Subject: Urban Planning

• James Howard Kunstler Finally Drags His Ass to Houston

  October 24, 2007

• Broken Promises

  Fourth Ward residents are left with a harsh reality

  October 28, 1999

• Houston's Big Experiment

  The city's first TIRZ set many precedents -- not all of them good

  December 30, 1999

• The Dispossessed

  When HISD starts deciding whose homes to take, schoolkids are the only messengers. The Moríns learned that lesson too late.

  May 11, 2000

• Lenwood Johnson's Last Stand

  December 14, 1995

• Mr. Stevens' Neighborhood

  September 26, 1996

• Midtown Jamboree

  November 28, 1996

• Letters

  March 13, 1997

• Fighting the Renaissance

  April 3, 1997

• Inner-city Shootout

  February 4, 1999

• Public and Private Doug

  February 25, 1999

• Best Event That No One Thought Would Ever Happen

  September 21, 2000

• Dubious Deal

  Special tax zones are already stimulating growth-a thriving cottage industry of attorneys, lobbyists, high paid consultants, developers and questionable financial projections

  August 5, 1999

• Landrush

  The city of Houston is being carved into special taxing districts, promising windfalls for some, financial burdens for others

  July 29, 1999