Results tagged “inseptember”

Looking for a little green space to stretch out those overworked holiday shopping legs? Check out Mosaic on Hermann Park's one acre, 7th floor amenity deck, as they host Hermann Park Conservatory's Urban Green for a Holiday Al Fresco event. Tonight's party will feature cocktails and canapes poolside, and all proceeds will benefit the Hermann Park Conservatory. Tickets at $30 and can be purchased at the door. We were bummed to learn this week that... more ›

The latest in urban plight: copper theft. HPD Captain Caesar Moore, who oversees the burglary and theft division, told KUHF that they see about 250 metal-related thefts a month. Oftentimes, the copper is stolen from air conditioning units at churches, and Moore explained how this typically goes down: Usually it's drug related. They'll steal an air conditioning unit, the metal out of it and they may get $40 up to $80 for the copper parts... more ›

Today, Preservation Texas named five Houston-area sites to its list of 2007's Most Endangered Places in the state: the River Oaks Shopping Center, River Oaks and Alabama theaters, the West Mansion in Clear Lake, the Capitan Theater in Pasadena and unprotected neighborhoods in Galveston. This year's list focuses on historic movie theaters, but all the sites made it for a reason — unfortunately: All of them are in imminent danger of being lost through demolition or neglect. We figured this would be a good time to introduce you to the local endangered sites you don't know about and update you on the ones you do: more ›

Now that Houston has passed the smoking ban, which goes into effect next September, the city council in Bellaire is now considering a similar ordinance. However, the issue is stirring up debate and more opposition than it did at the Houston city council. In September, Mayor Bill White approached Bellaire Mayor Cindy Siegel to champion the smoking-band, in hopes to have a smoke-free greater Houston. Councilman John Monday, who is a smoker, disapproves of the... more ›

HPD Chief Harold Hurtt confirmed yesterday that Houston's homicide rate has spiked this year — compared with 2004, it's up 24 percent so far this year and up 70 percent in the last two months. The majority of killings, Hurtt said, began as violent disturbances, mostly in and around apartment complexes. Over the weekend, Mayor Bill White blamed the increased crime rate on some renegade Katrina evacuees — sorta — but the police shied away from that in Wednesday's press conference. more ›