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Preservation Houston

@PresHou

Working to preserve Houston's architectural and cultural heritage.

 Houston, TX
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Joined January 2009
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A biking jaunt rolls me past Oak Farms Dairy in Houston's EaDo. The freshness of ice-cold milk meets delicious #artdeco in this 1937 building, historically known as Lone Star Creamery Co. Vertical band panels and saw-toothed roof trim give away the genre. @deanfoods @PresHou
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#tbt Main Street, #Houston, decked out for the holidays in 1960.
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Still shopping for the Houston history buff on your list? Pick up a set of genuine Astroturf coasters: preservationhouston.org/astr…
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#tbt The old Houston Auditorium, built in 1895 at the corner of Main and Bremond, demolished 1937.
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#tbt Shoppers on Main Street in Houston, 1943.
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Revisiting the significance of the #modernist architecture of Jones Hall to @DowntownHouston: houstonchronicle.com/local/g… via @LisaGray_HouTX
Jones Hall, the building that expanded Houston's horizons

Jones Hall, the building that expanded Houston's horizons

In 1966, when patrons walked into Jones Hall for the first time, they entered a new epoch in Houston performing arts. Goodbye to the rats and folding chairs of City Auditorium; hello, deep red...

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#tbt to 1970: the rendering for Houston Center, a proposed 33-block mixed-use complex in downtown Houston. (Spoiler: Not built as planned.)
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#PHreads Susan Rogers' study of the 1936 "redlining" map of Houston: offcite.org/hazardous-the-re…
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Houston designer is drawing her favorite @HoustonHeights houses: swamplot.com/the-local-desig… via @swamplot
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PH's David Bush on yesterday's #Astrodome vote: "We're really happy to see some concrete action taken": houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…
Plan with $105 million price tag for Astrodome lifts off

Plan with $105 million price tag for Astrodome lifts off

Harris County commissioners approved the first piece of a $105 million plan to transform the stadium into part parking garage and part event space for things like concerts and trade shows. The $105...

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Harris County Commissioners vote this morning to begin project to raise floor of #Astrodome, add parking: houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…
$105 million Astrodome parking project gets green light

$105 million Astrodome parking project gets green light

Harris County Commissioners voted Tuesday morning to move forward with a major renovation...

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D.C.'s holdouts, writes @emilymbadger, "attest to the challenge of a city struggling to remake itself": washingtonpost.com/news/wonk…
The little misfit buildings that make cities wonderful — and hold them back

The little misfit buildings that make cities wonderful — and hold them back

The architectural allure and bad economics of "holdout" houses.

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Ben Koush examines the preservation of two historic buildings in @DowntownHouston: archpaper.com/2016/09/housto… via @archpaper
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Today’s #tbt: the Sunbeam, a gorgeous streamlined train that made daily runs between Houston and Dallas from 1925 to 1955.
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More than 500 live oaks along Yale in @HoustonHeights protected in city's first "green corridor": houstonchronicle.com/news/ar… by @lmsixel
Trees along Yale in Heights given special protection

Trees along Yale in Heights given special protection

Volunteers collected signatures from commercial property owners along the 1.6-mile length of roadway who OK'd the special protection.

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Satellite view shows the unexpectedly beautiful geometry of Charles Tapley’s Tranquillity Park (1979).
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This evening’s U of H Architecture Walk has been canceled because of heavy rain in the area. Stay dry!
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#ICYMI: @alysonward tells the story of the restoration of Lars Bang house on our #GoodBrickTour this weekend: houstonchronicle.com/life/ho…
Remodeling uncovers mid-century modern gem

Remodeling uncovers mid-century modern gem

The Currys ripped out the kitchen updates and returned the room to the open space it...

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Restored via 1954 copy of @goodhousemag, this house is on our #GoodBrickTour this weekend: preservationhouston.org/good…
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See John Staub's mid-century style in River Oaks on our #GoodBrickTour next weekend: preservationhouston.org/good…
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