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Behind the Many Shutters of a Long-Held Rancher in Briargrove
Forty or so years of a family’s ownership of a 1958 rancher in Briargrove north of San Felipe Rd. is likely ending soon with the midblock property’s listing for $899,000 earlier this week. Briargrove...
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Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Hone Sweet Hone
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Crescent City Beignets Are Back on Westheimer
Crescent City Beignets closed its spot in the Lamar-River Oaks Shopping Center across from Lamar High School last April. Fourteen months later and 4-and-a-half miles to the west, something very much...
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Starbucks Siren Song Muted as Minuti Coffee Takes Over Fountainview Dr. Spot
The former Starbucks on the southwest corner of the damp intersection of Fountainview Dr. and Westheimer Rd. now appears to be flying the minute flag of advancing Houston chain Minuti Coffee. The...
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The Mixed-Income Housing Project That Would Replace Houston Housing...
Here are some shots from the scene of the Houston Housing Authority’s office park on Fountain View Dr. north of Westheimer Rd., which the organization is planning to partially demolish and replace...
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Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: The Window Seat
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Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Wait Until Dark
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Relabeled Crest at Fondren Now Leasing on Site of Bygone Westheimer Prosperity
The 4-story apartment complex going up on the northeast corner of Westheimer and Fondren roads (where Prosperity Bank and Landry’s Seafood Restaurant were torn down in a mildly apocalyptic display...
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Houston Housing Authority Authority Resigns In Wake of Briargrove...
By both letter and Tweet, Houston Housing Authority chairman Lance Gilliam has announced plans to resign early following Mayor Turner’s criticism of the agency last week, writes Erin Mulvaney. During...
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Big Woodrow’s on Chimney Rock Turning Into Mediterranean Restaurant
The graffiti on the tall face of the former Big Woodrow’s spot at 3111 Chimney Rock Rd. has been joined lately by new signage for Rotana Mediterranean Restaurant. The 2-story 2-bar space north of...
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Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Potwatching
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Giant Beaver Now Lodged In Place at Texadelphia’s Last Stand on Westheimer
The faux lighthouse atop Christie’s got some company this week — namely, the giant fake beaver now heralding the arrival of the second Beaver’s location, in the first and last Houston outpost of...
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