Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Metro's December board meetings

December 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s that time: Metro’s monthly board meetings. You can peruse the agendas by clicking on each board meeting listing. So…does anything catch your eye?

Gonzo journalism at the Chronicle?

December 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle Wrap Ups are brought to you by Banjo Jones: In pursuit of clean air, city cites self: Mayor Bill White has called on local industry to beef up pollution monitoring and reduce accidental

Post-Katrina apartment boom may be over

December 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Nancy Sarnoff writes that landlords may be seeing the end of the Katrina apartment-renting frenzy: The influx of renters that filled thousands of empty Houston apartments after Hurricane Katrina might not be the boon landlords

Nothing says world-class like parking garages and eau de urine

December 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s Rad Sallee’s take on last Friday’s downtown party to mark the end of street construction. He included comments from some unimpressed local business owners: A block away at Main and Walker, Mahmoud Harmouche says

The chasm

December 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Contrast today’s Chronicle editorial on the complexities of illegal immigrants with today’s Chronicle news story on how Texans feel about local law enforcement and immigration law. That contrast further explains this.

Did Main Street Square get powerwashed before the party?

December 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

By the way, here’s Metro’s press release on yesterday’s party celebrating the end of downtown’s impassable streets: To celebrate the occasion and thank area business owners, METRO, the City of Houston and the Downtown District

Richmond Avenue business owners protest future rail line

December 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

I meant to do a post last week pointing out that Metro’s Solutions Meetings announcement page has been empty for a while now. No meetings must mean that Houston is feeling all warm and fuzzy

Metro hires Chronicle editor

December 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

A Chronicle assistant editor has moved to Metro to become its Media Relations director: Staff Announcement Dec. 6, 2005 Please note the following new members of METRO’s External Affairs team: Raequel Roberts Media Relations Director

Conroe begins process of annexing part of The Woodlands

December 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Nevermind Houston trying to annex The Woodlands, Conroe is already making moves in that direction: City officials took preliminary steps Thursday to extend the city’s boundaries into The Woodlands, despite outcries from several residents who

Grand Parkway musings (updated)

December 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Over at the Houston Architecture Forum, pineda has posted an interesting hypothetical question: Say that you were told that a major road would be going within 500′ of your local high school, with the intermediate