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Walking on Bellaire
Over at Houstoned, professional barfly John Nova Lomax and crooner David Beebe take a long, strange trip down the entire length of Bellaire Blvd.—on foot. Lomax’s conclusion: If Westheimer is mainly...
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Beautiful Southwest Houston: The Golden Age of Apartment Living
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC5mvVXGGjc 400 330] This charming period piece from the abortive early-’80s Southwest Houston apartment renaissance surfaced on YouTube late last month, to the...
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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLnLsrK5Tjs 400 330] The brave work of Southwest Houston and Houston Apartment Renaissance scholars has been rewarded — a second mid-1980s Colonial House TV...
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Entourages and Animal Acts: Airing the Dirty Laundry at Colonial House
David Kaplan of the Chronicle catches up with Houston-apartment legend Michael Pollack and fills in a few details of the Colonial House story: According to media reports then, Pollack lived in a...
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Swamplot Street Sleuths: Calling the Kettle
Got an answer to any of these reader questions? Or just want to be a sleuth for Swamplot? Here’s your chance! Add your report in a comment, or send a note to our tipline. Galveston: Watercolor artist...
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That’ll Show ’Em What a Magnet for Tourists Houston Really Is
Upset at New York Senator Chuck Schumer’s oh-so-cruel insinuation that Houston isn’t much of a tourist town, local talk-show host Michael Berry has responded with an ad on this billboard, carefully...
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