Archive for March, 2009
Property Value Theory, Part 1: People-Productivity
Continuing from my earlier post on Transportation Theory, today I wanted to take a look at property values, and what creates value in land. Again, these are my own words, but are drawn from the extensive graduate research I did as well as my professional experience as a real estate consultant. [serialposts] Two Kinds of [...]
News Worth Reading
Two items from Houston Tomorrow that recently got my attention: Virginia: Build Grids, Not Cul-de-Sacs Studies identify keys to safer roads The overwhelming conclusion of both of these pieces is the same: older street patterns, grids where most streets are small and nearly all connect through the surrounding area, are safer, cheaper, and less congested. [...]
Discovery Green Marketplace
UPDATE: Tiffany Tyler added some helpful information in the comments below. Thanks Tiffany! – – – – – I mentioned my Saturday trip to Discovery Green earlier today, but I also had occasion to go back on Sunday afternoon. The park hosts a “Green Marketplace” every Sunday. While it isn’t the city’s largest farmer’s market [...]
Green Building Tours – Looscan Neighborhood Library – March 31
The Mayor’s office is starting up the Green Building Tours series for 2009 on Tuesday March 31st, at the Looscan Neighborhood Library. The tours will take place every thirty minutes from 11am to 2pm on Tuesday, March 31, and it’s completely free!
Transportation Theory
As a prelude to some further examination of the transportation issues in Northwest Houston, I wanted to take a few minutes to distill some transportation theory. The theory I’m going to talk about today is my own expansion of the well-established idea of a transportation hierarchy. I came up with this as part of my [...]
The Hyperlocal Web – EveryBlock.com
As a former architecture student turned software developer, I’m always looking for interesting web sites that bring together different fields of study and disparate sources of information, and I thought everyblock.com deserved a mention here at neoHOUSTON. EveryBlock is one of many recent web sites that fall under the umbrella of the Hyperlocal Web: EveryBlock [...]
Ozone, Lung Disease, and Houston’s Air Quality Ranking
Today on Discovery News I found this article: Ozone Linked to Deadly Lung Disease. The article was pretty interesting, explaining that long-term exposure to high ozone levels dramatically increases the risk for lung cancer and other respiratory diseases. On days when ozone levels are high, breathing can be difficult and exercising outdoors is usually discouraged. [...]
Our new look
We’ve unveiled a new look for neoHOUSTON today, and we hope you like it. You’ll notice a few simple changes, mainly the color scheme is a little brighter, and we’ve got a nice new logo up top. We’ve also reworked our sidebar and menu bars, which we think makes them a little easier to navigate. [...]
Grand Parkway
Ok, I couldn’t help myself. There’s been loads of hoopla surrounding the Grand Parkway recently. The most interesting piece, I think, is that the Sierra Club has now sued TxDOT to stop the Grand Parkway. Now, most of the environmental issue with the Grand Parkway is that it tears right through the middle of a [...]
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