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Historic Bricks Laid By Ex-Slaves In Houston Reinstalled, At Freedmen’s Town
Posted on · “We will continue to work with the community to preserve this important historical neighborhood,” Mayor Turner said, in the statement
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City Of Houston Reinstalls Misplaced Freedmen’s Town Bricks
Posted on · A contractor had torn into the historic bricks in Houston’s oldest African American neighborhood six months ago.
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How Can Houston Better Protect the Freedmen’s Town Bricks?
Posted on · For the second time, the Freedmen’s Town bricks were ripped up by city contractors, despite explicit instructions from the city not to disturb the bricks.So why does this keeping happening? What can the neighborhood do to preserve what’s left of these bricks? What more can the city do, when Mayor Sylvester Turner has already stated […]
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Freedmen’s Town Bricks, and East End Development: Tuesday’s Show (January 24, 2017)
Posted on · For the second time, the Freedmen’s Town bricks were ripped up by city contractors, despite explicit instructions from the city not to disturb the bricks. So why does this keeping happening? What can the neighborhood do to preserve what’s left of these bricks? What more can the city do, when Mayor Sylvester Turner has already […]
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Digging up Bricks in Freedmen’s Town, and Record Homes Sales: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of The News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to our rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on: […]
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Turner Plans Historic Preservation District In Houston’s Freedmen’s Town
Posted on · The city will start work Monday on repairing a historic brick street damaged by contractors. But the mayor says this will only be the first step in a much larger effort.
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Preservationists Upset About Accidental Damaging Of Freedmen’s Town Brick Street
Posted on · Amidst mediation talks between the city and preservationists, a contractor has accidentally damaged dozens of the historic bricks.
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City: Contractor Inadvertently Moves Freedman’s Town Brick During Street Work
Posted on · A city contractor working on an ongoing drainage improvement project Monday along Genesee in the 4th Ward removed a portion of the intersection at Andrews Street beyond the authorized limits of the project, the City of Houston says.
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Houston’s Freedmen’s Town Preservation Coalition Will Ask Mayor Turner For Help
Posted on · They continue their campaign to keep the bricks that pave part of the Fourth Ward intact because of what they consider historic and cultural value.
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Judge Grants Freedmen’s Town A Temporary Injunction
Posted on · Historic bricks that line a 4th Ward neighborhood are now protected by a temporary injunction. The ruling paves the way for repairs to water and sewer lines.
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Hearing On Freedmen’s Town Bricks To Resume on Monday
Posted on · The hearing decides if a temporary restraining order should be extended or not.
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What Do Freedmen’s Town Residents Think? Should Historic Bricks Stay Or Go?
Posted on · A construction project in Freedmen's Town remains on hold after Houston and a preservation group couldn't reach an agreement.
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Mediation Fails Over Fate Of Freedmen’s Town Bricks
Posted on · A construction project in Freedmen's Town remains on hold after Houston and a preservation group couldn't reach an agreement Wednesday. The argument is over how to handle historic bricks on city streets in the 4th Ward.
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Freedmen’s Town Bricks will stay put for now
Posted on · Preservationists and the city of Houston have agreed to mediation to resolve a legal dispute over historic bricks in the city's 4th Ward. It may lead to a plan to save them when utility work resumes.
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Bricks To Stay In 4th Ward’s Historic Freedmen’s Town
Posted on · A judge kept an order preventing the City of Houston from moving the bricks.