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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...

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Advance to Downtown

By urbanhoustonian at November 29, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment

I like to play board games, though I don't get to play nearly as much as I'd like. My favorite is Monopoly. I have been collecting game boards since 1996, and have a collection of over 20 different boards. It was around this same time when I acquired the Houston Edition. In 1996, Monopoly released a number of boards branded for cities around the country. They picked a more...

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