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Changes Underway

Image by Christine ™ (Formerly with the red wall.)
The River Oaks Theater at the end of the day. Taken while photohunting with Elaine for Assignment: Houston 4.

Houston, Texas is a very busy large city (4th largest in the United States), so renovation is always in progress in one way or another around here. Whether it is the changing of the movie title on a sign or building a new freeway through some part of the city, you can always find something changing.

Unfortunately, sometimes we lose our past and what is most important to us in the changes. The River Oaks Theater shown here was built in 1939 as part of the landmark River Oaks Shopping Center, one of the oldest shopping centers in the United States. This building, along with the Alabama Theater in Houston, "are examples of late-1930s Art Deco design and are among a handful of viable retail buildings of their age and style in the city."

Weingarten Realty Investors, which owns the shopping center, has reportedly notified tenants that it plans to demolish the River Oaks Theater to make way for a bookstore and high-rise residential buildings.

Normally witnessing renovation in progress is a wonderful thing. However, there is quite a battle going on in Houston now, as the citizens hope to Save the River Oaks Theater. You can read more about it here.

Help save this Houston landmark.

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