Results tagged “capecod”

Sure, there's a lot to be said for stunning contemporary architecture, but there's also something nice about the kind of house Houstonist used to draw when we were a kid. And we can easily imagine ourselves having drawn this Cape Cod-style house near McDuffie and Peden, just behind the River Oaks Shopping Center. The house was built in the mid-1930s and a lot of the charm you'd expect from that era: big windows, arched... more ›

A dedication ceremony in Galveston yesterday marked the beginning of work on the country's first offshore wind energy farm, which will include 50 windmills generating electric power when it's finished. A similar project has been proposed off the coast of Cape Cod, but it's been subject to legal wrangling. Thanks to Texas history, though, that hasn't been a problem here. The reason dates back to 1836, when Texas won its independence from Mexico. When Gen.... more ›