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Swamplot brings the news: A reader who doesn’t sound too happy about the situation sends word that David Adickes has sold his artist-studio building at 2500 Summer St.: Artists who lease space there have been told they need to leave … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Oh, how it always gives me joy to see David Adickes in the news. You’d never mistake her for Sam Houston or Stephen F. Austin. Both of those Texas heroes – or at least their concrete likenesses, as rendered by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

When I snapped a picture of David Adickes’ latest installation, on I-10 just north of downtown, I assumed (Adickes being a Presidential-sculpture guy and all) that all four of the giant heads on display belonged to US Presidents. I see … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I finally got the chance to photograph those giant Presidential heads that you can see on I-10 eastbound just past I-45: Here’s a map to where they are, in case you want a closer look that doesn’t involve highway speed. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m still not sure what I think about this story from Friday, which proposes Seven Wonders of Houston. I guess I don’t necessarily object to any of them, though I feel like the Astrodome is a Wonder of Ancient Houston, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

To I-10 and Shepherd in the next few months. Beatles statues are now up at Sculpturworx on Summer Street near Sawyer in west Houston and they were created by a man who’s left his mark on other parts of southeast … Continue reading → Continue reading →

sniff It won’t be the same driving by on Sawyer and not seeing the Giant Presidential Heads once they’ve been moved to their new home in Pearland. “This is a natural,” [developer Richard] Browne said. “We can make this the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I occasionally drive down Houston Avenue on my way to or from downtown. Like some other historic thoroughfares in Houston, it is in need of some revitalization. Recently, I’ve started noticing some indicators that this is beginning to happen. That’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m not exactly sure why Houstonist did a post about David Adickes and his forthcoming Beatles statues on I-10, since the Wall Street Journal story on this was back in January and there’s no new links. But I’m not unhappy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I know the name of this project is the Sawyer Heights Lofts, but given its location, I’ll be thinking of them as the Target Lofts. Houston-based Martin Fein Interests Ltd. is building a 326-unit, four-story project known as Sawyer Heights … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Anybody else catch the style section cover story from yesterday called Twenty Cool Things About Houston? We asked eight trendsetters — all cool themselves — to list special things about Houston that never go out of style no matter the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

How much do I love stories about David Adickes, famed local sculptor of giant Presidential heads? Enough so that two of my friends were kind enough to forward me that link (thanks, Ellen and Erica!). Texas sculptor David Adickes looms … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Former Houstonian (and soon to be proud daddy) Rob of Get Donkey! seems to have reacquired his blogging groove, and to prove it, he’s finally gotten around to posting his photos from the David Adickes sculpture studio when he and … Continue reading → Continue reading →