Category Archives: In Neighborhood News
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The Menil Collection’s “Special Parking Designation” Could Be A Big First Step In Parking Flexibility For The Neighborhood
The Menil Collection’s latest expansion plan may not need to include an equally ambitious parking expansion if City Council is amenable. The Chronicle reports that an alternative “special parking area” designation could
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At Home With Death: Bradshaw-Carter Strives For A Beautiful Goodbye
Open the door at Bradshaw-Carter Memorial & Funeral Services on West Alabama, and you might gasp. Inside this unremarkable brick building is a setting for saying goodbye like nothing else in Houston. A delectable
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Value in Variety: Variedades Puebla Finds Its Niche Bringing Mexico to Montrose
Wedged into a narrow space on Richmond Avenue, a tiny, chaotic shop called Variedades Puebla peddles snacks not easily found in most other stores. On the counter stands an irregular triangle of cheese,
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Tweaking the Ingredients: Recipe For Success Turns Up The Heat On Plans To Market Healthy Eating
Justin Kouri, culinary coordinator for the Montrose nonprofit Recipe for Success, has just taught 15 fourth graders to season, stir-fry, and garnish Japanese soba, a food they’ve heretofore not heard of. Now he watches
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Ghosts of Design: In Some New Montrose Construction, Echoes Of The Old Can Be Found
Pick your way down any Montrose street, and chances are the newest building there is haunted by a ghost. Contemporary, faux-Versailles, or medieval village, even the most unlikley new construction in Montrose
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