Still Coming Soon: The Courtyard on Richmond
A reader writes in wanting to find out what is planned for the “gigantic” and newly cleared block at the northwest corner of the 59 South feeder road and Richmond, just west of Midtown. The block...
View ArticleA Big Telephone Tip
We get some strange tips . . . Look for a giant telephone to be delivered to the corner of Mason and Hyde Park, probably tomorrow. Photo of David Adickes sculpture by Jonathan Percy … Read More
View ArticleInnerLoopCondos Wants To Know: Would You Prefer Ugly, Pretentious, or Simply...
Group LSR, aka InnerLoopCondos.com, wants to build a new condo building in Montrose — and you get to play the stylist! What should the new development look like? Entry-arches-gone-crazy Apartment...
View ArticleStyling the Bistro Vino Condo Tower: Low Voter Turnout
Remember back in July, when the folks from InnerLoopCondos.com sent out a survey about a new development proposed for 819 W. Alabama — the former site of Bistro Vino — and wanted you to help them...
View ArticleSolving the Bare Walls Problem
This dramatically hung mobile above the entry and stairwell of the house for sale at 503 Fargo St. in Montrose certainly captures your attention! But that’s not why reader Kelley Owen alerted Swamplot...
View ArticleA Serene Single Bedroom in an Un-Orphaned Villa Serena
Once an orphanage, a gated 1913 Italianate property near downtown and north of Montrose found new life in 2003 as a 15-unit condo re-dubbed Villa Serena. Its historic pedigree encompasses city, state,...
View ArticleHow It Came To Be That 2 Separate Mattress Stores with the Same Name Are Now...
The strip mall at the corner of Westheimer and Montrose now sports two “Mattress Firm” storefronts right next door to one another, operating independently. The western Mattress Firm, on the right in...
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