Posts Tagged ‘architecture’
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 [...]
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 [...]