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These Are Houston's Most Pedestrian-Friendly Places

Houston's Walkable Places Committee names their favorite places in the Bayou City to take a stroll.

These are the many things considered in designing a park for Houston and how you can have a say

Houston's goal is to have a park within a half mile or 10-minute walk for residents and once the land is acquired, the designing process begins.

How Houston's Denver Harbor Used A Land-Use Tool To Curb Gentrification

Without citywide zoning, Houston communities must know their way around available land-use tools to shape their fates.

Excerpt: Many Cities Have Transit. How Many Have Good Transit?

Read from renowned transit expert Christof Spieler's new book, "Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit."

Evictions Before and After Harvey

While some areas saw marked increases, others experienced high numbers of eviction case filings before and after the storm.

People With Disabilities Are Pushing for More Inclusive Rescue and Recovery Programs In Harvey's Wake

Much of the attention around the storm’s anniversary will focus on megaprojects, but, efforts to create equitable human recovery, especially for the most vulnerable, cannot be lost in the shuffle.

Buyouts Bring Promise and Challenges to Flood-Affected Homeowners

For some, buyouts are a lifeline, but for others, they represent a loss of community and limited options to move on.

In Houston, the Promise and the Challenge of Urban Farming

On less than one acre of land, a Second Ward farm has flourished but it faces an uncertain future.

This Is What Resiliency Planning Looks Like

OffCite | The Resilient by Design challenge offers lessons for resiliency planning that can address environmental crises as well as challenges in socioeconomic and racial inequity.

Blue Needle In A Red Haystack: Why One Texas Woman Is Taking on the Odds This November

Amid a wave of women candidates, Lisa Seger of Blue Heron Farm makes a run for it.

In Houston, What Can Urbanists Learn from Food?

After Anthony Bourdain's death, writers reflected on his legacy, including how he shined a light on often marginalized people through food. Beyond celebrating it, though, urbanists should dig deeper into the stories food and culture can tell.

In Houston, A Radical Approach to Affordable Housing

With the city set to launch its own land trust and several neighborhoods eager to start their own, the community land trust presents opportunities and challenges.

Welcome to Acres Homes. Acres Home. Acreage Homes?

A community in transition contemplates its future and its name.

In East Houston, Rebuilding and Waiting After Harvey

One of the hardest hit neighborhoods is also helping itself recover months after the storm.

The World Series of Sun Belt Cities

I’ve lived in both cities. I’ve devoted most of my professional career to understanding the two of them. And I'm conflicted about who to root for in the World Series.