Preservation Houston

Working to preserve Houston's architectural and cultural heritage.

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A biking jaunt rolls me past Oak Farms Dairy in Houston's EaDo.

The freshness of ice-cold milk meets delicious #artdeco in this 1937 building, historically known as Lone Star Creamery Co. Vertical band panels and saw-toothed roof trim give away the genre.
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#tbt Main Street, #Houston, decked out for the holidays in 1960.

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Still shopping for the Houston history buff on your list? Pick up a set of genuine Astroturf coasters: https://t.co/TVZL8ikpM8

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#tbt The old Houston Auditorium, built in 1895 at the corner of Main and Bremond, demolished 1937.

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#tbt Shoppers on Main Street in Houston, 1943.

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Revisiting the significance of the #modernist architecture of Jones Hall to @DowntownHouston: https://t.co/2AzvgcI6vS via @LisaGray_HouTX

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@docomomo_us @Curbed “For historic buildings, it’s better to include a parking lot, than be a parking lot.” Ain’t that the truth.

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#tbt to 1970: the rendering for Houston Center, a proposed 33-block mixed-use complex in downtown Houston. (Spoiler: Not built as planned.)

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#PHreads Susan Rogers' study of the 1936 "redlining" map of Houston: https://t.co/pwi3coELLB

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Houston designer is drawing her favorite @HoustonHeights houses: https://t.co/N1RIlYavEE via @swamplot

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PH's David Bush on yesterday's #Astrodome vote: "We're really happy to see some concrete action taken": https://t.co/PMv6lq3ZXN

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Harris County Commissioners vote this morning to begin project to raise floor of #Astrodome, add parking: https://t.co/cQH6U2YLl7

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D.C.'s holdouts, writes @emilymbadger, "attest to the challenge of a city struggling to remake itself": https://t.co/1nDYpfs59b

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Ben Koush examines the preservation of two historic buildings in @DowntownHouston: https://t.co/k4N0Hh7qKQ via @archpaper

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Today’s #tbt: the Sunbeam, a gorgeous streamlined train that made daily runs between Houston and Dallas from 1925 to 1955.

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More than 500 live oaks along Yale in @HoustonHeights
protected in city's first "green corridor": https://t.co/smGfCQYU8c by @lmsixel

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Satellite view shows the unexpectedly beautiful geometry of Charles Tapley’s Tranquillity Park (1979).

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This evening’s U of H Architecture Walk has been canceled because of heavy rain in the area. Stay dry!

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#ICYMI: @alysonward tells the story of the restoration of Lars Bang house on our #GoodBrickTour this weekend: https://t.co/w6eEIOaHF9

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Restored via 1954 copy of @goodhousemag, this house is on our #GoodBrickTour this weekend: https://t.co/iztNSEKG3t