Cy Twombly Gallery At 1501 Branard St. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Houston recently had cause to feel flattered Renzo Piano's design for a $258 million addition to the Art Institute of Chicago bears a striking resemblance to his Cy Twombly Pavilion here Piano told the New York Times that his plans for the famed C
Emancipation East West: Affordable Housing Mid-Rise Emancipation East and West Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Development is a 4-5 floor building complex at Emancipation and Drew with ~200 units (~120 affordable), ground level retail, and associated parking The estimated cost of $32 million would be funded through low income housing tax credits, local government funding including Midtown, and private contributions
The Oliver Sawyer Yards: Multifamily At 2305 Summer St. The Drive-In at Sawyer Yards opened in May with a screening of "Grease " Movies are screened on the old Success Rice grain silos twice a night, seven days a week Houston was the first U S city to get a Rooftop Cinema Club drive-in The location was originally set to close earlier because of planned construction on the site But a delay allowed them to stay open through November https
Houtran - Traffic and Transportation - HAIF The Houston Area . . . METRO is only 26 years old as of this year And METRORail came to town on the 25th birthday Now a little piece of history request Since Texas Legislature passed a proposal to create major transit agencies throughout the state in 1973, but evil politics caused METRO to not be created till 1979 Before METRO, I was told there was a previous private transit agency called HouTran If anyone at
FlyWay Mixed-Use Development In Webster - Houston Architecture The Houston area is a big step closer to getting a Great Wolf Lodge indoor waterpark after the city of Webster last month signed a purchase and sale agreement with Chicago-based Great Wolf Resorts for an approximately 30-acre property The contract, which lists the purchase price as $2 million, spells out exact conditions for the development, located east of the Gulf Freeway (Interstate 45