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A Substandard Structure To Become Sterling House Bar in Midtown 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
This wobbly 108-year-old house in Midtown, remodeled in 1999, might be fixed up one more time and converted into a bar. Or it might be demolished to make room for something new, says the reader who se...
Comment of the Day: Sorry, But Houston’s Never Gonna Be Walkable 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
“Unlikely Houston will ever have the density or transit similar to the world’s great urban centers. The inner loop would have to triple in density (current average 5-8k/sq.mi), just to start on that p...
A Southampton Extension Home’s Extended Rear View 27 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
A 40 ft. glass wall and several skylights open up what otherwise appears to be a buttoned up 1950s home in Southampton Extension. It’s right up the street from the Hanover Rice Village apartments and ...
Kemah Home Listing Photo of the Day: Knockoff Early 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
2240 Marina Way [HAR]
This OK? Greystar Checks In with Woodland Heights Neighbors About Skylane Replacement 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Motivated to avoid some of the same blowback that developers of the Ashby Highrise, Morrison Heights condos and apartments, and 17-story San Felipe office building have received from sign-making neigh...
A Restaurant Reno in Upper Kirby 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
It appears that this former caterer’s at 3030 Audley St. and Sul Ross is being converted into a restaurant. Photos of the building show that permits for the Upper Kirby location on the other side of W...
Sprouts and Others Sign Leases for Spots in the San Jacinto Stone Site Shopping Center 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
A trio of retailers have inked their deals to take up most of the space in that slow-to-develop shopping center along Yale St. on the 8-acre site sold and vacated earlier this year by San Jacinto Ston...
Daily Demolition Report: IRL OTL 26 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday. Another week, another bunch of bashes. * * * Commercial Structures Wesley ...
Headlines: The Return of Fish & the Knife; The Deal with Valet Parking 26 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
In Houston, It’s a Case of ‘Build, Baby, Build!’ [Reuters] University of Houston-Downtown Begins Construction of $16.5M Welcome Center [Culturemap] After Three-Year Delay, Fish & the Knife To Open o...
A Low-Slung, Low-Key Mod in Lake Jackson 24 Aug 2013 | 01:45 am
To see the Mods of the Month this time, you’ll have to head out to Lake Jackson. One of the 3 featured homes has already gone Option Pending, but this one, a few miles off the Nolan Ryan Expressway at...
