January 21, 2013
Are Houstonians More Likely To Drink and Drive?
H-town and two other Texas cities have some of the worst drunk driving fatality rates in America.
Urban Planning
January 21, 2013
Is Houston the Coolest City in America?
Yes, according to Forbes' list of "America's Coolest Cities to Live."
January 21, 2013
Are These Three Neighborhoods Really the Fastest-Gentrifying in Texas?
The Fordham Institute singles out zip codes in Austin, Houston, and Dallas, but his criteria is limited and imprecise.
Business
May 15, 2012
Imperial Sugar Site Development Angers Some Sugar Landers
Some Sugar Land residents are upset about a mixed-use development that would build 325 luxury apartments in the abandoned Imperial Sugar refinery.
Style & Design
March 1, 1999
Suburban Renewal
How three Dallas area developers are beating back the threat of soulless sprawl by restoring a sense of community.
Sports
July 1, 1993
Raise the Roof
The Alamodome is more than an outsized sports arena. It’s a marvel of urban planning that ensures San Antonio’s downtown vitality for years to come.
Business
October 1, 1987
Paradise Lost
Las Colinas was supposed to be Can-Do City. So why couldn’t it?
Business
March 1, 1984
“I Beat Ben Barnes and John Connally in a Fair Fight”
When Bames-Connally Investments announced plans to build apartments in a South Austin neighborhood, the residents banded together to try to stop them. They won the battle but lost the war.
Style & Design
April 1, 1982
The Architects
Welcome to Houston, the cutting edge of architecture. The local boys are turning a gentlemen’s profession into a business, the stylish out-of-towners are creating a new aesthetic, and neither group is filled with admiration for the other.
Politics & Policy
May 1, 1981
The Subway That Ate Houston
The most expensive, amazing, dynamic, futuristic, and sexy way not to solve a transit crisis.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1980
Why Is Houston Falling Apart?
Because nobody at city hall is doing his job, that’s why.
Being Texan
July 1, 1978
Brave New Vacancies
Give us your tired and freezing Yankees, your studious Arabs, your ambitious young hustlers just blown into town, and we will rent them one bedroom and a bath for $215.