Chron neighborhood section looks at Hillcroft "microcosm"
The Chronicle's Tara Dooley has an interesting article on the Hillcroft area of southwest Houston. Local bicyclist Bob Stein even makes an appearance:
Hillcroft Avenue is pure Houston, created with dedication to the automobile and an aversion to zoning.
A string of strip centers broken by blocks of single-family homes, it connects cacophonous enterprises: the tires of an auto repair shop stacked near a florist's roses; a women in hijab at Jerusalem Halal Meat Market two parking lots away from the "adult novelties" at Bizarre Bazaar; manicured lawns and Dumpster-decorated parking lots.
It provides spiritual sanctuary under steeples and in tucked-away storefront temples and mosques. Just as it offers nighttime revelers refuge under twirling lights and Norteņo music.
It's an avenue where a staple of life and culture is found under different headings: bagels, pita, naan, pan, bread.
"Hillcroft is disorganized but not necessarily unorganized development," said Bob Stein, dean of Rice University's school of social sciences. "It is what Houston is all about.
"When you go from one end of Hillcroft to the other end, you cross every ethnic and racial group in our city. As a result, I want to say it is a microcosm."
The full story is available here. It is an interesting read.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 07/16/06 03:56 PM | Houston Life | Print | Comments (0)
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