Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2289: The Tower Building
Posted on · Episode: 2289 The rise and demolition of New York’s first skyscraper. Today, the skyscraper arrives.
Tag: preservation
Houston Matters
The Ideal Qualities For HISD’s Next Superintendent (March 25, 2021)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: The ideal qualities HISD's next superintendent should possess, and with the closing of the River Oaks Theatre how can Houston better preserve its treasured cultural institutions?
Houston Matters
Turns Out Houston Doesn’t Necessarily Bulldoze All Of Its Historic Buildings
Posted on · In his book, A History Lover's Guide to Houston, historian Tristan Smith highlights some of the structures we have preserved.
Local
Future Environmental Education Center In Kemah Aims To Teach Visitors About Galveston Bay
Posted on · The Galveston Bay Foundation's new site will include an exhibit space for visitors, inside and outside classrooms, and laboratories for water quality sampling.
inDepth
Another One Bites The Dust: A Closer Look At The Shelor Building Demolition
Posted on · Chevron's decision to demolish the Shelor Motor Company Building, built in 1928, was met with resistance. But what place does preservation have in Houston?
Arts & Culture
Rare Books from The Houston Public Library Are Going on Limited Display
Posted on · In a hidden-away room, the library has amassed a large collection of historic documents from Texas and around the world
News
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.
News
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.
Arts InSight
Video: Molding Life’s Journeys
Posted on · Houston artist, Cristina Carfora, confronts the effects of modern technology on remote cultures, through her travel-inspired art.
Houston Matters
Archivists of the Houston Area — Preserving Important Family Documents and Photos
Posted on · If your important documents or family photos were damaged in the recent flooding, Vince Lee of AHA! — Archivists of the Houston Area — tells you what you can do to try and preserve them.
Houston Matters
Archivists of the Houston Area — Preserving Important Family Documents and Photos
Posted on · If your important documents or family photos were damaged in the recent flooding, Vince Lee of AHA! — Archivists of the Houston Area — tells you what you can do to try and preserve them.
Houston Matters
Summer Reading: A Dictionary of All Things Houston
Posted on · Throughout the summer months, Houston Matters is dedicating time each week to books about Greater Houston, set in Greater Houston or written or edited by Houstonians. Our summer reading series continues today with James Glassman, a fifth-generation Houstonian, founder of the preservation group Houstorian, and author of The Houstorian Dictionary: An Insider's Index to Houston. […]
Houston Matters
Archivists of the Houston Area — Preserving Important Family Documents and Photos
Posted on · If your important documents or family photos were damaged in the recent flooding, Vince Lee of AHA! — Archivists of the Houston Area — tells you what you can do to try and preserve them.
Houston Matters
What Are Some of Houston’s Greatest Mistakes?
Posted on · We all make mistakes in our lives – 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 lesson's never really learned. The same can be said for communities. Some decisions we made (or didn’t make) […]
Full Show
Rainy Day Funds for Roads, and Bayou Restoration: Houston Matters for Wednesday, Oct.8, 2014
Posted on · Much of the focus of next month’s election has been, naturally, on candidates for major offices in Houston and across Texas, including a local race for District Attorney, and statewide elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. There’s also a proposition to voters on the ballot. HJR 1, if approved, would allocate half of the general […]