Business
November 7, 2022
The Rebirth of Red Bird Mall
Peter Brodsky could have retired on the wealth he built taking over billion-dollar companies. So why has he bet millions on a shopping center in southern Dallas?
Neighborhoods
Books
July 14, 2022
Can One Novel Heal the Wounds of an Upscale Houston Neighborhood?
A conversation with Chris Cander, the author of ‘A Gracious Neighbor.’
Travel & Outdoors
April 6, 2022
Where to Eat, Stay, and Explore in San Antonio’s Trendy Tobin Hill
Ditch your car for a walkable weekend in the Alamo City's hippest ’hood.
Being Texan
March 22, 2022
The Boy From Booker T.
A decade after losing one of their own, the former residents of an Austin housing project reckon with their upbringing and the tragedy that changed them.
Texas History
September 20, 2017
The Battle For El Paso’s South Side
With the south side of El Paso up for grabs, everyone seems to have an idea about what the city’s future should look like.
Texas History
August 4, 2017
Montrose Is Dead. Long Live Montrose?
A requiem for Houston’s coolest neighborhood.
The Culture
February 11, 2014
Knowing My Place
Woodland Heights may not be the fanciest neighborhood in Houston, or the quietest, or the coolest (and it can be a little full of itself), but it’s mine.
Houston
January 24, 2013
My Montrose
Forty years (and more) of the exuberant, eclectic neighborhood where I was born, grew as a writer, and found inspiration for the early pages of this magazine.
December 20, 2011
Highland Park Is the Red State Version of Berkeley
Mother Jones writer Josh Harkinson traveled to 75205 and found it to be remarkably similar to Berkeley, CA.
Feature
August 31, 2003
The Most Perfect, Charming, Elegant, Graceful, Cozy, Genteel, Affluent 2.2 Square Miles in Texas
After thirty years, I still love Highland Park.
The Issues
February 1, 1993
Essay: Gone to Texas
Sharpstown used to be an affluent suburb. Today it’s where the world has come to live.
Texas History
August 31, 1992
Farewell to Cracker Eden
Memories of growing up (and growing up restless) in working-class Oak Cliff.
Film & TV
June 30, 1992
River Oaks 77019
Two prominent families, one soapy feud. What could be better for a summer miniseries?
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 1992
To Ellum and Back
The face of Dallas’ most eclectic neighborhood changes every day, but its appeal remains familiar—and it keeps getting stronger.
Travel & Outdoors
December 1, 1991
Down in Del Valle
In an affluent suburb of Monterrey, young Mexican professionals hunger for prestige and try to live like Americans.
True Crime
January 1, 1991
The Hyde Park Rapist
In a venerable Austin neighborhood, the laid-back residents are tormented by a menacing presence—neither they nor the police—can defeat.
News & Politics
June 1, 1986
The Snootiest Neighborhood in Texas
The residents of San Antonio’s King William Historic District saved their neighborhood from bums, bulldozers, and bogus bay windows. Now, if they can only save it from themselves.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1986
Hate Thy Neighbor
A look at Houston’s Meyerland, Dallas’ Munger Place, El Paso’s Sunset Heights, and Austin’s Hyde Park shows that few fights get the blood boiling like a good fight with a neighbor.
Being Texan
November 1, 1982
Easy Street
Houston’s black elite have come a very long way to live in MacGregor Way, the swankiest black neighborhood in Texas, but they still don’t feel safe.
Texas History
April 30, 1982
The Autumn of Alamo Heights
Welcome—well, sort of—to San Antonio’s dowager bastion.
Style & Design
December 1, 1980
No Man’s Land
Welcome to Highland Park, a small town right in the middle of Dallas where the living is easy and time stands still.
Border & Immigration
March 1, 1980
An American Family
Pedro Martínez, with only his Mexican heritage, a determination to work hard, and a desire for a better life, brought his family across the Rio Grande to find a home in a new land.
Style & Design
April 1, 1976
The Highland Park Woman
Splendor in the suburbs.
Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 1974
Visit Beautiful Austin (Quick)
Austin is trading old houses for new offices. The City Council calls it progress.
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1973
Montrose Lives!
Wandering through the strangest neighborhood east of the Pecos.