June 6, 2024
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 | Yasmeen Khalifa, Audience Engagement Producer |
Best of the Bayou
Today we're talking about how The Woodlands inspired master-planned communities worldwide...
If you read one thing: The Woodlands is one of the most famous master-planned communities in the U.S. It drew inspiration from Reston, Va.; Columbia, Md.; and Irvine, Calif., and continues to inspire other communities around the world.
How is The Woodlands similar to other famous master-planned communities?
Columbia was among the first large-scale communities to champion United States' postwar "new towns" movement, according to Emily Corcoran in "The Making of Reston and Columbia."
Many design elements — from curvilinear streets in The Woodlands to villages in Peachtree City, Georgia and lakeside mixed-use developments in China — bear at least some similarities to four of the largest master-planned communities of the 1960s and 1970s, including Columbia, The Woodlands, Reston and Irvine.
"When I first came to The Woodlands for business, I thought, 'This looks just like (Columbia),'" said Scott Nudelman, who has partnered with Howard Hughes to continue developing the Research Forest technology district in The Woodlands. "I was born and raised in Columbia until I left for college... To be able to come in and now have a significant business investment in a 'sister city' is pretty wild."
Read Claire Partain's full story here.
Stay in the Loop
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📰 Need to Know
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💼 Business
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🚗 Outside the Loop
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Point of View
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Houston vs. All Y'all
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Get Out
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Texas City is giving the public an opportunity to experience living history this Saturday when it opens the doors of the Bell House, a small structure with big historical meaning in the city's first Black communities.
I'm definitely interested in taking a tour.
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