Comment of the Day: Driving the Gentle Hills of Tanglewood
“. . . I think the layout of the streets can have a significant effect on how the neighbors interact. Did you know Tanglewood streets were laid out the way they are with several curving to give the...
View ArticleComment of the Day: New Urbanist Flight
“Several posters are spot-on about walkable neighborhoods commanding a premium over traditional suburbs, if all else is equal. Unfortunately you can’t have it all in Houston – neighborhood charm,...
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A Wilshire Village Dead-End Variance for the New Montrose H-E-B
The new H-E-B at “Lancaster Center” makes its first appearance at the 7.68-acre Dunlavy and West Alabama corner lot. Any neighbors want to send us the plat drawings they should have received in the...
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The Dead Ends of Wilshire Village: No Montrose H-E-B Without a Variance?
Courtesy of Planning and Development Dept. public affairs manager Suzy Hartgrove, Swamplot now has a copy of the variance application submitted by the new owners of the vacant 7.68-acre site at the...
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Montrose H-E-B Gets Its Variance; A “Reasonable” Number of Wilshire Village...
With several neighbors and a city council member speaking in support and no one protesting, Houston’s planning commission granted a variance yesterday to the new owners of the former site of the...
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The Montrose Fiesta Is Over: Here Comes Lancaster Square
Over the weekend, variance signs were posted at the dead-ends of Sul Ross and Branard St. near the Menil Collection and in front of the bank of antique shops facing Dunlavy. The notices are the...
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Montrose Fiesta Building Owners: That Variance Is for Future Generations
The request for a variance that would allow developers of the 3.68-acre property at the corner of Dunlavy and West Alabama to avoid putting in cul-de-sacs at the ends of Sul Ross and Branard St. — and...
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Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Make Way for the Grownups, Please
11307 Valley Spring Dr. [HAR]
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A Shy Briargrove Park 3-Bedroom with Plenty of Views Through and Out, But Not...
Lacking frills but with a bit of grille at the front, this 1973 home in Briargrove Park presents a curbside scene that appears a bit basic when viewed from its circular driveway, located off the...
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On the Grounds of Sherwood Forest, an Updated 1965 Contemporary Shoots For...
Among the big game in Sherwood Forest (the close-to-the-Loop Memorial-area neighborhood, not the royal hunting spread poached by Robin Hood) sits an updated 1965 contemporary on its third initial...
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The Yard by the Trail by a $165K Home in The Woodlands’ Panther Creek
Chalky white liners on a driveway in Village of Panther Creek make sure the home’s runway isn’t confused with the neighboring funway through the woods. The latter pathway is part of the 160 miles of...
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New Listing for ‘Softened’ Lexington Green Mod Takes Aim a Little Lower...
The only assembly on this Lexington Green property appears to be of seating. It musters throughout the grounds of the updated 1972 contemporary, which soldiers on in Memorial’s Bunker Hill Village....
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