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Savoy Hotel

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    March 17, 2011

    The Top Five Biggest Blights on the Houston Skyline

    Photo by Jeff BalkeSee how nice that looks with nothing in the way?​Houston gets a lot of negative publicity for things like sprawl, pollution and other problems common to urban areas short on zoning and long on business interests. Notable, however, is the downtown skyline, which, for all the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    The Corpse Reviver #2

    ​The Savoy Cocktail Book is one of a handful of antiquated tomes that continue to push the classic cocktail movement forward. Seventy years it was first published, Harry Craddock's bible of drinks, which he and his staff crafted at the American Bar in London's Savoy Hotel, is a staple on any s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    If Dallas Can Sponsor Their Landmark Implosions, So Can We

    Hair Balls was excited to learn that Kraft Foods (specifically Kraft Macaroni & Cheese) is a frontrunner in the race to sponsor the implosion of Texas Stadium. Actually, we were first awestruck to learn about it, because we didn't think you could sponsor the destruction of buildings unless you l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Adieu To (Part Of) The Savoy

    Hearts started racing with the announcement that downtown's vacant Savoy Hotel had to be demolished immediately because it was a danger. Hearts especially raced across the street at the Houston House apartments, where residents pondered being a neighbor to the implosion of an asbestos-filled buildin ... More >>

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    This Blows!

    Houston has a national rep for taking down buildings. So why are these eyesores still standing?

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