Essays

Lot by Lot

Essays on Bellaire, Texas, written from inside the city rather than about it: how a prairie land sale became the City of Homes, what the closing of the map in 1948 did to a town, why the houses keep being rebuilt and what the drainage work is for. Read them in order or start anywhere; the first is "Why they call it the City of Homes". Read them in order or start anywhere; the first is "Why they call it the City of Homes".

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    Why they call it the City of Homes

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