X Marks the Spot
Urban Houstonian
By urbanhoustonian at December 31, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
The title of this post certainly lends itself to being an ego piece. Here I am, closing a series of posts about how the last 10 years have been a definitive decade for the city of Houston with an eponymous entry. If it comes off that way, I promise that is not my intention. When I started Urban Houstonian, I set out prove Houston could be just as urban as any other more...
The Perfect Storm
By urbanhoustonian at December 24, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
It was a conversation about Hurricane Ike over lunch at Farrago's that got my mind spinning on this whole X Marks the Spot series of posts. By the late summer of 2008, Houston had seen its fair share of tragedy and heartbreak over the first seven years of the 21st Century. And on September 11, 2008, instead of the annual stop to mourn the victims of the World Trade Center more...
The White Knight
By urbanhoustonian at December 17, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
When I first set myself to writing a series of posts about the last decade in Houston, this post was going to be about Bill White, and his decision to bring evacuees to Houston after Hurricane Katrina. It was, I thought, one of his brightest accomplishments during his tenure. Frankly I have struggled to write this post because on one hand, I didn't want to write a gushing more...
If You Build It, They Will Come
By urbanhoustonian at December 10, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
Houston saw an unprecedented construction of sports stadiums in the first decade of the 21st Century. Other cities can now boast three "new" stadiums for baseball, basketball and football, but no city opened them up like Houston did from 2000-2003. It was because of these three new buildings Houston was able to host some of the country's most important sporting events. more...
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2001: A Space City Catastrophe
By urbanhoustonian at December 3, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
When 2001 is written about in the history books, 9/11 is going to dominate the conversation. There was no single event that had a greater effect on 2001, not to mention the entire decade, than the fall of the World Trade Center. However, in Houston, 9/11 was the entree of what was a summer and fall of misery. I want to be very clear. I am not suggesting Houston suffered more...
X Marks the Spot
By urbanhoustonian at November 26, 2010 | 3:00 PM | 0 Comment
I wrote this series of posts last year. I realized, shortly thereafter, that I had written them one full early. You see, the first decade of this still new century ends THIS year. That said, as I continue to update Urban Houstonian, I am going to repost this look at Space City's first decade of the 21st century. The end of another decade is upon us. The inevitable more...
