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Comment of the Day: Navigation Blvd.’s Food- and Drink-Filled Future
“Navigation seems to be becoming the East End’s version of the Washington chug-and-chow strip. Good spot for that as it’s close to the bayou and the hike and bike scene being developed and has lots of...
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Where Houston’s First Virtual Reality Bar Will Exist in Meatspace
The new bar planned for the 20,878-sq.-ft. warehouse at 3229 Navigation Blvd. in Houston’s East End that earlier this decade was home to Fred’s Trailer Truck Supply will be called Straylight Run and...
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Comment of the Day: What’s Flowing Toward Houston’s East End
“The entire East End except for a handful of homes near the bayou in Idylwood drains well and doesn’t flood. Allison, Ike, Harvey . . . nada. The steady drip drip of people moving over here might...
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Housing Authority Ready To Demolish More Than a Third of Clayton Homes After...
112 of the 296 apartments at Clayton Homes have been deemed “uninhabitable” by its owner, the Houston Housing Authority, which is now seeking to demolish them. The affordable-housing complex tucked...
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‘The Rebirth of Our Nationality’ Now Rebirthing on Canal St.
Leo Tanguma‘s 240-ft.-long, 70-character 1973 mural slowly peeling from the southern facade of the former Continental Can Company warehouse in the East End (pictured above in 2013) was whitewashed...
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‘Rebirth’ Mural Redo Now Reaching Final Stretch on Block-Long Stretch of...
Aerosol artist Enrique Figueroa Jr. — also known as Gonzo247 — is about 3 months into his work on a new version of the Rebirth of Our Nationality mural that once faced Canal St. between Norwood and...
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The RePurpose Depot’s Repurposed East End Warehouse
The middle structure in the row of 3 warehouses on McFarland St. just north of Navigation is seeing some new action since former NASA flight controller Caroline Kostak turned it into RePurpose Depot,...
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Raw Pink N. York Corner Now Blackened, Branded as Victorian’s Barbecue’s New...
Victorian’s Barbecue has now made its mark at 19 N. York St., including a bovine play on that lovable Austin mural; it’s featured on the East End building’s McAshan-St.-side. The former food truck...
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Symbolic Brewing Chaser Now Planned Across the Street from Farmer Brothers...
One keenly observant HAIFer who’s been watching for signs of change at 5521 Navigation Blvd. has now pieced together what’s happening there: it’s planned to house a new beer venue dubbed Symbolic...
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Comment of the Day Runner-Up: East End Power Grid Couldn’t Handle the Heat
“There was a blackout in my area, East End of Downtown, that night (July 23, 2018). We were without power for nearly 2 hours. Per a neighbor, CenterPoint relayed that over 900 homes were without...
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Where Lovett Plans To Stick 120 More Townhomes in Place of 3 Houses, 3...
A Swamplot reader notes that 7 variances signs recently cropped up all at once on 5 adjacent blocks in the Second Ward. Each one indicates a request for the same thing: to chop up the properties into...
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Sand Dollar Thrift Nears Houston Extinction
A sign spotted up on the chain’s East End location (pictured at top) by a thrifty Redditor informs customers that the last 2 Sand Dollar stores will be closing at the end of this month, bringing an...
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