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  1. Dec. 21, 2005, 1:59PM New plans unveiled for Holcombe Square By TOM MANNING Chronicle Correspondent The first phase of a project aimed at improving pedestrian safety in Holcombe Square in the Texas Medical Center will include widening sidewalks, separating cars from pedestrians with a string of live oaks, improving ramp access at street corners, and adding new lighting along Holcombe, South Main and Fannin streets. Read More...
  2. Dec. 22, 2005, 2:40AM A step forward downtown Land purchase could set stage for retail, condos By NANCY SARNOFF Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle A real estate development group has purchased three blocks of prime downtown land, a move that takes it one step closer to building a proposed retail, condominium and office complex on the site. The property was purchased by a partnership between William Denton, CEO of California-based Entertainment Development Group, and Geoffrey Jones, CEO of the Texas Real Estate Fund. The group paid more than $20 million for the property, according to individuals close to the deal, who released the price on the condition they not be identified. The three blocks bordered by Main, Polk, Dallas and Caroline streets are currently used for downtown parking. The developers want to fill the large site with restaurants, shops, offices and residential units in a project called Houston Pavilions. Read More...
  3. Nov. 12, 2005, 9:34PM Parking garage to go up on Main Rubble-strewn space to become 11-story structure By NANCY SARNOFF Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle The lot filled with rubble at the corner of Main and Walker will soon be replaced by work trucks and a crane as a developer prepares to break ground on an 11-story parking garage on the downtown site. Read More....
  4. Name change After nearly three years, the chic Sam Houston Hotel has a new name. The boutique inn, which opened in 2002 in a historic building at 1117 Prairie, is now known as Alden-Houston. A snag with online search sites was part of the reason for the name change. Sites directed users looking for the downtown property to a hotel on the Sam Houston Parkway. "We needed to find a neutral name," said Bill Franks, president of Spire Realty, which owns the hotel. The only other significant change will be the removal of the lobby's impressive sepia-toned mural of the Battle of San Jacinto, where Gen. Sam Houston led his troops to victory. The company may also open more hotels in other cities, and it wanted a recognizable brand name. "Sam Houston doesn't mean much in Atlanta, Ga., New York City or Chicago, Ill.," Franks said.
  5. EXCLUSIVE REPORTS From the August 12, 2005 print edition Cosmopolitan condos to replace coney islands Jennifer Dawson Jennifer Dawson Houston Business Journal Developer Randall Davis is cooking up plans for a high-rise residential development on the site of the James Coney Island restaurant near the Galleria. After serving up hot dogs and chili at the Post Oak Boulevard location for more than 30 years, the restaurant owners are branching out from cuisine to condos by entering into a joint venture with Davis on the project. Initial plans call for the frankfurter fixture to be demolished and replaced by a 20-story tower with 90 residential units. The building would be located on the half-acre tract nestled between a 24-Hour Fitness and the Dessert Gallery on Post Oak near the intersection of San Felipe. Sources say the high-rise will be named "Cosmopolitan," and details could be released as early as September. Read More...
  6. EXCLUSIVE REPORTS From the August 12, 2005 print edition Car dealership gives way to urban infill Jennifer Dawson Houston Business Journal A high-end development mixing retail, residential and possibly office space will soon be parked on an inner-city tract that has been occupied by auto dealerships for the past three decades. Trademark Property Co. is negotiating a long-term ground lease on six acres on Westheimer just west of Mid Lane, which is currently home to a Central Ford dealership. Trademark is the Fort Worth-based developer behind the $100 million Market Street project in The Woodlands. That successful 34-acre development includes 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 100,000 square feet of office space. Read More...
  7. BAGGAGE ACCLAIM: The Art Guys' Travel Light (shown) and Sheila Klein's Leopard Sky, are among the 21 works selected by Art in America magazine as being among the country's best public art projects of 2004. Aug. 12, 2005, 7:48PM Enjoying the scenic routes Two new artworks at Bush airport garner national attention By PATRICIA C. JOHNSON Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Read More
  8. http://images.chron.com/content/news/photos/05/08/12/b-histor.jpg Aug. 12, 2005, 12:28AM More historic markers ahead? City is weighing a plan to allow property owners to seek permanent protection for sites By MATT STILES Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle In what would be a victory for preservation advocates, the City Council is considering a new ordinance that would safeguard Houston's historic sites by allowing voluntary designations of "protected landmarks." The effort, designed to strengthen the city's 10-year-old preservation ordinance, would allow property owners to seek permanent protection for historic buildings they own if the sites meet specific criteria. That protection would remain, even if the property ownership changed. Read More...
  9. A stare-down from a fat rat Ron Guidry wants the park cleared of rats and the homeless. They Walk Among Us A closer look at a spiffy downtown park reveals it's crawling with rats By Todd Spivak Published: Thursday, August 4, 2005 Guidry has a grab bag of horror stories regarding the park. He tells one particularly bizarre tale that involves a penis, a groundskeeper and a shovel. It's midday a couple of weeks ago, the story goes. Guidry steps outside his building for a break. He watches as a groundskeeper pushes a lawn mower past a homeless man who's asleep on a bench. Apparently angered by the intrusion, the homeless man "all of a sudden pulls out his penis and chases the groundskeeper over the hill." The groundskeeper's supervisor fast approaches holding a shovel over his head and cussing out the homeless man, who yells right back. "Here it is," Guidry says, "three in the afternoon, and this guy is standing in the middle of the park, for like two minutes, shouting and holding out his penis and shaking it." Read More...
  10. July 27, 2005, 4:09AM A major bequest for the Menil David Whitney's collection includes a few masterpieces By PATRICIA C. JOHNSON Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle The Menil Collection will receive a trove of modern art
  11. http://images.chron.com/content/news/photos/05/07/17/cac.jpg A RAZE AND A PROMOTION: This is an artist's rendering of the seven-story, $22 million project at 1515 Elgin, which will include retail space and 62 residential units, as well as 8,500 square feet for exhibition space and offices. July 15, 2005, 11:28AM The Collective imagination In Midtown, an art nonprofit dreams big, 100,000-square-foot big By PATRICIA C. JOHNSON Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle Article
  12. The American Apparel store at 712 Broadway, with the trademark photographs. July 10, 2005 His Way Meets a Highway Called Court By MIREYA NAVARRO LOS ANGELES THERE is no question that Dov Charney is an unconventional chief executive. As the founder of American Apparel, the T-shirt and casual wear chain sometimes called an alternative Gap, Mr. Charney decorates stores with covers of Penthouse and Oui magazines from the 70's, admits in interviews to engaging in sexual relationships with women who work for him, and once exposed himself for an ad in a gay magazine, all in the name of personal freedom. Read More...
  13. That is awesome news, downtown really needs a bakery! Where is Corner Bakery going to be located? Also, is it a local or national chain?
  14. Renzo Piano's design for a $258 million addition to the Art Institute of Chicago features a suspended "flying carpet" roof Piano created such a roof in Houston more than 10 years ago for the Cy Twombly Pavilion. June 3, 2005, 11:08AM Flying carpets over Houston, Chicago Renzo Piano's plan for the Art Institute of Chicago is an homage to himself By CLIFFORD PUGH Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle Article ***Edited to remove copyrighted content***
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