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Abandoned House In Sharpstown Reimagined As Art Exhibit

Amy Bishop

Posted on October 29, 2015 · An art installation in Houston's Sharpstown neighborhood is getting attention from the community. An artist has turned an abandoned home into a time capsule.

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Posted on April 16, 2020 · On Thursday's Houston Matters: What life might look like after we flatten the COVID-19 curve, how the pandemic is affecting teachers, a homeowners association controversy in Sharpstown, and a paramedic helping with the pandemic.

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Posted on January 23, 2017 · Artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck transformed a destroyed home into an outdoor art installation.

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Posted on January 13, 2016 · Some of Houston’s neighborhoods have, for lack of a better phrase, “morphed” over the decades. Montrose once had a much larger African-American community, then it became known as Houston’s gay neighborhood, then a more gentrified area. Sharpstown, Meyerland, The Heights — they’ve all undergone transformative change from one generation to the next. We explore what’s […]

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