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Would Houston Exist Without Air Conditioning?
Posted on · We learn the role air conditioning played in making Houston the massive, sprawling city it is today -- for better or worse.
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Operation Photo Rescue Offers Free Image Restoration For Harvey Victims
Posted on · The free service is accepting appointments to submit photographs -- that were damaged by recent flooding -- to be restored. Appointments are required for the event, Dec. 9-10.
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Houston’s First-Ever City Song Took Some Liberties with History
Posted on · Did you know that Houston had its own official city song back in the early 20th century? Nope? Well, neither did the folks at Preservation Houston — that is until they received a donation of the first-ever Houston flag and started digging around for information on it. It seems the flag — and the song […]
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What Will Houston Be Like in 30 Years?
Posted on · MORE: Your Predictions for the Houston of 2045 30 years ago this past weekend, Back to the Future opened in theaters here in Houston and across the country. The film, and its subsequent sequels, tells the tale of Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveling back and forth through time in a tricked-out DeLorean. First, Marty […]
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Houston’s Greatest Mistakes: Friday’s show (April 24, 2015)
Posted on · We all make mistakes in our lives â we take a step one way, when we probably should have gone the other. We try to learn from those missteps and not repeat them, but sometimes, well, the lessonâs never really learned. The same can be said for communities. Some decisions we made (or didn’t make) […]