Mar 25
I can’t begin to imagine the terror of this man trapped on a top floor terrace of a building on a 5 alarm fire. Thankfully, Houston’s firefighters were able to rescue him on time.
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Feb 25
Imagine a football stadium that was so technologically game-changing that it became the model for all future sporting venues ever built. Until it was suddenly abandoned 15 years ago. As part of our series Preservation Battle, we look at significant buildings on the brink of demise—where you’ve been able to find Houston’s Astrodome for quite some time.
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Jan 31
The Houston Astrodome was added to the National Register of Historic Places today, seemingly granting it a modicum of attention and protection against its imminent demolition. But not so fast—the fate of the world’s first domed stadium
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Jan 20
Martin Luther King’s 1956 tips for riding integrated buses, examining how design has helped an Alaba
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Martin Luther King’s 1956 tips for riding integrated buses, examining how design has helped an Alabama county, building instant cities in Accra and instant skyscrapers in Mumbai, and how two New York architects are tearing down the work of their former friends. It’s all this week in our favorite Urban Reads.
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Nov 27
An emergency clean-up crew was dispatched to a full-size replica of the Space Shuttle Independence i
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An emergency clean-up crew was dispatched to a full-size replica of the Space Shuttle Independence in Houston earlier this morning after some miscreants covered it in graffiti. "Houston We ARE the Problem" is almost a political statement, sure—but vandalizing a national treasure with racial slurs? That’s a serious problem. [KHOU]
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Sep 13
When the Houston Astrodome opened in 1965, it was hailed as technological marvel, the first enclosed, air-conditioned stadium ever—and the "eighth wonder of the world," according to some Texans. By 1995, it was so dilapidated that players refused to use it. Today, it’s an abandoned shell with a different nickname: “the lonely landmark.” And no one knows quite what to do with it.
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Sep 05
Airports? Please. Those are soooo 20th century. The new millennium is all about spaceports, and if they look half as cool as these concept renderings for a possible Houston Spaceport, then we’ll be traveling to the stars in style.
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Aug 16
Someone might want to check on Jerry Jones because the Houston Texans are about to take a title the Cowboys have held since 2009. This Sunday, the Texans will unveil the biggest jumbotron in the NFL.
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Aug 16
Everyone at the August 17th NFL preseason game in Houston’s Reliant Stadium will be treated to humongous images of sweaty athletes, thanks to the venue’s monstrous scoreboard. According to Reliant’s officials, the new HD monitor isn’t just any enormous display, but the widest one in professional sports. We’re talking about several connected boards measuring 277.17 x 52.49 feet as a whole, with each display covering 14,549 square feet and boasting a 5.28 million pixel resolution. That’s more than 100 feet wider than Dallas Cowboy’s LED setup, enough for Reliant to usurp its throne as the widest screen in football, and largest in Texas. Due to the scoreboard’s gigantesque real estate, it can show not only side-by-side live feeds and replays, but also statistics and advertisements during a game. Unfortunately for the folks at Houston, the stadium can only hold the record for a year. Jacksonville’s Everbank Field will debut an even longer 301 x 55 feet scoreboard in 2014, and Charlotte Motor Speedway still holds the overall sports record with its 200 x 80 foot screen.
[Image credit: Houston Texans, Twitter]
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Source: Houston Chronicle
Aug 08
Aereo continues expansion, plans service rollout in Miami, Houston and Dallas-Ft. Worth
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For a company’s that’s mired in legal red tape, Aereo’s nationwide expansion isn’t showing any signs of slowing. The streaming service, which uses an antenna / DVR system to deliver local broadcast stations, will soon launch in three additional major cities — Houston and Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX; Miami, FL — in a rollout scheduled to complete by the end of September. Interested parties can head to Aereo’s site now to get a leg up on pre-registration for the service, with rates starting at $8/mo for 20 hours of DVR storage. Take note, the first month’s gratis, but after that it’s the same old subscription ball-and-chain just like any other. And, hey, at least this is one way to guarantee Moonves’ content kingdom and his trusty Chenbot still have a home on your flatscreen or iPad or, you know, device.
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