Results tagged “parkplace”

Earlier this year, we talked about the downtown real estate boom: One Park Place, the apartment tower under construction at the edge of Discovery Green; Houston Pavilions, the retail and office complex being built on Main Street; and a few skyscrapers in the planning stages. Well, the Houston Business Journal reported on one of those proposed new buildings Friday: a 47-story skyscraper being planned by Hines in the 800 block of Main Street. There... more ›

Remember the 37-story apartment tower announced last May for a block overlooking Discovery Green? KHOU reports that foundation work began this weekend, when about 800 cement trucks dumped their contents into the big hole at the corner of Austin at Lamar. And downtown observers are all atwitter: "I think that Houston will see a lot more residential development downtown. I think this is a lead project for many to come," said architect Jeffrey Ryan... more ›

There was a tragic end to the story of an apartment fire in southeast Houston yesterday afternoon: Three children left at home with no adult supervision died, apparently from smoke inhalation. The 2-year-old twin girls and a 4-year-old boy were unconscious when firefighters pulled them from the burning apartment at 8250 Park Place; the kids died later at Memorial Hermann Hospital. more ›

Timothy Randle, one of five people charged in connection with a crime spree that left four people dead, said he is innocent today in an interview with KPRC from his jail cell During the second day of her retrial for drowning her five children, Andrea Yates sobbed this morning as she watched a police video showing her kids' bodies Harris County Republicans nominated Orlando Sanchez, a former city councilman and mayoral candidate, as their candidate... more ›

Houston has been showing up on all kinds of lists lately: it's the hardest city to navigate, the worst at picking up pet poop, the fifth most toilet-clogged city — and now, when it comes to mail carriers, we're the dog-bite capital of the country for the fifth year. The distinction is based on dog attacks reported by mail carriers across the country. In fiscal year 2005, the most recent period for which statistics are... more ›

What is it with Metro buses and danger lately? Last week there was the story about the guy who refused to get off a bus and threatened the driver, and today we have news of a man who shot another man in the head on a bus last night. It happened just before 8 p.m. on a Metro bus near the Gulf Freeway and Broadway; the gunman reportedly pulled out a handgun and shot the... more ›