Buffalo Bayou’s Cistern Opens Friday But You Can Peek In Right Now via...
Friday’s tours of the 1920s underground water reservoir buried along Buffalo Bayou are already booked up, but the space will be open to the public Thursdays through Sundays from here on out. A...
View ArticleThe Places a 117-Ft.-Tall Yellow Corkscrew Tower Could Fit In Along Buffalo...
Architect Paul Kweton sends his idea for a multi-deck observation tower for Buffalo Bayou Park, adding to the list of unsolicited but interesting projects dreamed up for the public space. The plans...
View ArticleSedated Allen Pkwy. Double-Crossed by Crosswalk to New Buffalo Bayou Park...
Courtesy of a stripe-skeptical reader, here’s a partial walkthrough tour of the new parking scheme along Allen Pkwy. west of Downtown — these days looking a lot more like the flyover videos released...
View Article6 Months of Digital Rain Forecast Inside Buffalo Bayou’s Underground Cistern
The rendering up top shows the sort of scene that visitors can expect if they wander into the 1920’s leaking-water-reservoir-turned-public-art-space buried alongside Buffalo Bayou after December 10th...
View ArticleDandelion Fountain Caught Naked at Buffalo Bayou Park in Yesterday’s High Wind
Houstorian James Glassman sends in this shot of the Wortham Fountain on Allen Pwky. yesterday, with only the nucleus of the dandelion-shaped structure left standing in place amid a dry basin. The...
View ArticleWhat the Harvey Flooding Did to Buffalo Bayou Park
“Please know that Buffalo Bayou Park was designed to flood, although we did not anticipate three historic flooding events in 1-1/2 years,” Buffalo Bayou Partnership president Anne Olson remarks drily...
View ArticleA Photo Tour of the Brand New Beaches Along Buffalo Bayou
The retreat of floodwaters has revealed the extent of the silt that Harvey-triggered flooding deposited along Buffalo Bayou. A beachgoing reader sends Swamplot these pics of the new dust-colored...
View ArticleThe Great Heights–Buffalo Bayou Bike Trail Hookup Is Almost Ready
Construction is almost complete on a missing link between the bike paths lining Buffalo Bayou Park and the Heights Hike and Bike Trail, according to passer-by Christopher Andrews — who snapped the...
View ArticleHouston’s Bayou Biking Connector Is Now Complete
With the completion of the once-missing link shown above, the paths lining Buffalo Bayou are now fully connected to the Heights Hike and Bike Trail. Making use of the new route, you can now ride all...
View ArticleWhere the Banks of Buffalo Bayou Are Wearing Thin
There’s more damage to the areas along Buffalo Bayou than just the collapsed segment of trail pictured at top between the Travis and Milam street bridges. The photo above taken east of Travis shows...
View ArticleWhat’s Included in Johnny Steele Dog Park’s Flood-Induced Redo
The caretakers of that oft-flooded pet park near Buffalo Bayou now say that “After careful consideration, we are making changes to the Johnny Steele Dog Park to improve maintenance operations and the...
View ArticleComment of the Day: What Drive-By Sightseers Stand To Lose Without Memorial Dr.
“Open space in an urban context can be experienced in a positive way while in a car, and for many people who do not have time to dally, this is the only positive urban experience that they are likely...
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