BHv1

In today’s Chronicle, Jonathan Smulian, who describes himself as “a practicing urban planner with more than 50 years’ international experience,” offers the latest secret to Houston-world-classness: “appreciation, preservation and promotion of 150-plus years of history.”

The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder checks in with the latest developments with regard to the city’s poorly considered floodway ordinance: The Harris County Appraisal District has increased the taxable value on thousands of properties in floodways

Following the lead of other legacy carriers in the current fuel-cost environment, Continental Airlines today announced that it would be shrinking both its workforce and (mainly) domestic flight capacity: Citing a “crisis” because of record

In a post about how Harris County commissioners don’t think they are getting their money’s worth from the GHCVB, the Chron’s Liz Peterson lets slip that she doesn’t think there’s much to see or do