Comment of the Day: Looking for Houston’s Neighborhood-Alikes
“I think the math is already starting to work for some people. Remember the guy who was concerned that he had 30 days to vacate the Andover Richmond property in Montrose? The 3rd and 5th Wards may be a...
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Conquering Flag of Whole Foods Market, Planted in the Third Ward
“It seems as though this sign appeared over night” at the corner of Dowling St. and Holman St., writes the reader who sent in the photo at left. It reads, “Coming Soon, Third Ward,” above and below a...
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“That’s Lightnin’s corner. HELL NO!!!” [SYMWAFA, commenting on Conquering Flag of Whole Foods Market, Planted in the Third Ward]
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Bert Long, 1940-2013
Houston artist Bert Long passed away of pancreatic cancer earlier today. He was 72. This photo shows one of Long’s most recognizable pieces: “Field of Vision” is located across the street from...
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What Emancipation Park Might End Up Looking Like
Design plans for the $18 million Emancipation Park overhaul are done, reports KUHF’s Pat Hernandez, and the work — including renovations (as this rendering suggests) to the gym, baseball field, pool,...
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Third Ward Residents Protest HISD Proposal To Close Historic School
The steps in front of Ryan Middle School were the site of a rally yesterday in protest of an HISD proposal to close and consolidate the historic Third Ward school. HISD says the proposal calls to move...
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HISD To Close Third Ward’s Ryan Middle School
Despite the community’s protests, HISD voted 5-3 last night to close Ryan Middle School at the end of the school year, reports the Houston Chronicle’s Ericka Mellon: “Roughly two dozen speakers —...
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Third Ward’s Ryan Middle School To Become Medicine Magnet
HISD voted on Thursday night to reopen the closing Ryan Middle School next year as a magnet for students interested in the medical field. Though community protests have tried to move HISD to keep the...
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Third Ward Townhouses, On Their Way Up
Flanked by a pair of churches, these stick frames just popped up in the Third Ward. Plans for the development called Bastrop Plaza show a row of 9 townhouses on a vacant lot at the intersection of...
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Inserting Bathroom B Into House Slot A
A trio of Rice grads has come up with what seems to be a kind of golden mean between gentrification and decay, when it comes to restoring an old home that no longer works the way it should and yet...
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Is HISD Keeping Rebuilding Jobs from Minority-Owned Firms?
That’s what the Houston chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (or HNOMA) seems to suspect, having sent a letter to HISD superintendent Terry Grier alleging “disenfranchisement”...
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No More Golden Years for the U of H Golden Arches
It would seem that McDonald’s has resolved the steely staring contest between these 2 signs from 2 different eras, having gone ahead and ushered out the old restaurant here on Elgin and Cullen near...
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Limited Time Only: A Fully Furnished Outdoor Living Room in the Third Ward
A pair of Houston artists have really spruced up what’s left of the interior of this former beauty parlor on Dowling St. in the Third Ward. Funded in part by the Houston Arts Alliance, reports...
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New Townhomes for a New(ish) Blodgett St. in the Third Ward
This pack of Larry S. Davis-designed townhouses, clad in metal and stucco, is under construction in the Third Ward just a few blocks from TSU. A site plan shows 24 of ’em spanning Wentworth and...
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Comment of the Day: Getting Ahead of the Game in the Third Ward
COMMENT OF THE DAY: GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME IN THE THIRD WARD "The developers are usually the 3rd or 4th step in gentrification. My understanding is that it goes like this: First are usually the...
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Comment of the Day Runner-Up: In the Third Ward Art Zone
COMMENT OF THE DAY RUNNER-UP: IN THE THIRD WARD ART ZONE "I live in Riverside/Third Ward. I’m a painter. My upstairs neighbor is a painter and kind of a well-known musician in Houston. A block away...
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Where Houston’s Next Rent-a-Bike Stations Will Be
As many as 8 new bike-sharing stations could open inside the Loop in the next 2 weeks. Will Rub, director of Houston B-Cycle, tells Swamplot that permits are in hand and the bikes forthcoming for...
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Sprucing Up Some Aging Apartments in the Third Ward
Frequent flipper and Swamplot commenter Cody Lutsch of Fat Property is upgrading this apartment complex in the Third Ward. A listing for the remaining 2-bedroom units on HAR describes some of the...
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A First Look at the Strip Center-and-Apartments Combo That Could Go Up...
Here’s a plan that looks to plug in to Metro’s still-under-construction Southeast Line and redo about 8 blocks along Scott St. in the Third Ward between UH and TSU. Though the plan, drawn up by LAI...
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Comment of the Day: With or Without Light Rail
COMMENT OF THE DAY: WITH OR WITHOUT LIGHT RAIL "I would dispute that the light rail has had any substantive quantitative impact on Houston’s development patterns, except to shuffle around the placement...
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