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The Chronicle had an interesting story Sunday on an ongoing project downtown: the restoration of the old Harris County Courthouse, an impressive building that opened in 1910 and has been remodeled, subdivided and otherwise defaced in the decades since then. The restoration began last year, after the county civil courts moved to a new building on Caroline Street, and it's expected to be complete by Nov. 15, 2010 — 100 years to the day after the building opened. more ›

Problems are still being worked out at the newly renovated Juvenile Justice Center downtown — including a broken pipe that meant the scent of raw sewage frequently wafted through the building. And you thought it was the giving off that smell! more ›