This page is meant for individual updates (big stuff, at least) on individual pages or the site as a whole. It is not a catalog of when new pages appear. The site is updated once a week on Thursdays. Archives can be viewed on the right, or can be explored via tags.
8/13/24: Another round of removals: Splashtown USA, Adam's Mark, and Auchan West Belt before closing the blog to new entries.
8/9/24: Window Magic added
8/8/24: Ruth's Chris Steak House updated (Bunny's, new [Richmond Avenue] tag).
8/6/24: Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza at Park 10 added.
8/2/24 - Sherwin-Williams Paint on Northwest Freeway added. This has the [Houston] tag added which others do not, which means that there will need to be upgrades similar to Streets. 8/1/24 - Soapsuds Sawdust & Scents added
7/31/24 - H-E-B Pantry Foods #309 added
7/30/24 - Former Sonic on Mangum added
7/29/24 - Chuy's at 9350 Westheimer added, Platters removed. Streets added to back catalog back to Studio 6.
7/25/24 - 1317 Telephone updated and Leo's Coffee Shop added
7/24/24 - Added Railhead, added [commercial businesses] to Studio 6
6/17/24 - Added Studio 6 less than a week ago but updated Comfort Inn today.
4/17/24 - First round of purging obsolete articles. The following have been removed: Royal Sonesta, Houston Inn & Suites, Shepherd Square Shopping Center, Colonial House, 500-502 North Sam Houston Pkwy. E., and The Galleria.
4/16/24 - Tommie's Restaurant & Club has been updated.
9/21/23 - Sound Fitness has been updated.
9/18/23 - Royal Sonesta has been officially counted as obsolete.
9/15/23 - Jack in the Box Heights and Kroger West Crosstimbers have been updated.
9/14/23 - Ruth's Chris Steak House has been updated.
9/11/23 - BrickHouse Tavern + Tap has been updated. Houston Inn & Suites officially counted as obsolete, with the tags blanked.
9/8/23 - First changes have been made with new font. 2100 Memorial, Tejas Materials Inc., and 1102 Yale have been updated. Replaced "Hire the Houston Files!" with a link back to Carbon-izer.
Updates from 2018 to 2020 have been lost to time. The Carbon-izer updates page mentions here that the Quality Inn Southwest Freeway page was updated.
11/21/18 - Started to create "photograph" and "advertisement" tags.
11/15/18 - Made a title change (West Belt) to the Auchan page, personal pronouns eliminated in Wendy's 290, updates to the Holiday Inn Greenway Plaza page, Mambo Seafood was also updated to eliminate personal pronouns, and the "editor's note" was made a bit smaller in the Splashtown page.
11/03/18 - Updated 500-502 North Belt after additional sources were found
10/17/18 - Added a source to The Hollywood (previous touch-ups had been made)
9/13/18 - Reworded Ruth's Chris Steak House to eliminate personal pronouns, as well as Americana Motor Inn (which required a more extensive rewrite).
9/10/18 - Reworded Forum at Memorial Woods to eliminate personal pronouns, including removal of the sentence "Even after I had seen it dozens of times before, I remember how excited I was when I saw it and the other landmarks of Uptown when I took a trip to Houston solo in 2014 (something about driving yourself...), and the brown-and-green building is still distinctive."
8/30/18 - Made slight day one changes to Sound Fitness, added address to 290 McDonald's, and reworded posts to eliminate personal pronouns down to Splashtown.
8/23/18 - Added Commercial Businesses tag to the Holiday Inn Greenway Plaza page, as well as changed wording to eliminate "My" and "I" as part of a test.
7/27/18 - Routine maintenance. Changed floors of Albert Pick. Made minor updates to Northwest Freeway Page. Every page (except for the page on At Home) have additional "Houston" tags.
8/13/24: Another round of removals: Splashtown USA, Adam's Mark, and Auchan West Belt before closing the blog to new entries.
8/9/24: Window Magic added
8/8/24: Ruth's Chris Steak House updated (Bunny's, new [Richmond Avenue] tag).
8/6/24: Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza at Park 10 added.
8/2/24 - Sherwin-Williams Paint on Northwest Freeway added. This has the [Houston] tag added which others do not, which means that there will need to be upgrades similar to Streets. 8/1/24 - Soapsuds Sawdust & Scents added
7/31/24 - H-E-B Pantry Foods #309 added
7/30/24 - Former Sonic on Mangum added
7/29/24 - Chuy's at 9350 Westheimer added, Platters removed. Streets added to back catalog back to Studio 6.
7/25/24 - 1317 Telephone updated and Leo's Coffee Shop added
7/24/24 - Added Railhead, added [commercial businesses] to Studio 6
6/17/24 - Added Studio 6 less than a week ago but updated Comfort Inn today.
4/17/24 - First round of purging obsolete articles. The following have been removed: Royal Sonesta, Houston Inn & Suites, Shepherd Square Shopping Center, Colonial House, 500-502 North Sam Houston Pkwy. E., and The Galleria.
4/16/24 - Tommie's Restaurant & Club has been updated.
9/21/23 - Sound Fitness has been updated.
9/18/23 - Royal Sonesta has been officially counted as obsolete.
9/15/23 - Jack in the Box Heights and Kroger West Crosstimbers have been updated.
9/14/23 - Ruth's Chris Steak House has been updated.
9/11/23 - BrickHouse Tavern + Tap has been updated. Houston Inn & Suites officially counted as obsolete, with the tags blanked.
9/8/23 - First changes have been made with new font. 2100 Memorial, Tejas Materials Inc., and 1102 Yale have been updated. Replaced "Hire the Houston Files!" with a link back to Carbon-izer.
Updates from 2018 to 2020 have been lost to time. The Carbon-izer updates page mentions here that the Quality Inn Southwest Freeway page was updated.
11/21/18 - Started to create "photograph" and "advertisement" tags.
11/15/18 - Made a title change (West Belt) to the Auchan page, personal pronouns eliminated in Wendy's 290, updates to the Holiday Inn Greenway Plaza page, Mambo Seafood was also updated to eliminate personal pronouns, and the "editor's note" was made a bit smaller in the Splashtown page.
11/03/18 - Updated 500-502 North Belt after additional sources were found
10/17/18 - Added a source to The Hollywood (previous touch-ups had been made)
9/13/18 - Reworded Ruth's Chris Steak House to eliminate personal pronouns, as well as Americana Motor Inn (which required a more extensive rewrite).
9/10/18 - Reworded Forum at Memorial Woods to eliminate personal pronouns, including removal of the sentence "Even after I had seen it dozens of times before, I remember how excited I was when I saw it and the other landmarks of Uptown when I took a trip to Houston solo in 2014 (something about driving yourself...), and the brown-and-green building is still distinctive."
8/30/18 - Made slight day one changes to Sound Fitness, added address to 290 McDonald's, and reworded posts to eliminate personal pronouns down to Splashtown.
8/23/18 - Added Commercial Businesses tag to the Holiday Inn Greenway Plaza page, as well as changed wording to eliminate "My" and "I" as part of a test.
7/27/18 - Routine maintenance. Changed floors of Albert Pick. Made minor updates to Northwest Freeway Page. Every page (except for the page on At Home) have additional "Houston" tags.
