Cite 70

Spring 2007

Cite 70
Old Southern Pacific Yards Houston
70
Guest Editor(s):
Rafael Longoria and Rives T. Taylor

Inside

Cover

Table Of Contents

RDA News

RDA Calendar

Citelines: Mandell Park’s Local Competition

Endangered City: No Longer BEST

Featured Articles

Abandoned In Place
Southern Pacific’s rail yards are a ghost of Houston’s industrial past.
Photos by Clay Harmon, Martha Thomas, and Archie Pizzini, with text by Bruce C. Webb

Framework House
A prefabricated system, in three acts.
By Rafael Longoria

Small Houses for a Big City
Searching Houston for examples of “frugal beauty.”
By Michelangelo Sabatino

Porches of Galveston-Houston
Post-Texas independence, Greek Revival was the porch of choice.
By Joseph Manca

CiteReading: The Perfect $ 100,000 House | Temporary Urban Spaces | Historic Texas Courthouses
Reviews by Lisa Pope Westerman, Reynold Scott Magnuson, and Daniel G. Carey

ArtCiting: Rip Curl Canyon
Review by Andrew Vrana

HindCite: Home Sweet Home
By Rives T. Taylor