Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Here’s another request for longtime readers: Help us identify the greatest reader comments ever posted on Swamplot! Why is your help needed? A whopping 133,000 or so reader comments appeared on this site over the course of 12 years, making it tough to find all the gems. Fortunately, Swamplot’s regular Comment of the Day feature […]… Read More
Read MoreHey, recovering longtime Swamplot readers! A special request: We’re putting together a list of this site’s best stories, and we need your help. If you were asked to give a quick snapshot of Swamplot by providing examples of this site at the top of its form, what individual posts would you point to? We’re asking: […]… Read More
Read MoreAs of today this site’s daily publishing schedule is coming to a halt. Swamplot has been covering Houston’s real estate landscape for 12 years. That’s longer than the runs of most successful teevee sitcoms, all but one U.S. presidency, and a lot of great Houston restaurants. It’s been long enough to cover 3 hurricanes, several […]… Read More
Read More“The Fairview bus route replaced the streetcar line and operated for decades. Thirty years ago a significant number of people in Montrose relied on public transportation. As demographics changed, METRO decided that ridership didn’t justify some routes through Montrose. In addition to Fairview, they also eliminated the University (Hawthorne) and Alabama (actually W. Alabama) routes. […]… Read More
Read More21-Hour Concrete Mat Pour for Hines’s 47-Story Office Tower on Former Houston Chronicle Site To Begin Saturday Afternoon [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot] FlixBus Begins Long-Distance Bus Service to San Antonio, New Orleans, and Mississippi from Gray and Smith Downtown March 14 [HBJ] Production Builders Constructed One-Half to Two-Thirds of 110 New Homes Built in Meyerland After Harvey […]… Read More
Read MoreSwamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday. Shaking up a bit of Sherwood Forest; a double whammy on W. Donovan St.: Residences 2205 Singleton St. 77008 (Gostick; photos) 3706 Lydia St. 77021 (South End Sunnyside; detached garage) 603 Little John Ln. 77024 (Sherwood Forest; photos) 5709 […]… Read More
Read MoreLook closely in the photo above from yesterday evening, writes one of the 2 Swamplot readers who sent in dramatic pix showing the demolition-in-progress of the Timbergrove H-E-B at 1511 W. 18th St. (near Ella and T.C. Jester), “and you can see all the store aisle signs hanging (signs that say coffee, paper towels, etc).” […]… Read More
Read MoreLook closely in the photo above from yesterday evening, writes one of the 2 Swamplot readers who sent in dramatic pix showing the demolition-in-progress of the Timbergrove H-E-B at 1511 W. 18th St. (near Ella and T.C. Jester), “and you can see all the store aisle signs hanging (signs that say coffee, paper towels, etc).” […]… Read More
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