Swamplot - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/swamplot/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:30:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Swamplot - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/swamplot/ 32 32 103504436 What Are the Best Swamplot Comments You’ve Ever Read (or Made)? https://houstonnewmedia.org/what-are-the-best-swamplot-comments-youve-ever-read-or-made/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-are-the-best-swamplot-comments-youve-ever-read-or-made Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:30:27 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113594 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

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]]> 1301 Tell Us Your Favorite Swamplot Posts https://houstonnewmedia.org/tell-us-your-favorite-swamplot-posts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tell-us-your-favorite-swamplot-posts Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:00:52 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113591 Hey, 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

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]]> 1303 It’s Time for Swamplot To Say Goodbye https://houstonnewmedia.org/its-time-for-swamplot-to-say-goodbye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-time-for-swamplot-to-say-goodbye Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:52 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113588 As 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

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]]> 1305 Comment of the Day: The Great Montrose Public Transportation Route Thinning https://houstonnewmedia.org/comment-of-the-day-the-great-montrose-public-transportation-route-thinning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comment-of-the-day-the-great-montrose-public-transportation-route-thinning Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:30:18 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113586 “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

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]]> 1307 Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: The Great Outdoors https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-home-listing-photo-of-the-day-the-great-outdoors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-home-listing-photo-of-the-day-the-great-outdoors Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:00:57 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113583 26 Dolphin Ct. [HAR]

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]]> 1313 Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: The Great Outdoors https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-home-listing-photo-of-the-day-the-great-outdoors-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-home-listing-photo-of-the-day-the-great-outdoors-2 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:00:57 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113583 26 Dolphin Ct. [HAR]

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]]> 1033543 Timbergrove H-E-B’s All-Aisle Goodbye https://houstonnewmedia.org/timbergrove-h-e-bs-all-aisle-goodbye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=timbergrove-h-e-bs-all-aisle-goodbye Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:00:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113571 Look 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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]]> 1315 Timbergrove H-E-B’s All-Aisle Goodbye https://houstonnewmedia.org/timbergrove-h-e-bs-all-aisle-goodbye-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=timbergrove-h-e-bs-all-aisle-goodbye-2 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:00:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113571 Look 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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]]> 1033544 East River’s Western North Shore Launch: Multiplex, Waterfront Museum, Plaza, Lots of Ground Floor Retail You Can Drive To https://houstonnewmedia.org/east-rivers-western-north-shore-launch-multiplex-waterfront-museum-plaza-lots-of-ground-floor-retail-you-can-drive-to/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=east-rivers-western-north-shore-launch-multiplex-waterfront-museum-plaza-lots-of-ground-floor-retail-you-can-drive-to Wed, 06 Mar 2019 20:00:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113554 A leasing brochure just released by Midway reveals a detailed site plan for the first phase of the company’s planned development on a 150-acre former industrial site lining the north bank of Buffalo Bayou — here upgraded to riverine status. East River‘s drive-up urban conquest of the former KBR (previously, Brown & Root) campus begins […]… Read More

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]]> 1317 Swamplot Sponsor: The Classic https://houstonnewmedia.org/swamplot-sponsor-the-classic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=swamplot-sponsor-the-classic Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:00:37 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=113555 Our sponsor again today is The Classic, located at 5922 Washington Ave — at the edge of Rice Military. Thanks for supporting Swamplot! An unabashedly American restaurant, The Classic has something for everyone. This fresh American bistro is perched just east of Memorial Park. It’s brought to you by Benjy Levit — the restaurateur behind Local Foods and Benjy’s. The […]… Read More

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