Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
“Bright blue Portuguese man o’ war have been spotted washing up on beaches this week, and while they look beautiful sparkling in the sun, they pack a horribly painful sting that could leave you suffering your way into 2022.”
Anyone seen these before?
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The Houston area is set to undergo a major transformation with these 17 new projects spanning from the inner city to the suburbs.
Expect massive redesigns of some of Houston’s most famous landmarks, brand new architectural centers that will elevate the city as a cultural hub and strikingly beautiful upgrades in some of the Bayou City’s most talked-about areas.
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A Houston Chronicle investigation found critical failures by multiple authorities tasked with ensuring the safety of attendees that day, including inadequate and poorly trained security, deficient coordination between city officials and festival management, and a nearly hourlong delay in halting the show after the danger became apparent.
It also revealed crucial decisions made during the planning of the event, including the venue layout, that experts said increased the likelihood something would go wrong and limited the ability of authorities to manage a crisis.
Interviews with dozens of attendees and concert staff, as well as a trove of public records, show a catastrophe weeks in the making.
Other components of this investigation:
Still have questions? The Chronicle will host a live Q&A session with some award-winning reporters behind this investigation Monday @ 7PM on Twitter. See you then.
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Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival went from one of the most highly-anticipated events of 2021 to one of the deadliest concerts in U.S. history. Here’s everything that’s happened so far, from the start of the mayhem to the aftermath.
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Houston truck aficionados and environmental advocates agree coal rollers are an inexperienced, rogue minority of drivers who give diesel a bad name. But many who don’t roll coal do tamper with their diesel vehicles’ exhaust systems, often disabling the…
Read MoreJust three states, including Texas, are reportedly rooting for the Houston Astros in the World Series, according to this map. Are any Houstonians actually rooting for Atlanta, like the right of the US? submitted by /u/dukescrib [link] &…
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Read MoreTexas mega-chain Buc-ee’s is suing a Sugar Land man over claims that his “Buky’s” gas station and convenience stores are “confusingly similar” to the brand’s famous logo.
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To reach herd immunity, about 85 percent of the total population would have to be completely immune, either through vaccination or a previous COVID infection, Dr. Paul Klotman, president and CEO of Baylor College of Medicine told the Chronicle. Case ra…
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