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Quality Hill: A Tour of Houston’s First – and Forgotten – Upscale Neighborhood
Posted on · It turns out the area around Minute Maid Park was once known as Quality Hill, and that was Houston’s first upscale neighborhood.
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Designing Costumes and Set Pieces for the Circus
Posted on · We hear from Houstonian Jim Seigler, who spent much of his career designing set pieces and costumes for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He later worked designing displays for Foley’s in Houston.
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Designing Costumes and Set Pieces for the Circus
Posted on · We hear from Houstonian Jim Seigler, who spent much of his career designing set pieces and costumes for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He later worked designing displays for Foley’s in Houston.
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Designing Costumes and Set Pieces for the Circus
Posted on · We hear from Houstonian Jim Seigler, who spent much of his career designing set pieces and costumes for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He later worked designing displays for Foley’s in Houston. An exhibit of some of his sketches, called My Life with the Circus, was featured at Houston’s Hyde Park Gallery […]
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What Businesses Do You Wish Houston Still Had? What Does it Still Need?
Posted on · Houston is a city constantly in flux, redefining itself, rethinking itself. In a community and â letâs face it â a society constantly on the move, we can sometimes lose historical and cultural experiences along the way. From Astroworldâs carousel (left) to the downtown Houston Foleyâs department store, from homes and offices to hotels, stores, […]
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Houston Matters for Wed., Oct. 16, 2013
Posted on · Houston is a city constantly in flux, redefining itself, rethinking itself. In a community and – letâs face it â a society constantly on the move, we can sometimes lose historical and cultural experiences along the way. From Astroworld’s carousel (left) to the downtown Houston Foleyâs department store, from homes and offices to hotels, stores, […]