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contents
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RevolvelEvolvc
RDA celebrates its 17th annual gala.
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R D A N e w s : H e r m a n n Park p a r t y , N e w m a n a g i n g e d i t o r f o r Cite.
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Calendar
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C i t c L i n c s : Microprcserves
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Endangered C i t y : Preservation, Piece by Piece
BARKY M O O R *
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Big-Ticket Urbanism
Can money bring life to the e.tsT end oi downtown?
J O L L W A R R K N BARNA
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Big M o n e y . B i g B u i l d i n g s .
Can human life exist in the super-sized Building district?
T O M C O L H I RT
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Spectacle C i t y
Did Super Bowl visitors love 1 lotiston, or the city I louston impersonated?
BRUCE C. WEBB
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M o v i n g O n : A n Interview W i t h M a y o r B i l l W h i t e
Houston's new mayor discusses his vision of the city.
BARRY M O O R E , W I L L I A M F. STERN, A N D LISA GRAY
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U r b a n Garden
Digging into Kcnzn Piano's Nasher Sculpture Center
W. M A R K G U N D E R S O N
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Immanent Domains
I low private acts can change the public realm.
TEBJLENCE DOODY
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T h e Surprising Beauty o f the P a r k i n g Ciarage
Some Houston garages stand as proof that the utilitarian need not he ugly.
T E X T BY W I L L I A M I". STERN; PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAUL HESTER
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ArtCiting: Trespassing: Houses x Artists
REVIEW BY ALLISON HUNTER
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C i t e R c a d i n g : A Freeway
Runs Through
R E V I E W BY C I I R I S T O I SPILI I K , P.I•'..
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