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Last week the AIA hosted their annual home tour, and tomorrow the Downtown Houston Alliance is giving folks a chance to see residences in some of Houston's most historic and moneyed buildings. The Live Downtown Home Tour is from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, November 3rd. Stops on the tour include Commerce Towers, The Beaconsfield (not the Savoy across the street!), the Four Seasons, Hogg Palace (no, not this place), and several other loft properties....

Here's a chance to own a piece of history on Heights Boulevard: a 1918 home designed by noted architect Alfred C. Finn. The home had fallen into disrepair over the years — we mean, it looked bad — but in 2002, it was restored using the original plans, and it's now absolutely beautiful. A lot of the original features are still in place inside the house, including wood trim, baseboards, windows, gas fireplaces, sets...

Today until 5:00pm is your last chance to catch works by students attending the Glassell Junior School of Art as they are presented at the annual Junior School Spring Exhibition. Works will be on view through July 31 in the Norma R. Ory Gallery at the Junior School, 5100 Montrose Boulevard. The exhibition includes more than 200 works created by students age 4 to 18. Media represented includes painting, sculpture, fashion design, and ceramics. Also...

Many is the time Houstonist has passed by Courtlandt Place and wished we had the wherewithal to live there. And we were reminded of that when we saw that one of the homes on the boulevard, the Jones-Hunt house, is up for sale. It's actually among our least favorite homes on the street. but hey, we can't afford to be that picky. The house was built in 1919 for Sarah Brashear Jones, the wife...

Houston has lost the 1929 Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (Pringle & Smith and Alfred C. Finn, architects), located on the east side of downtown at 2600 Capitol. The building was most recently occupied by Leggett's Fabrics, which relocated to Fort Bend County in 2005. The area is being redeveloped from industrial to residential, and there is a sign on the corner indicates that the new development will be called "Capitol Oaks Two," a supplement to...