Washington Avenue runs approximately three miles, a relatively small stretch of road in comparison to the hulking concrete freeways and endless ribbons of asphalt that flow through Houston. But those three miles, stretching parallel along I-10 and dead-ending into downtown, are potent ones. Washington Avenue is a microcosm of Houston's history and future, succinctly merging the two in ways that no other area of town does as successfully. But at its current rate of......

Do you enjoy this majestic, sweeping vista? It could be yours! Read on... City Centre, on the site of the old Town & Country Mall off I-10 and Beltway 8, is one of many mixed-use developments cropping up around Houston that are trying to take advantage of the new trend towards satellite "city centers" (spelled the American English way here, since we do -- after all -- reside in America) or "town squares" outside......