Archive for January, 2009
Will and Won’t
Stemming from the last Houston Reimagined post: “West Gray Streetcar,” there has been a lot of discussion about walking in Houston. I thought I’d add a few of my thoughts on the subject along with a few photos from a trip that I walked today. Today my wife and I went to the Houston Zoo. [...]
West Gray Streetcar
Christof just finished a three part series on streetcars for Houston, which you can find here: part 1, part 2, part 3. It was a great read, and I highly recommend it. Kuffner then chimed in with his own iteration, which struck me as a great corridor, but really long for a streetcar. That would [...]
Light (Crude) Reading
Houston Tomorrow published this summary of the long discussed stimulus bill that Obama plans to pass as soon as he takes office. They the following: Relatively speaking, the stimulus bill marks a tenfold increase in transit spending, perhaps the biggest sign yet that mass transit is becoming politically popular. That’s good news. – – – [...]
GHPA Walking Tour of the Historic Sixth Ward
I went on a walking tour of the Old Sixth Ward Historic District on Sunday, January 11th that was organized by the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance (GHPA). The tour, led by Jim Parsons, co-author of Houston Deco (link), lasted about two hours and was packed full of extremely interesting bits of trivia about buildings all [...]
neoHOUSTON update
You may notice that things look a little different on the page this afternoon. neoHOUSTON is celebrating it’s 6th month in existence, and there are a few changes coming that I hope you’ll all enjoy. First, I’d like to introduce a new contributing author. David Morris is a good friend of mine and a very [...]
Necessity is the mother of invention
There was an article on CNN today talking about entrepreneurs. The article begins by discussing the difficulty in quitting a project when it’s failing, but then goes on to discuss entrepreneurship in general, and it really hit home with me. In a recession that has forced employers to eliminate 2.6 million jobs in 2008, people [...]
Helicopter crashes at A&M
From TAMU News: As of 4:22 p.m., January 12 One fatality has been confirmed. As of 4:08 p.m. , January 12 1. Rudder apparently failed on helicopter during takeoff – 5 were on board, no students, however one individual is from Texas A&M’s ROTC staff. 2. All injured have now been transported – patients taken [...]
Whatever shall we do…
“How can we save the suburbs?” asks Allison Arieff. In urban areas, there’s rich precedent for the transformation or reuse of abandoned lots or buildings. Vacant lots have been converted into pocket parks, community gardens and pop-up stores (or they remain vacant, anxiously awaiting recovery and subsequent conversion into high-end office space condos). Old homes [...]
From the Newswire: January 12, 2008
Bulgaria is freezing its collective buns off… and mad at Russia to boot. I wonder how many political points we could pick up by sending about 1 million electric heaters to places like Bulgaria? That sounds like good economic stimulus to me, actually exporting something… That said, apparently the gas will resume flowing pretty soon, [...]
Feeding Frenzy
The stampede is officially on: Porn Industry Requesting Federal Bailout The industry leaders said the issue is a nation in need. “People are too depressed to be sexually active,” Flynt said in the statement. “This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex.” “With [...]