Houston, we have a problem (save the River Oaks Center)!
July 28th 2006 by cybertoad in commentary, gripes
Houston needs your help!!! Another beautiful historic Houston landmark is slated for demolition by none other than Houston-based Weingarten Realty! Join me in trying to stop this travesty… this is an outrage and these developers *MUST* be stopped! Even if you aren’t from Houston but understand the need to preserve history, read on to see how you can help…
Articles:
> Original Houston Chronicle article
> Houstonist posts: #1 and #2
What can you do?
> Sign this petition (over 15,000 signatures already!!)
> Sign a 2nd petition here
> Join the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance (only $35 individual membership)
Did you know that…?
> Opened in 1939, the River Oaks is Houston’s oldest functioning movie theater.
> The River Oaks Shopping Center opened in 1937.
> The center is one of the best preserved examples of original art-deco architecture left in Houston.
> River Oaks Shopping Center is the oldest shopping center in Texas.
> It is also the second oldest shopping center in the nation (Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri is the nation’s oldest).
