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Look out, Pearland, here they come! It’s official: The first U.S. presidents whose busts will be installed at the planned Presidential Park and Gardens WaterLights District have been announced. Houston-based Historic Real Estate, developer of the project at Texas 288, … 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 →

Last April, several buddies and I visited David Adickes’ sculpture studio for the purpose of photographing the Giant Presidential Head statues that he has there. (Adickes is the gent who did Big Sam in Huntsville and is now working on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Having been dispatched to Pearland a couple of weeks ago, the pioneer Giant Presidential Heads that will be the first ones for their eventual Giant Presidential Heads Park have settled in to their new home. It’s, um, still a work … 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

You may recall the case of the painted mustache, in which The Virtuoso, a statue by David Adickes of Giant Presidential Heads fame was painted without his permission. Via blogHOUSTON, it appears that Adickes has taken matters into his own … Continue reading → Continue reading →

That’s Houston sculptor David Adickes, he of Giant Presidential Heads fame, standing in front of his statue The Virtuoso, which is in the parking lot of the Lyric Center downtown. He’s wearing that Groucho getup to protest the deliberate painting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Great news for my neighborhood: an old industrial area just north of I-10 will be redeveloped as commercial property. A major shopping center is being planned for a long-overlooked industrial site just west of downtown. Property Commerce, a local retail … 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 →

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 →