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Downtown Transit Center

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Blues on the Light Rail: Ensemble Theatre to Ride & Sing

    Making waiting for the train entertaining.​Well my mama told me, my papa told me too Now my mama told me, papa told me too Well I shouldn't be here tryin' to sing these railroad blues. Metro will ignore this parental advice Wednesday when they partake in a stunt that actually sounds like it c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Early Warning: No Light Rail This Weekend

    Get on the bus​If you're planning to be all urban and hip and modern by rocking the light rail system this weekend, forget about it. You're back on the bus. Metro is closing the system starting at 8 p.m. Friday, and it won't be back up until midnight Sunday. The Texas Children's Hospital is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Fake Nigerians Scamming Hispanics In Texas City

    Photos courtesy GCSODaniel Johnson, not a Nigerian with cash-flow problems​Almost exactly five years ago, we were minding our own business at the Downtown Transit Center light rail stop one evening. A suave and well-dressed middle-aged black man came up to us and introduced himself and spun an out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Light-Rail Will Be Limited In Downtown This Weekend

    Photo by pfrench99Metro's announced they'll be doing track maintenance this weekend, so if you're planning on cruising the light rail through downtown, think again.There will be no service between the Downtown Transit Center and UH-Downtown from 5:30 am til 2 pm on both Saturday and Sunday, Metro's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Sole Of Houston: Airline Drive, Part 1

    The longest walk in the history of the Sole of Houston requires the longest piece. This being a blog and all, we have decided to break it up into three installments. Coming today, tomorrow and Thursday in this tale of 22-plus miles of concrete, mud, and fairly cold weather: The fending off a pote ... More >>

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    February 7, 2008
  • Blogs

    December 28, 2007

    Sole of Houston: This One's for Rory Miggins

    The Great Deleter takes the stand

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2007

    The Shepherd Stroll

    The Great Deleter takes the stand

  • News

    May 12, 2005

    The King and I

    The Nigerian scam gets up close and personal. Or was that really African royalty?

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