The restoration work is apparently well under way at the old 1910 Harris County Court House. The county estimated $58,300,000 for the project. According to county reports, it was a tourist destination in its day:
The fifth courthouse was constructed of pink Texas granite and brick, reaching 210 feet into the modest Houston skyline. In 1910, this was almost 100 feet above the highest point of any other Houston building. The stairwell and rotunda was lined with “the most perfectly matched marble in the United States”. Every piece was measured and fitted at the Georgia quarry and the panels
Cynthia Woods Mitchell passed away yesterday after a long battle with Alzheimers. I knew her best as a pavilion; given her passion for the arts she might not mind being remembered that way. Among her more significant accomplishments, she raised 10 children with her husband George, to whom she was married for 66 years, helped plan and build The Woodlands and rebuild downtown Galveston, and was an ardent supported of the arts and sciences and of the University of Houston, her alma mater.
Any on-going endeavor changes and adapts. When I originally hacked together a blog here in 2004, I was finishing up undergrad and working as a graphic designer. Flash forward to the present day and I’m finishing up law school and working for a children’s legal advocacy center, soon to graduate and take the bar and (God willing) enter the arena as a member of the Texas bar. It’s another time of transition and it’s time to shake things up a bit.
A confession of the obvious: I’ve been leading dual lives online – writing the blog the Blawgraphy…
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