[UTSOA] center for sustainable development : Fifth Street Neighborhood Plan & Market Study I am pretty excited to see this get off the ground. Most people will know this area as Stafford, but it s really its own neighborhood. This all began with my earlier work on the area’s history and the cemetery. My academic…
Jenkins, Laney,Davis Families – The Ranch I found a whole branch of my family tree. My 2nd great grand mother was Emma Davis Brown Paulhill. See Emma holding me in the picture below. She was 97 I think. I was probably eating a tea cake or piece of jelly cake my great grandma Hester made.…
“Ah yes. I have seen this. This kind of “innocent” or “casual” racism crops up a lot in Latin American societies, including Mexico.” Before I left the Ship on the Desert at the Guadalupe Mountains last weekend, I met a wonderful surprise bunk mate. Jenna Camp is an amazing artist and preserver of Mexican music.…
So I had the delightful privilege of riding back from the Guadalupe Mountains with my friend Greg. Besides serving as the National Register Coordinator for the Texas Historical Commission, Greg has a passion for road side art, African American “Green Guides” sites, and just all kinds of cool stuff. The NPS park was celebrating the…
Here’s a great little piece by John Tennison, M.D. on boogie woogie music history, railroads, highways, and Stafford Texas’ barrel house piano great, Robert Shaw. It provides a wonderful explanation for why there should be a historical designation for the corridor. I’ve added a few historical links for those not familiar with the route and…
Black Bodies, Difficult Memories: An Exploration of African American Human and Spatial Agency in Fort Bend County, Texas (Andrea Roberts) – Academia.edu ABSTRACT “This paper considers the challenge that racial and social constructs bring to the spatial agency of African Americans in suburban planning contexts. The paper uses two sites in Fort Bend County, Texas,…
Preservation Documentary wins award
Taryn Simon: The stories behind the bloodlines #TED : http://on.ted.com/l0Z
This Week in Texas Music History: Robert Shaw