Local Retreats

Luxury Hotels Are Popping Up in Trendy Houston Neighborhoods

Move over, downtown and the Galleria. Accommodations are coming to cooler areas of the city.

03/15/2024 By Uvie Bikomo

Preserving History

A New Exhibit Examines the Memories of Freedmen’s Town Through Art

A dozen artists explore the history of the Fourth Ward neighborhood in This Way at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

01/08/2024 By Uvie Bikomo

Food for the Soul

10 of Houston's Best Soul Food Restaurants

From smothered pork chops to okra to meatloaf, these Houston-area restaurants are serving up the city's best soul food.

10/17/2022 By Shelby Stewart

Gentrification

Gentrification Spreads Through Houston's Oldest Communities

Gentrification has become a vicious and unruly force that’s reshaping Houston’s social fabric.

06/22/2022 By Amarie Gipson

Happy birthday, Rothko

5 Things to Do in Houston This Weekend, Feb 26–28

Take a ride through Freedmen’s Town, and check out MFAH’s well-timed light exhibition.

02/26/2021 By Brittany Cristiano

take me out

Comfort Food Takeout Guide: Midtown/Fourth Ward

Biscuits and gravy, sandwiches, classic creole, and sumptuous ramen.

10/15/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

American Aaron

The Anticipated Bludorn Restaurant Is Here

A chef who starred on Netflix's Final Table and worked under Daniel Boulud is opening his Fourth Ward restaurant next week.

08/13/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Download It

Emancipation Park Has a New Guided Audio Tour

Get hip to the park's history in honor of Juneteenth.

06/16/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

He'll Pass, Thank You

Food News: Acclaimed Café Boulud Chef Finds a Place to Cook

Plus, a wealth of new projects and openings to know about.

01/09/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

A Warm Hug

Cozy Up to New Dinner Service at Café Poêtes

The Fourth Ward French eatery is eager to show off.

11/05/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Visual Art

Motherward, 1985 Is a Requiem to Freedmen's Town

At the Houston Center for Photography, one man's photo crusade to preserve a vanishing neighborhood.

05/24/2019 By Chris Gray

Architecture

With 'Shotgun Chameleon,' a Houston Architect Designs for the Future

This Fourth Ward home is built to evolve.

12/11/2017 By Abby Ledoux

Slice of Life

30 Years Later, Photographs of Houston's Fourth Ward Are a Window Through Time

The historic African American neighborhood has been heavily gentrified, making these 1987 images artifacts of a different era.

11/07/2017 By Roxanna Asgarian

This Place Matters

First of Dislodged Freedmen's Town Historic Bricks Replaced

After an overzealous construction team damaged the priceless historical artifacts, Mayor Turner made good on his promise to set it right.

05/01/2017 By Roxanna Asgarian

Super Bowl LI

Houston Bcycle Offering Free One-Hour Rides for Week of Super Bowl LI

Visitors can enjoy 10 days of free rides, thanks to BBVA Compass.

01/26/2017 By Marianella Orlando

Dream Homes

The Shotgun Shack Is Back

The shotgun cottage is no longer shunned.

12/31/2013 By Michael Hardy