The Chronicle published a good articleon the rehabilitation of the Clayton House. The carriage house, pictured above, was rescued from disuse.
Friday March 6
Gray: The strange political career of Bogota's 'Citizen Man' [Houston Chronicle] Lisa Gray's writes about one of the main speakers at the De Lange Conference.
University rail line is running behind Metro awaits word on federal funds before settling on a plan for the route RAIL: Uptown line depends on University [Houston Chronicle]
A New Sicardi Gallery Exhibit [Swamplot] "Construction on the new 2-story, 5,200-sq.-ft. Sicardi Gallery was supposed to start last year, but architect Fernando Brave says the project was delayed after the owner decided she wanted the new building to be LEED-certified. New target for construction to begin: this summer."
Thursday March 5
Isle backs off demolitions Complaint stops plan to raze 2 Galveston public housing projects HOUSING: Federal block grants are in limbo [Houston Chronicle]
Metro OKs Light Rail Contract: $1.46 Billion Deal Will Add 4 Lines [Houston Chronicle]
Sky-high price to bury lines Report says extreme steps would cost too much grid: CenterPoint touts ‘intelligent' system [Houston Chronicle]
HUMBLE Council approves agreement for a new development Area, located on Will Clayton Parkway, to be used for retail [Houston Chronicle]
Wednesday March 4
5 Reasons to visit the Brazos River Trail [Houston Chronicle] "The big picture: a 650-mile greenbelt that circles the Houston metro area. If all goes well, the Sam Houston Trail and Wilderness Preserve hopes to become an interlinking system of trails and green space that twists through a 24-county region."
Post-Ike Brennan's to reopen After fire, owner expanding to 2 more sites [Houston Chronicle]
METRO BOARD TO VOTE ON RAIL PACT Authority still withholding cost details on 4 lines METRO: Groups want to know details [Houston Chronicle]
RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE IKE Isle's public housing will only make a partial return [Houston Chronicle] See the Thursday link for the update on this story.
Tuesday March 3
Houston area leads U.S. list for housing [Houston Chronicle]
Water rate hike in the offing: The average annual increase will be $27 [Houston Chronicle] "City officials said the higher cost of treating water and repairing infrastructure after Hurricane Ike led them to seek the change, which, if approved, would provide the city with an additional $12.5 million for improvements. The city has about 460,000 customers."
Monday March 2
Clayton center puts those from the present in touch with the past Journeying through time CLAYTON: Buildings were refurbished to be ecofriendly "The Clayton family deeded its Birdsall P. Briscoe-designed home to the city of Houston to use as a library in 1958. When the city got around to renovating a few years ago, there was one caveat: The work needed to be environmentally friendly. Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects was charged with transforming the three older buildings into spaces that could be used by individuals and larger groups from near and far. The carriage house was converted into a big conference room, said Ernest Maldonado, and smaller meeting spaces were created in the main house and guesthouse..."
Sunday March 1
Slumping market forces 2 more builders to throw in the towel [Houston Chronicle] "The Southern California builder that does business here as John Laing Homes has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, while Fort Worth-based Choice Homes plans to shut down operations statewide."
