- Astrodome Demolition ‘Not on the Table,’ but ‘State Antiquities Landmark’ Designation Would Not Prevent It, Says Judge Emmett [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Downtown Post Office Building Likely To Become Mixed-Use Development [Houston Public Media]
- Houston Home Sales Stagnant in April For First Time in Nearly 3 Years [Prime Property]
- Partners in Building Opens Second Houston-Area Office, in Conroe [Houston Business Journal]
- New Owners Will Demolish 2 Ike-Damaged East End Apartment Complexes Described as ‘Detested Eyesores’Â [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Kids Retailer Five Below Entering Houston Market on June 6 with 8 Locations Opening Simultaneously [Prime Property]
- Piatto Ristorante Now Open at 1111 Studewood, Offers View of Downtown from Rooftop Event Space [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Dennis Byrd Opening His Sixth Seawall Concept, Swim-Up Bar Longboard, at the Galveston Beach Hotel on May 30 [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Judge Rules That TxDOT Improperly Acquired Land Near Loop 610 Interchange with U.S. 290 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- TxDOT’s $150M Expansion Plan for SH 146 Includes Widening Bridge from Kemah to Seabrook, Building Separate Elevated Express Lane [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Houston Among Cities Working To Restore Natural Bends, Vegetation, Mild Rapids to Urban Waterways [AP]
- Several Dozen Dead Bats Found Under the Watonga Street Bridge at West T.C. Jester Blvd. [The Leader]
- Crews Work To Repair Five-Foot-Wide Sinkhole Downtown at Walker and San Jacinto [KHOU]
- Houston Tops Ranking of Most Dog Attacks on Postal Workers By City with 63 in 2013 [Emag.co.uk]
- The Top 10 Wealthiest Zip Codes in Texas [Houston Chronicle]
- A Poster of Houston Neighborhoods Ripped from Their Context and Presented as Cuts of Meat [Houstonia]
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When is enough enough on the dome? Cynthia Neely has been trying to get something done with the Dome for years with no luck. Why no luck? Because the dome was built for one purpose only, a sports stadium. Any redesign wouldn’t be practical unless it retained an arena configuration and we’ve already rejected that option. No private entity has the money or a feasible plan in place that makes financial sense and isn’t some “pie in the sky” idea. I say the county should jump the gun on the historical commission vote and blow the freaking thing up now.
RE: Piatto, I can’t believe how long the construction process on that building has been going on. Glad they finally have occupancy permits though. Driving by there this week, I saw a sign the a Los Cucos restaurant was going to open in the same building next to Piatto.
Re: Urban waterways
The California based author lost me with the first 3 words, “The Buffalo Bayou…” Someone needs to school him in how to speak Southern.