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Livable Places Initiative Would Create Higher Density in Flood-Prone Areas

First in a series on the Houston Planning Commission’s Livable Places Initiative On 6/8/23, the City of Houston Planning Commission approved an initiative called Livable Places that it has worked on since early 2020. Goals include creating a more affordable, walkable and equitable City. Planning Commission Website All laudable goals! However, the goals do not […]

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The Future that Houston Envisioned for 1990 … in 1968

1968 … the year that humans first traveled around the moon during the Apollo 8 mission. It was a triumphant time for America and Houston, home of the NASA “Manned Spacecraft Center,” its name at the time. We could do anything, it seemed. And we did. 1968 Plan for 1990 A reader recently sent me […]

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