An array of 10 full-height expanses of glass (including 2 sets of French doors) covers the home’s back wall. The photos above show a portion of this arrangement, but you’ll want to click through the slideshow on the property website to appreciate the extent of this poolside hangout.

How about adding to that vision with a ground-floor master bedroom opening onto that space? The other 2 bedrooms are upstairs (one with a built-in office alcove; the other with windows on 3 sides). Because it’s in Avalon Place, Chuy’s and West Ave (to the southeast), River Oaks Elementary (to the west), and the River Oaks Theater (to the northeast) are all within walking distance.

Do look through all the pics on the 2415 Avalon Pl. website, where you can also find additional details. It’s listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers.

Is your home lost in a directory of listings? Give it the attention it deserves with a stint as Swamplot Sponsor of the Day.

Today Swamplot is brought to you by the 5-bedroom, 5-bath house for sale or lease at 6337 Mercer St. in West University Place. Thanks for the support!

If you have a big family — or maybe anticipate a lot of visitors — you’ll find plenty of room in this 4,922 sq.-ft. home. Just inside the front door, a curving staircase leads up to all 5 bedrooms: three of the same size, the fourth slightly larger, and the master more than twice the size of any. A jack-and-jill bathroom separates 2 of the bedrooms; there are 3 other bathrooms upstairs, including the master. The fifth, which includes a shower, is located downstairs.

The heart of the home, however, is the kitchen-and-family-room setup at the back, downstairs, which is arranged nicely for entertaining. (It’s pictured above, minus a second row of French doors, just off camera to the right.) The French doors in the family room lead to a patio and back yard that has room for a pool. Behind the kitchen is the formal dining room. Off the 2-story foyer is the formal living room (now used as a den), which leads, through a set of arched double pocket doors, to a private paneled study.

All this within walking distance of both the Rice Village and West U Elementary. You’ll find more details about 6337 Mercer St. on the property websites — one for potential buyers and the other for potential renters.

2 bedrooms? 4 bedrooms? 6? 12? Show off your listing nicely as a Swamplot sponsor.

Today’s sponsor of Swamplot is the house at 2629 University Blvd. in West University. Thanks for supporting this website!

Here’s a home that’s just down the street from the Rice Village — not quite a block deep on the West U side of Kirby Dr. What else stands out about it? Well, in a good rainstorm you should notice the standing-seam metal roof. And rain or shine, sitting in the breakfast room, it’s hard to ignore the 660-bottle climate-controlled wine-storage setup. (Look for the photo on the property website.) Unless, of course, from the table you’re focusing your attention on the covered patio on the other side of the triple window.

The 4-bedroom, 3-1/2-bath home dates to 2000. Granite countertops, slate floors, and stainless-steel appliances from Sub-Zero, Thermador, and Bosch round out the kitchen (see photo above). The family room, shown in the top photo, opens onto the back yard. The second-story master bedroom has a vaulted ceiling.

More views — and information about the 2-story, 3,401-sq.-ft. home — are available on the property website. It’s listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers.

You’ve been giving your home a lot of attention — but what about Swamplot readers? Show them what you’ve got (for sale) with a Swamplot sponsorship.