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Swamplot Street Sleuths: Electric Horse Mystery Tour
Got a question about something going on in your neighborhood you’d like Swamplot to answer? Sorry, we can’t help you. But if you ask real nice and include a photo or 2 with your request, maybe the...
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Back After a Break: William Jenkins Mod in Willowbend
After a fall cleaning and October vacation, this 3-bedroom, 2-bath home in Willowbend jumped back into the market over the weekend. The price is still $259,900, but that’s down $15K (in 2 jumps) from...
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A Prairie Style Psychiatric Clinic on the South Post Oak Prairie
The brand-new home of the Menninger Clinic — tucked behind the Fiesta on South Main south of the Loop, just east of South Post Oak Rd. — has only 15 more beds than the facility it’s been leasing from...
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The Latest Tree-Clearing Scheduled for Willow Waterhole
That vague line of pink barely visible low in the forested area just beyond the backyard of this house on Warm Springs Dr. in Post Oak Manor marks a few of the hundreds of trees the Harris County...
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Fresher, Cleaner, Greener: Down by the Waterhole, a Willowbend Redo
Pansies in the planter and fresh paint inside and out help perk up a 1955 Willowbend Ranch-with-carport that’s been overhauled since its purchase in June 2013 for $205,000. The refreshed version —...
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Hunting for Humbler Houston Homes for the Apollo Astronauts, More Than 50...
The homes depicted in the teevee version of The Astronaut Wives Club may turn out to be a bit more landlocked than the actual Space Age family spreads they’re modeled after. Location scouts for the...
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Extremely Well Hidden Bar Off Willowbend Blvd. Now Impossible To Find
Carolyn’s, the dive bar at the corner of Craighead and Willowbend Blvd. across the train tracks from the Willowbend subdivision closed sometime around the end of last month, a reader notes. Back in...
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Willowbend Strip Center Soil Ready for Planting of New Townhome Farm
The 1959 strip center that once hid the top-secret bar known as Carolyn’s — as well as the Fruit of the Spirit Community Church — is all gone now. Demolition crews tore down the 18,600-sq.-ft. center...
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St. Nicholas School’s Charter Campus Erased for New Houses on Mullins Dr.
An early morning post-deconstruction photo of the Mullins Dr. campus of the Medical Center Charter School (originally the St. Nicholas School, when the campus was private), just north of the...
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