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A Walk Down Cheezy Street: Richmond Avenue, Past Its Prime
Pedestrian scribe John Lomax and Marfa City Council candidate David Beebe have, by this time, earned the right to make a few sweeping statements about various Houston neighborhoods. And Lomax...
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What the New Collection of Menil Collections Might Look Like
The firm of British architect David Chipperfield has been selected to design a master plan for the expansion of the Menil Collection campus. What’s to be added? Those facilities include the Menil...
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Deputy director Emily Todd lists the “guiding principles” behind the Menil’s planned expansion for the Chronicle‘s Douglas Britt: “Just going down the list: environmentally sustainable design...
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Chipperfield Sculpts the New Menil: Goodbye, Richmont Square
The Richmont Square apartments on Richmond Ave. get knocked down in the new master plan for the Menil Collection campus. Speaking at a public forum last night, British architect David Chipperfield...
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Metro’s University Line Acquisition Line-Up: What Stays and What Goes Along...
Did 3.2 acres of acquisitions along Post Oak Blvd. for the new Uptown Line sound like a lot to you? Then look at this: The Final Environmental Impact Statement for the new University Line says Metro’s...
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The Old Freaky Foods on Richmond Ave Is Boarded Up and Looking Forlorn
Is there more change coming to lower Richmond? The former Shell station and grocery at 1810 Richmond Ave known until recently (formally) known as Richwood Market and (informally) as “Freaky Foods” is...
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The Soggy Demise of Richmont Square Apartments’ Back Third
Behold Friday’s sodden wreckage of the northernmost 33 percent of the Richmont Square apartment complex at 1400 Richmond, which is currently being erased to make way for the Menil’s upcoming drawing...
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A Look at What’ll Be Cooking Soon at Cane Rosso’s Upcoming Montrose Location
Work is underway for the Cane Rosso headed for 4306 Yoakum Blvd., in the low-lying side-attachment to the Hansen Partners’ 6-story office building at the corner with Richmond Ave. The office complex...
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Big Tex Montrose Self-Storage Now Open on Former Freaky Foods Lot
The doors opened last week at that 4-story 100,000-sq.-ft. storage facility that has replaced the boarded-up Shell Food Mart just west of the corner of Richmond and Woodhead — itself a makeover of...
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A Chicken Check-In, Down By the Newest Old Key Maps Store
The markings left behind by the Key Maps store in the wake of its second move since 2015 are still hanging out this afternoon alongside the leasing notice near the shop’s former place at the east end...
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Vietnamese Replacing Italian by the Discarded Starbucks Shell on Richmond Ave.
Roostar Vietnamese Grill is just about done moving into the southern slot of the perpendicular 2-man segment of the Richmond Ave. strip center east of Chimney Rock Rd., a reader notes. The Vietnamese...
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