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THE A R C H I T E C T U R E and D E S I G N R E V I E W
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INAMING THE CITY HOUSTON 2000
LOST ARCHITECTURE
THE POWER OF WATER
FUTURE SCHEMES
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Guest Editor Barry Moore
Editorial Committee Chairman
Barrie Scardino
Terrence Doody Stephen Fox
Nonya Circnader Lynn M. Herbert
Karl Kili.in Barrv Moore
William O. Neuhaus II] Danny Samuels Christof Spieler William F. Stern Rives T. Taylor Drexel Turner
Bruce C. Webb
Managing Editor Mitchell J. Shields
Graphic Design Minor Design Group
Photography Paul 1 lester
Proofreader Meredith 1.. Patterson
Advertising Lynn Kelly
Rice Design Alliance Board of Directors
President Jory Alexander
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Vice President Larry E. Whaley
Treasurer James D. Burnett
Secretary Cynthia Toles
Natal ye L. Appel Marilyn Archer
Minnette B. Boescl Deborah Brochstein
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Hon. Jessica Farrar Gerry Fehn
Dietmar E. Froehlich David T. George
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Guv Hagsterte Jennifer Harding
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Susan Booth Keeton Katherine King
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William O. Neuhaus 111 Patrick Peters
Charlotte A, Rothwell Jeffrey D. Ryan
Danny Marc Samuels Barrie Scardino
Louis H. Skidmore. Jr. Roger M. Soto
S. Hill Swift Rives T Taylor Phoebe Tudor
Randall Walker Bruce C. Webb
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Notes on Contributors
Lynn M. Herbert is curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.
Karl Kilian is the owner of Brazos Bookstore.
Barry Moore, president and managing partner of SJKB/Houston, is an adjunct professor in the Gerald D. Hincs College of Architecture, University of I louston, and directs its center for Historic Architecture.
Malcolm Quantr i l l is Distinguished Professor of Architecture at Texas A & M University.
Barrie Scardino was managing editor of Cite from 1 496 to 1998. She now lives in New York City, where she continues to write on architectural topics.
Ann Walton Sieber, editor of OutSmart, was managing editor of Cite from 1995 to 1996.
Mitchell J. Shields is managing editor of Cite.
Steven R. Strom is the architectural archivist for the Houston Public-Library.
Drexel Turner is a city planner and teaches in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University ol Houston.
Bruce C. Webb is a professor in the Gerald D, Fiines College of Architecture, University of Houston.
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Calendar/Letters
Citclincs: Mosque on Main/Good llricks/Class of 2000/Allen Parkway Village/UT Tower/Battleship Texas/RDA Gala
The Name Game: What's in a Name? For Houston, a lot. Bruce C. Webb
Lost Houston: Images from a Century of F.rasurc Steven K. Srrmn
Looking Forward: Thoughts on the Shapes of Things to Come Drexe! Turner
^ O u s t o n : How Water Shaped the Bayou City Barrie Scardino
The Art of the Matter: A Talk with Jim Love and Edward Mayo Lynn M. Herbert and Karl Kilian
Down on the Corner: The Corner Store Exhibit review by Barrie Scardino
Life in the Suburb of a Theme Park: Celebration, U.S.A and The Celebration Chronicles
Book reviews by Malcolm Quanrrill
Hindcite: Sizing Up Stampede Square |)re\el Turner
Something old, something new: The Friedman Clock Tower, composed of elements from the 1904 City Hall that once graced Market Square, and Philip Johnson's modernistic Republic Bank Center.