Information and press about the project:

August 2009

•  City OKs Ashby high-rise, but start date for project unclear, Houston Chronicle, August 21, 2009
• Controversial high rise project gets green light from city, KHOU, August 21, 2009 (with video)

July 2009

• The tenth time is not the charm, Off the Kuff, July 22, 2009
• Ashby gets delayed 10th rejection, River Oaks Examiner, July 21, 2009

July 2008

• Ashby high-rise battle at standstill, (link not currently available) Houston Chronicle, July 28, 2008

June 2008

•  Limits on living large, Houston Chronicle, June 1, 2008

April 2008

• New development process needed? Houston Chronicle, 4/10/08

March 2008

• Latest high-rise proposal denied, (link not currently available) Houston Chronicle, 3/28/08
• Ashby high-rise set to go forward as planned, (link not currently available) Houston Chronicle, 3/18/08

February 2008

• High-rise would fail new city standards, Houston Chronicle, 2/27/08
• High-rise project fight hits a snag, abc13.com, 2/27/08 (with video)
• Ashby high-rise developers remain hopeful for deal with neighbors, (link not currently available) Houston Chronicle, 2/14/2007
• Houston seeks delay in rules for high-rises, (link not currently available) Houston Chronicle, 2/13/2007

January 2008

• Residents fight high rise project, abc13.com, 1/31/08
• Residents Worry High-Rise Could Ruin Neighborhood, Click2Houston.com, 1/31/08 (with video)
• Homeowners want to stop construction of high-rise in southwest Houston, khou.com, 1/30/08
• City building ordinance draws complaints, abc13.com, 1/23/08 (with video)

December 2007

• Chipping away at builders’ access, (link not currently available) Houston Chronicle, 12/10/2007

November 2007

• Ashby High-Rise Halted, KUHF.org (with audio), 11/07/2007
• Council delays ordinance affecting Bissonnet high-rise, (link not currently available) Houston Chronicle, 11/07/2007

October 2007

• Neighborhoods fight Ashby High Rise project, abc13.com, 10/29/07 (with video)
• Proposed ordinance aims to cut Bissonnet high-rise down to size, (link not currently available) Houston Chronicle, 10/27/ 2007
• Houston’s Twilight Zone: Projects Rise in Odd Spots, Wall Street Journal, 10/17/07
• Residents’ task force exploring options to block high-rise (link not currently available), Houston Chronicle, 10/11/2007
• Development and gridlock (link not currently available), Houston Chronicle (Viewpoints, Outlook), 10/9/07
• Faulty tower - Houston needs a tool to protect its neighborhoods from inappropriate development (link not currently available), Houston Chronicle, 10/6/2007
• New high-rise construction forces Houston Hillel exodus, The Rice Thresher, 10/5/2007
• Mayor White denies favoritism in high-rise fight - Houston withdraws approval of traffic study as affluent neighbors protest development (link not currently available), Houston Chronicle, 10/4/2007
• Neighbors Protest Against High Rise Near Rice University, Houston’s CW39 News (video of rally), 10/3/07
• Residents near Museum District hit the street to protest high rise, abc13.com, Channel 13 (with video of rally), 10/3/07
• Residents fight high-rise plan, khou.com (with video)
• Rusty Hardin hired by opponents of Bissonnet high rise (link not currently available), Houston Chronicle, 10/1/07

September 2007

• 23-story high-rise would be nightmare on Bissonnet (link not currently available), Houston Chronicle, 9/30/07
• Mayor adds voice to those fighting high-rise near Rice (link not currently available), Houston Chronicle, 9/27/07
• Mayor White weighs in on high rise battle near museum district, (with video)Channel 13, 9/26/07
• Southampton group up in arms over high-rise, Houston Chronicle, 9/22/07
• Opponents of high-rise project let off steam (link not currently available), Houston Chronicle, 9/21/07
• Southampton Residents Not Happy with High Rise Plans (video of the emergency meeting on 9/20) (link not currently available), Fox 26 News, 9/21/07
• High rise plan not picture perfect with Museum District residents, KTRK Channel 13 - (with video available)

Blogs and discussion forums:

• Clutterbuck returns $$$ to Ashby Developer, abc13.com Political Blog
• RUSTY HARDIN TO TAKE ON ASHBY HIGH RISE! - Isiah Carey’s ‘INSITE’
• There goes the neighborhood - Humanist Infidel
• Friends in High Places - abc13.com Political Blog
• High anxiety over a planned high-rise at Bissonnet and Ashby - Inside Central Houston (Houston Chronicle Blog)
• 1717 Bissonnet - houstonarchitecture.info
• We want development…but not that much! - abc13.com Political Blog
• Swamplot