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Find the latest news about Buffalo Bayou Partnership and all the doings along Buffalo Bayou.

Jul 01

What is WE ARE THE ASTEROID III Saying about Global Warming

Sign of the times along Buffalo Bayou

HOUSTON – June 14, 2019 – With global warming being at the forefront of international discussion, Buffalo Bayou Partnership is pleased to present a conceptual artwork, We Are the Asteroid III, by the Brooklyn artist and environmental activist Justin Brice Guariglia.  Using a solar-powered LED message board typically used on roadways, Guariglia shares surprising poetry, metaphor, and humor to break down barriers and enable important conversations about today’s planetary warnings.

As Guariglia notes: “The ecological crisis we face today is the moral imperative of our time. At this critical juncture, art must be used as a positive force for social and political change, and to help open our minds to new possibilities.”

By utilizing the LED message board, Guariglia seeks to contrast the audience’s expectations of the medium. Highway signs can evoke a feeling of tension and change, typically used at construction sites to caution passers-by and draws attention to our ecological issues.

“As an organization that cares deeply about the many threats to our environment, We are the Asteroid III is the perfect installation for us to present.  This work adds to Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s growing emphasis on public art as a way to communicate the important issues of our time,” says Anne Olson, Buffalo Bayou Partnership President.

Text for We Are the Asteroid III comes from philosopher Timothy Morton, Professor and Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University. Morton is considered one of the most important ecological voices in writing today, exploring the intersection of object-oriented thought and ecological studies.

Aphorisms featured in the message board:

WE ARE THE ASTEROID

WARNING: HURRICANE HUMAN

TRIASSIC WEATHER AHEAD

GLOBAL WARMING AT WORK

GOODBYE ARCTIC ICE

THERE IS NO AWAY

NEANDERTHALS ‘R’ US

DANGER: ANTHROPOMORPHISM

FOR SYMBIOSIS: REDUCE SPEED NOW

On display through August 31, We are the Asteroid III is located in Buffalo Bayou Park at the Wortham Foundation Grove along Allen Parkway (between Waugh Drive and Montrose Boulevard).

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Established in 1986, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is the non-profit transforming and revitalizing Buffalo Bayou, Houston’s most significant natural resource.  The organization’s geographic focus is the 10-square mile stretch of the bayou that flows from Shepherd Drive, through the heart of downtown into the East End, and onto the Port of Houston Turning Basin.  Thanks to the generous support of foundations, corporations, individuals and government agencies, BBP has implemented more than $200 million in improvements for the redevelopment and stewardship of the waterfront – spearheading award-winning projects such as Buffalo Bayou Park, protecting land for future parks and green space, constructing hike and bike trails, and operating comprehensive clean-up and maintenance programs.  Buffalo Bayou Partnership also activates the waterway through pedestrian, boating and biking amenities; volunteer activities; permanent and temporary art installations; and wide-ranging tours and programs that engage tens of thousands of visitors each year.

Justin Brice Guariglia (b. 1974) is a contemporary visual artist known for his work on

ecological issues. His photographic, sculptural and installation works address the Anthropocene, the name given to our current ecological period, in which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. Sotheby’s has called Guariglia “one of the most prominent cultural figures working to address climate change.”

Guariglia has frequently collaborated with scientists, philosophers, and artists to forge a deeper understanding of our climate crisis. REDUCE SPEED NOW!, Guariglia’s 2019 Somerset House UK commission, deployed 10 highway message boards placed in the institution’s neo-classical courtyard, brought together the critical voices of international activists, poets and philosophers to address the ecological crisis as a catalyst for social and political change.

His 2017 solo exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art debuted work originating from an ongoing series of missions flown with NASA over the glaciers of Greenland. The exhibition traveled to the Fisher Museum of Art in 2018. WE ARE THE ASTEROID, a collaborative project with philosopher Timothy Morton, premiered at Storm King Art Center the same year. Iterations of the project have been displayed in Chicago, along with various sites across New York City in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of New York City, and the New York City Parks Department. Before exhibiting We are the Asteroid III in Buffalo Bayou Park, the work was on view at Rice University Moody Center for the Arts.

Timothy Morton (b. 1968) is Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University and the author of many books and essays on philosophy, ecology, literature, music, and art, notably Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence, Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World, and The Ecological Thought. Morton has also written extensively about the literature of Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley, Romanticism, and ecotheory.


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Jun 26

Emmett Donates PAC Funds to Bayou Non-Profits for Restoration Work


PHOTO: Pictured left to right: Anne Olson, President of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership; Ed Emmett, Former Harris County Judge; Auggie Campbell, Fight Flooding PAC Treasurer and West Houston Association President & CEO; Sarah Bernhardt, President and CEO of BPA; and Robert Rayburn, Chair of Bayou Preservation Association

Contact:

Suzy Hartgrove

MyHart Communications

suzy@myhartcomm.com

832-244-2427

HOUSTON (June 24, 2019) Ed Emmett, Former Harris County Judge, provided grants to the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Bayou Preservation Association as his final act as the Fight Flooding PAC Chairman.  The Fight Flooding PAC raised over $1.2 million and campaigned for the most successful Harris County Bond Proposition on record, garnering over 85% of votes in favor of a $2.5 billion flood control program.

“Since we raised this money to prevent flooding and make Harris County more resilient, it is appropriate to give the remaining funds to these two non-profit organizations that do so much to preserve our bayous for future generations,” said Emmett.

Each of the charities received over $64,000 from the PAC.  Buffalo Bayou Partnership will use the funds to restore green spaces and other areas damaged in Hurricane Harvey. 

“Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is so appreciative of the Fight Flooding PAC fund,” said Anne Olson, president of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership. “We thank the PAC’s leadership and especially former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett.  These funds will help BBP continue its restoration efforts in Buffalo Bayou Park. Riparian planting along the water’s edge will be a priority in the year ahead and the PAC’s funds will be invaluable.”

The Bayou Preservation Association will use the funds as part of its Stream Corridor Restoration Program to restore the floodplains riparian buffer zones, through the removal of invasive species in approximately 30 acres of land and conduct workshops to help ensure that stakeholders maintain these restored lands. Projects like these support Bayou Preservation Association’s mission to celebrate, protect and restore the natural richness of all our bayous, creeks and streams.  

“We are honored that Ed Emmett and the Fight Flooding PAC are supporting our efforts to support a return of function and resilience in riparian buffer zones of the floodplains within three Harris County watersheds heavily impacted by Hurricane Harvey – Cypress Creek, Clear Creek, and upper Buffalo Bayou – and to increase public understanding and support for the roles that healthy riparian areas play to the overall floodplains and ultimately the bayous.” said Robert Rayburn, Board Chairman of Bayou Preservation Association.

The Fight Flooding PAC drew support from many local organizations and businesses leaders, from the Greater Houston Partnership’s Ed Wulfe and the Houston Association of Realtors’ Ed Wolfe to the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Houston Black Chamber.  The bond proposition received endorsements from nearly every state senator and representative in the region, regardless of party.

“The community came together behind Ed Emmett’s leadership,” said Auggie Campbell, Fight Flooding PAC Treasurer and West Houston Association President & CEO.  “We worked hard with environmental leaders like Jim Blackburn and MaryAnne Piacentini because we all want to make our region more resilient.  Judge Emmett’s decision to call the flood bond election and to put the PAC funds that are left towards restoring land are legacies that will continue to benefit Harris County.”

About Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Established in 1986, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is the non-profit transforming and revitalizing Buffalo Bayou, Houston’s most significant natural resource.  The organization’s geographic focus is the 10-square mile stretch of the bayou that flows from Shepherd Drive, through the heart of downtown into the East End, and onto the Port of Houston Turning Basin.  Thanks to the generous support of foundations, corporations, individuals and government agencies, BBP has implemented more than $200 million in improvements for the redevelopment and stewardship of the waterfront – spearheading award-winning projects such as Buffalo Bayou Park, protecting land for future parks and green space, constructing hike and bike trails, and operating comprehensive clean-up and maintenance programs.  Buffalo Bayou Partnership also activates the waterway through pedestrian, boating and biking amenities; volunteer activities; permanent and temporary art installations; and wide-ranging tours and programs that engage tens of thousands of visitors each year.

About Bayou Preservation Association

The mission of the Bayou Preservation Association is to celebrate, protect and restore the natural richness of all our bayous and streams, with a vision of a network of healthy bayous, streams and watersheds. It works to Increase understanding of area bayous and creeks and their watersheds by providing educational programs and opportunities, activities and events to engage all the region’s demographics. Bayou Preservation Association also strives to expand stewardship and stewardship opportunities to improve the health of our watersheds, creeks, and bayous. For information, go http://www.bayoupreservation.org/Home or call 713-529-6443.

PHOTO: Pictured left to right: Anne Olson, President of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership; Ed Emmett, Former Harris County Judge; Auggie Campbell, Fight Flooding PAC Treasurer and West Houston Association President & CEO; Robert Rayburn, Chair of Bayou Preservation Association; and Sarah Bernhardt, Executive Director of BPA

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Feb 14

Buffalo Bayou Park is one of five finalists for the 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence

Photo by Jonnu Singleton/SWA Group

Buffalo Bayou Partnership is excited to announce that Buffalo Bayou Park has been selected as a finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) 2019 Gold and Silver medal prizes. The Gold Medalist will receive $50,000, and four Silver Medalists will each receive $10,000 to enhance their projects. BBP extends our congratulations to the park designers and consultants as well as our sincerest thanks to the Kinder Foundation for its catalyst gift and to all of the generous funders that made Buffalo Bayou Park possible. Special thanks also to the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) #3 that provides BBP with annual funding for the park’s operations and maintenance.

For more than 30 years, the biennial RBA has recognized transformative places that contribute to the economic, environmental, and social vitality of American cities. Seventy-eight projects in 27 states have been honored since its founding. The 2019 RBA finalists are:

Beyond Walls—Lynn, MA
Grassroots public art and lighting initiative revitalizing a former industrial city. (Submitted by Beyond Walls)

Buffalo Bayou Park—Houston, TX
Enhancement of a historic waterway into a resilient public greenspace. (Submitted by SWA Group)

Crosstown Concourse—Memphis, TN
Rehabilitation of an abandoned Sears, Roebuck & Co. distribution center into a mixed-use vertical village and arts, education, and healthcare destination. (Submitted by Crosstown Arts)

Parisite Skatepark—New Orleans, LA
Youth-driven DIY creation of a new public park on vacant land beneath a highway overpass. (Submitted by Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund)

Sulphur Springs Downtown—Sulphur Springs, TX
Renewal of a rural, small-town civic plaza and main street. (Submitted by Toole Design Group)

RBA entries comprise completed projects across the contiguous United States. Finalists and medalists are chosen by a nationwide committee of urban experts through an in-depth evaluation process involving input from the award application, site visits, interviews with project participants and community members, and committee discussions. The 2019 Selection Committee includes:

Libby Schaaf—Mayor, City of Oakland, CA
Adrian Benepe—Senior Vice President and Director of National Programs at the Trust for Public Land, New York, NY
Brenda Breaux—Executive Director for the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA), New Orleans, LA
Carol Coletta—President and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership, Memphis, TN
Marc Norman—Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Michigan, Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI
Carol Ross Barney, FAIA—Principal Designer, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, IL

Next month, RBA staff will begin site visits to each finalist project in preparation for the committee’s selection of the medal winners in June. Metropolis magazine will tell the stories of each of these sites through a series of online features. Findings and lessons learned will be relayed through detailed case studies and published in book form in 2020 as a resource for educators, practitioners, and students. Past case studies are available here.

“The range of issues addressed in this year’s submissions reflect the evolution of our understanding of placemaking in cities,” says RBA Founder Simeon Bruner. “The five finalists illustrate the shifting role of design in response to the imperatives of social inclusivity and environmental resilience.”

The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) was created in 1986 by Simeon Bruner, founding principal of Bruner/Cott Architects and Planners (Cambridge, MA), and is a program of the Bruner Foundation. The RBA was named in honor of founder Simeon Bruner’s late father, who established the Foundation in 1963 with his mother, Martha. The Bruner Foundation is renowned for its pioneering approach to social issues including health care, education, evaluation, and the built environment.

Feb 04

New Monuments for New Cities: A Buffalo Bayou Partnership and High Line Network Public Art Project

Buffalo Bayou is one of five North American sites to host inaugural exhibition

Opens to the Public
Wednesday, February 20, 2019


[A] part by Sin Huelllas Artists: Delilah Montoya and Jimmy Castillo 

HOUSTON – January 30, 2019 – Houston’s Buffalo Bayou has been selected as the inaugural site for New Monuments for New Cities, a collaborative public art project organized by the High Line Network, a coalition of visionary North American industrial reuse projects that are transforming underutilized infrastructure into new urban landscapes and redefining what parks can be.

Debuting in Houston on February 20, the public art initiative’s theme is meant to stimulate discussion and community discourse on the evolving nature of monuments and ask questions such as “What does it mean to monumentalize a person, an idea or moment in time?”

In coordination with High Line Art, each High Line Network participant invited five of its city’s artists or artist groups to create proposals in the form of posters for new monuments.  The resulting proposals span from traditional monuments, to revised historical statues, to newly imagined methods of public commemoration.  There are drawings, photographs, renderings, Wikipedia pages, collages, and bold text-based statements.

Following Houston’s presentation, all 25 artworks will travel to Austin, Chicago and Toronto, culminating in New York on the High Line in September 2019.  In Houston, the artwork will be displayed in the form of light boxes integrated into benches beckoning visitors to reflect and enter the discourse on the meaning of monuments.  The structures will surround the cherished Spindle by Henry Moore in Buffalo Bayou Park along Allen Parkway at Gillette Street.

Major underwriting for Houston’s exhibition is provided by East River, a Midway development with additional support from the Susan Vaughan Foundation and TXRX.

“We are honored to be among a select group of cities that are exhibiting these thought-provoking artworks,” says Judy Nyquist, BBP Board Member and Public Art Committee Co-chair.  “The theme, NewMonuments for New Cities, is so timely as our nation and its citizens are rethinking what form monuments should take today.” 

Participating Houston artists are:  Regina Agu, Jamal Cyrus, Sin Huellas: Delilah Montoya and Jimmy Castillo, Phillip Pyle, II, and Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin.  Artists selected by the other High Line Network participants include:

  • Austin:  Nicole Awai, Daniela Cavazos Madrigal, Teruko Nimura and Rachel Alex Crist, Denise Prince, Vincent Valdez
  • Chicago:  Eric J. García, Tonika Johnson, Chris Pappan, Richard Santiago (TIAGO), Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff
  • Toronto:  Susan Blight, Coco Guzman, Life of a Craphead (Amy Lam and Jon McCurley), An Te Liu, Quentin VerCetty
  • New York:  Judith Bernstein, Guerrilla Girls, Hans Haacke, Paul Ramírez Jonas, Xaviera Simmons

In addition to the New Monuments for New Cities exhibition, Buffalo Bayou Partnership is sponsoring the following complementary programming and events:

Saturday, March 2, 1-2pm
Monuments Monologue: Artists Talk
Meadow surrounding the Henry Moore Spindle sculpture in Buffalo Bayou Park
Allen Parkway at Gillette Street

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 6:30pm
Message and Meaning: Reconsidering Monuments Today
Panel Discussion with New Monuments for New Cities Artists,
Melanie Kress, Associate Curator, High Line Art and
Moderator, Karen Farber, Executive Director, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts University of Houston
Eldorado Ballroom
2310 Elgin Street, Houston, TX 77004

Saturday, April 6, 10-11 a.m.
Monuments Monologue: Artists Talks
Meadow surrounding the Henry Moore Spindle sculpture in Buffalo Bayou Park
Allen Parkway at Gillette Street

Saturday, April 20, 10-11 a.m.
Monuments Monologue: Artists Talks
Meadow surrounding the Henry Moore Spindle sculpture in Buffalo Bayou Park
Allen Parkway at Gillette Street

Saturday, April 27, 8-10 p.m.
A Monumental Evening: Closing Party
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Silos along Buffalo Bayou’s East Sector
801 N. Nagle Street, off of Navigation, Houston, TX  77003

New Monuments for New Cities Schedule in Other Cities

  • Waller Creek, Austin                                                       March-May 2019
  • The 606, Chicago                                                           May-June 2019
  • The Bentway, Toronto                                                     May-August 2019
  • The High Line, New York                                                September-October 2019

About Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Established in 1986, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is the Houston nonprofit organization transforming and revitalizing Buffalo Bayou, the city’s most significant natural resource. Thanks to the generous support of foundations, corporations, individuals, and governmental agencies, BBP has raised and leveraged more than $150 million for the redevelopment and stewardship of the waterfront. The organization develops award-winning projects such as the $58 million Buffalo Bayou Park, protects land for future parks, constructs hiking and biking trails, and operates comprehensive clean-up and maintenance programs. BBP also seeks ways to activate Buffalo Bayou through pedestrian, boating, and biking amenities, volunteer activities, permanent and temporary art installations, and wide-ranging tours and events.

About High Line Network
The High Line Network is a group of industrial reuse projects—and the people who help them come to life. As cities become denser and land for traditional parks becomes scarce, citizens are finding creative ways to bring greenspace to their neighborhoods. Projects in the High Line Network transform underutilized infrastructure into new urban landscapes. Redefining what a park can be, these hybrid spaces are also public squares, open-air museums, botanical gardens, social service organizations, walkways, transit corridors, and more.

The High Line Network is presented by Friends of the High Line, the nonprofit organization responsible for the High Line, raising nearly 100% of its annual budget. Owned by the City of New York, the High Line is programmed, maintained, and operated by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

The High Line Network is made possible by the founding support of The JPB Foundation.###

Feb 04

Banking on Buffalo Bayou: Winter 2019

Dear Friends:

Happy New Year. If you’re like most people, we’re sure you’ve already started fulfilling your New Year’s resolutions. At Buffalo Bayou Partnership, we’ve started working on our list too and the coming year is full of new goals and projects that will help us continue our transformative work along Houston’s historic waterway. Here’s a sneak peek of what we have in store!

Buffalo Bayou East Sector Master Plan

For the past two years, we’ve been focused on developing a master plan for Buffalo Bayou’s East Sector. On-the-ground due diligence, rigorous technical analysis including a hydrological study, and a framework to guide our land acquisition program have all been part of the work we’ve accomplished. We spent a large part of 2018 sponsoring a robust community engagement process where Fifth Ward and East End residents shared their desires, dreams and concerns for their neighborhoods. In late spring, we’ll be releasing the final plan. We’re excited about the vision that will guide our park and trail projects east of downtown over the coming decades. Stay tuned!

High Line Network Joint Art Initiative


Broken Obelisk Elbows, Phillip Pyle, II.
BBP is honored to be part of the High Line Network, a coalition of infrastructure reuse projects across North America. 

In collaboration with Friends of the High Line, the Network’s founder, BBP and three other Network members are presenting New Monuments for New Cities, a year-long public art project. Houston is the launch-site for this unique exhibition that will travel to Austin, Chicago, Toronto and end in New York on the High Line this fall. Each participating group invited five local artists to create proposals in the form of posters that respond to the evolving nature of monuments in our country today. The artists in the exhibition have designed monuments that question the format itself and envision its future. Participating Houston artists are:  Regina Agu, Jamal Cyrus, Delilah Montoya and Jimmy Castillo, Phillip Pyle, II, and Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin.

In addition to the exhibition which will be on view in Buffalo Bayou Park from February 20 until April 30, BBP will present complementary programming and events. In a few short weeks, you’ll be hearing more about New Monuments for New Cities.

BBP Membership Program
We want to keep our parks and trails growing and Buffalo Bayou flowing. That’s why we are launching a membership program in 2019. Members will not only provide vital support to help our organization continue to care for the bayou but will receive exclusive benefits including invitations to member-only events and special discounts on merchandise and tours. We also will continue to enhance our young professionals membership group, The Currents. We hope you’ll hop aboard and become a BBP member when the program is unveiled this spring.


Buffalo Bayou Walking and Boat Tours
We began expanding our walking tours in 2018 and will be offering even more in the coming year. If you want to learn about Buffalo Bayou’s natural landscape, history and public art or just want to get some exercise, we have a walk for you. You’ll also want to sign up for a boat tour. Our upcoming wine tastings and Luck of the Irish tours are sure to be sell-outs. Check our website and monthly e-newsletter for our offerings.

Trails
This spring, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Houston Parks & Recreation Department, we’ll be opening the Clayton Homes Trail, just east of I69. In addition to the trail, a pedestrian bridge linking the north and south banks of Buffalo Bayou is being constructed. We also will break ground by early summer on a critical link in the trail system downtown. With these trail segments we will be one step closer to connecting Buffalo Bayou Park all the way to Lockwood Drive in the East End.

As you can see, BBP’s New Year resolutions are ambitious. We hope you will take part in our mission-focused projects and activities, and join us as we continue our long-standing work to transform Houston’s greatest natural resource. We look forward to seeing you out on the bayou.

Sincerely,

Jeff Taylor                                Anne Olson
Board Chair                             President

Jan 30

Buffalo Bayou Partnership Welcomes Seven New Board Members

New Buffalo Bayou Partnership Board of Directors: (l to r) Robert Contreras, Gloria Medina Zenteno, Geraldina Wise, Erin Mincberg, Bonner S. Ball, Richard Dawson and Harvey Clemons, Jr. (not pictured)
HOUSTON – January 21, 2019 – Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) announced seven new members to its board of directors during its annual meeting on January 15 at the home of Anne Whitlock (BBP Board member) and her husband Michael Skelly in the East End.

New board members include Bonner S. Ball, Owner, Black Diamond Development; Rev. Harvey Clemons, Jr., Pastor, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church; Roberto Contreras, President/CEO, DC Partners;Richard Dawson, President, Dawson Estes Landscape Architecture; Erin Mincberg, Political Consultant, Mincberg Consulting; Geraldina Wise, Artist/Co-owner, Sawyer Gallery & Studios; and Gloria Medina Zenteno, Founder and President, Barrio Dogs.

The following board members have taken new officer roles this year: Jeff Taylor, Chair; Ralph Abendshein, Vice Chair; Shawn Cloonan, Treasurer; and Kellie Jenks, Secretary.
2019 Buffalo Bayou Partnership Board Officers: (l to r) Secretary- Kellie Jenks, Chair- Jeff Taylor, Vice Chair- Ralph Abendshein and Treasurer- Shawn Cloonan (not pictured)

“We are delighted to welcome this stellar group to our board,” said Anne Olson, president of Buffalo Bayou Partnership. “Our new members bring a wealth of experience and strong interest for protecting, preserving and improving Buffalo Bayou.” 

The 36-member board of directors also includes: Murad Ajani, C. Ronald Blankenship, Carolyn W. Dorros, Gaynell Floyd Drexler, Michael D. Fertitta, Cristina Garcia Gamboa, Stacey Gillman, Guy Hagstette, Samir Khushalani, Lisa Marshall, Ginni Mithoff, Christina Morales, Sara-Ashley Moreno, Judy Nyquist, David Ott, Jr., Alison Porter, Winifred Riser, Shannon B. Sasser, Carson Trapnell Seeligson, Christof Spieler, Karl S. Stern,  Saul Valentin, Anne Whitlock,  and Renee Wizig-Barrios. Chair Emeritus members include Chuck Carlberg, Brady F. Carruth, Collin J. Cox, Thomas Fish, Mike Garver, Sis Johnson, Susan Keeton and Bob Phillips.

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Created in 1986, Buffalo Bayou Partnership is the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization transforming and revitalizing Buffalo Bayou, Houston’s most significant natural resource. For more information, visitwww.buffalobayou.org.

Dec 07

High Line Network Joint Art Initiative New Monuments For New Cities

Media Contact
Trudi Smith
BBP, Director of PR and Events
tsmith@buffalobayou.org
713.752.0314 x103

Five cities imagine new monuments
February – September 2019

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 4, 2018) — New Monuments for New Cities, A Buffalo Bayou Partnership and High Line Network Public Art Project, is a new collaboration between industrial reuse projects in North America. New Monuments for New Cities is a public art exhibition that will travel across the United States and Canada throughout 2019. Five urban reuse projects, which are part of the High Line Network, invited five of their local artists or artist groups to create proposals (that can take the form of posters, video projections, etc.) for new monuments. Each participating location will produce an exhibition of the 25 artworks, specific to their site.

Participating sites include:

• Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Texas; February – April, 2019
• Waller Creek, Austin, Texas; March – May, 2019
• The 606, Chicago, Illinois; May – July, 2019
• The Bentway, Toronto, Ontario; May – August, 2019
• The High Line, New York, New York; September – October, 2019

Participating artists include: Houston, TX – Regina Agu, Jamal Cyrus, Sin Huellas artists: Delilah Montoya and Jimmy Castillo, Phillip Pyle, II, Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin; Austin, TX – Nicole Awai, Daniela Cavazos Madrigal, Teruko Nimura and Rachel Alex Crist, Denise Prince, Vincent Valdez; Chicago, IL – Eric J. García, Tonika Johnson, Chris Pappan, Richard Santiago (TIAGO), Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff; Toronto, Canada – Susan Blight, Coco Guzman, Life of a Craphead (Amy Lam and Jon McCurley), An Te Liu, Quentin VerCetty; New York, NY – Judith Bernstein, Guerrilla Girls, Hans Haacke, Paul Ramírez Jonas, and Xaviera Simmons.

“As memorials to the deeply imbalanced history of the Western world are being torn down, the current moment demands critical thought and creativity about the monuments that adorn our cities. These proposals from today’s artists offer an inspiring range of vision for how we might eternalize this point in society’s progress,” says Cecilia Alemani, the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art.

New Monuments for New Cities begins with Houston in February and ends its run on the High Line in the fall of 2019, coinciding with the annual convening of the High Line Network. This fifth assembly of the High Line Network will be its first public symposium, to be held in New York City, and will bring together experts, practitioners, and leaders from across North America working to expand the developing field of infrastructure reuse.

“New Monuments for New Cities is an exciting opportunity for different communities to share ideas about activating public space with art, taking insights specific to each location and finding common themes around monumentality and legacy that resonate on an international level,” says Ana C. Traverso-Krejcarek, Manager of the High Line Network. “The eclectic mix of proposals developed by the artists selected reflect the social and political hallmarks that make each city’s heart beat.”

Local supporters of New Monuments for New Cities at Buffalo Bayou, Houston, include East River, a Midway development and Susan Vaughan Foundation.

What Should Monuments Look Like Now? 25 Artworks Reveal Some Ideas

by The New York Times


“[A] part,” a poster design by Sun Huelllas Artists: Delilah Montoya and Jimmy Castillo

 

“[A] part” is a monument to the families holding steady as they are pulled apart. Sun Huellas is composed of Mexican, Chicana/o, and American participants formed to reveal issues of borders, migration, detention, and deportation in the United States.
The work is for a project called New Monuments for New Cities by the nonprofit Friends of the High Line. It is a public art exhibition in which artists were asked to imagine new monuments. Their designs, on posters or on renderings that will be projected, will travel to five cities in the United States and Canada next year, to be displayed in industrial reuse spaces, beginning inBuffalo Bayou in Houston in February, and ending on the High Line in New York in October.

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ABOUT HIGH LINE NETWORK
Presented by Friends of the High Line, the High Line Network is a group of industrial reuse projects—and the people who help them come to life. As cities become denser and land for traditional parks becomes scarce, citizens are finding creative ways to bring greenspace to their neighborhoods. Projects in the High Line Network transform underutilized infrastructure into new urban landscapes. Redefining what a park can be, these hybrid spaces are also public squares, open-air museums, botanical gardens, social service organizations, walkways, transit corridors, and more.

The High Line Network is made possible by the founding support of The JPB Foundation.

ABOUT HIGH LINE ART
Presented by Friends of the High Line, High Line Art commissions and produces public art projects on and around the High Line. Founded in 2009, High Line Art presents a wide array of artwork including site-specific commissions, exhibitions, performances, video programs, and a series of billboard interventions. Led by Cecilia Alemani, the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, and produced by Friends of the High Line, High Line Art invites artists to think of creative ways to engage with the unique architecture, history, and design of the High Line, and to foster a productive dialogue with the surrounding neighborhood and urban landscape.

Lead support for High Line Art comes from Amanda and Don Mullen. Major support for High Line Art is provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, and the Charina Endowment Fund. High Line Art is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Corey Johnson.

For further information on High Line Art, please visit thehighline.org/art.

ABOUT BUFFALO BAYOU
Established in 1986, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is the Houston nonprofit organization transforming and revitalizing Buffalo Bayou, the city’s most significant natural resource. Thanks to the generous support of foundations, corporations, individuals, and government agencies, BBP has raised and leveraged more than $150 million for the redevelopment and stewardship of the waterfront. The organization develops award-winning projects such as the $58 million Buffalo Bayou Park, protects land for future parks, constructs hiking and biking trails, and operates comprehensive clean-up and maintenance programs. BBP also seeks ways to activate Buffalo Bayou through pedestrian, boating, and biking amenities, volunteer activities, permanent and temporary art installations, and wide-ranging tours and events.

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Aug 29

One Year Later: Reflecting on Hurricane Harvey

Dear Buffalo Bayou Partnership Friends:

It has been over a year since Hurricane Harvey touched down and hovered over Houston for several long days. While Buffalo Bayou was greatly impacted by the historic flooding, with a record 39 feet at the Shepherd Drive Bridge, the waterway has made a dramatic comeback. Please know Buffalo Bayou Partnership will continue its mission of transforming and revitalizing Houston’s most significant natural resource. Please watch this video of our post-Harvey clean-up efforts.

Thanks to our dedicated staff, thousands of committed volunteers and many generous donors, tremendous progress has been made. Please know that our recovery work continues. To learn more about lending a hand, please visit buffalobayou.org/get-involved.

Tags: Buffalo Bayou, Buffalo Bayou Houston, Buffalo Bayou Park, Buffalo Bayou Park Flooding, harvey flood, harvey update, Hurricane Harvey, hurricane harvey anniversary

Jul 24

Waugh Bridge Bat Colony Q&A with Wildlife Biologist Diana Foss

Questions answered by Diana Foss, Wildlife Biologist for the Urban Wildlife Technical Guidance Program at Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Question: Does Buffalo Bayou use a researcher or research firm to quantify the bat colony and birth seasons?

Answer:   I have been researching and managing the Waugh Bat colony since 2003, working with staff from the City of Houston Parks and Rec Dept. and then Buffalo Bayou Partnership when they began managing Buffalo Bayou Park.

I work with a very dedicated and skilled group of trained volunteers, The Houston Area Bat Team, to continue that bat management and research.  Our team has several partners – Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept, Bat Conservation International, The Houston Zoo, Houston Parks Board, and Texas Master Naturalist Program (3 chapters).

Early on in 2005, we began conducting crevice counts (estimates of the number of bats residing in the crevice space).  Pre-Harvey, that number was 300,000 bats.  Because the City of Houston was planning to promote the bat-watching opportunities at Waugh, we wanted to learn everything we could about this bat colony, including bat behavior, seasonal changes, and nightly emergence behavior, to make sure we didn’t impact the bats with our public viewing efforts.  During our research, we observed pups (baby bats) in the bridge crevices, so we dedicated considerable time and effort to document seasonal bat activities and timelines.  For example, the pups are born at Waugh starting the end of May through June.  Each female Mexican free-tailed bat gives birth to just one pup per year – all during this time. The oldest pups begin practice flying during the first week in July.  All of the pups are flying by the end of August.

 

Question: Is the colony expected to return to more than 300,000 bats? Do you think this will happen in 2018?

Answer: I have been amazed by how quickly the bats have returned to Waugh bridge after Harvey’s impacts.  In talking to residents who live near Waugh bridge, and listening to what they observed during Harvey, I believe more bats managed to escape the flooding than we originally thought.  The population now, with some of the pups flying, is 200,000 or more.  So it won’t take much time for the population to reach pre-Harvey numbers.  The emergences this month have been really spectacular.  By summer 2019, I predict the population at Waugh will be back to pre-Harvey estimates…as long as we do not experience another Harvey in the meantime.

 

Question: What is it about Waugh Bridge that attracts so many bats?

Answer: The Mexican free-tailed bats choose Waugh bridge due to its structure, location, and warmth.  The bridge beams underneath are installed one next to the other, with narrow crevices in between.  The crevices are where the bats roost, hanging by their toes from the concrete crevice sides.  The concrete holds warmth.  When the pups are born, they are hairless – just tiny pink babies, like a human baby.  They rely on body heat AND the concrete heat to keep them warm until they can grow fur.  The bridge is located over water.  The water cools the air in the summer, retains heat in the winter, and provides water and insects for the bats.  [These bats eat an estimated 3 tons of insects each night.]  Houston’s bayous are beautiful and full of life – for all kinds of wildlife, both large and small.

 

A few other interesting bits of information:

Because Houston and Waugh bridge stay somewhat warm in the winter, there is a population of Mexican free-tailed bats that live in Waugh through the winter.  We don’t know if the ‘winter’ bats are the same individuals as the ‘summer’ bats.  Each bat eats enormous amounts of insects and stores fat all through the spring and summer.  When the temperatures get too cold, below 50 degrees F, the bats remain up in the smallest crevices and live off their stored body fat.  But if we get warm weeks in winter, with insect activity, then the bats emerge and fly.  So Waugh bridge is a year-round bat-watching opportunity, depending on the winter temperatures.

Waugh bridge bat colony attracts visitors from all over the world.  The Houston Area Bat Team gives Friday Night “Bat Chats” down at Waugh Bridge 30 minutes before sunset on Friday nights (starting first Friday in March through last Friday in October).   The bat emergence usually begins around sunset.  We usually gather at the southeast corner of Waugh Drive @ Allen Parkway.  There is a bat viewing platform there.

 

Watch the Waugh Bridge Bat Colony emerge every evening, all year round, 15-30 minutes before sunset.

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Jul 24

Banking on Buffalo Bayou – Summer 2018

Dear Friends:

Buffalo Bayou offers a host of recreational opportunities. From jogging and biking to canoeing and kayaking, it’s the place to head for fitness and fun. It’s also the spot to experience cultural activities. In May, we hosted the Bayou City Music Series with a concert on The Brown Foundation Lawn at The Water Works.  Sponsored by the Kinder Foundation, the event is part of an on-going series of concerts also taking place at Discovery Green and Emancipation Park.  Be on the lookout for the fall lineup.

Visitors are flocking to the Cistern, the underground former City water reservoir, where we are exhibiting internationally recognized Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Spatial Chromointerference, a projection of continuously moving color images on the Cistern’s 221 columns, walls, and cubes floating on the shallow pool of water on the reservoir’s floor. You won’t want to miss this amazing installation which will be open through the end of the year.

To ensure Houstonians not only visit Buffalo Bayou Park but other sites along Buffalo Bayou, BBP is working on several trail projects and a major planning effort along the waterway’s east sector.  It is exciting for us to be making considerable progress in achieving our ultimate goal of transforming parks, trails and green spaces from Buffalo Bayou Park all the way to the Port of Houston Turning Basin.

Summer is a time to travel and for those of you who will have friends and family visiting, we hope you will stop by Buffalo Bayou.  Whether it’s renting a bike, getting a bite to eat at The Kitchen at The Dunlavy or traversing trails all along the waterway, we promise you will see Houston from a unique perspective.

Enjoy your summer wherever your travels take you!

Sincerely,
        
Tom Fish                                  Anne Olson
Board Chair                             President

Trail Design and Construction Underway

Planned Buffalo Bayou downtown trail
Design of important trails in the downtown area is underway.  Extending from Fannin Street all the way to McKee Street on the south bank of Buffalo Bayou, there are three separate projects being coordinated by BBP and the Houston Parks Board.  The western most trail will be constructed in the lower floors of two Harris County buildings and on a property owned by Harris County Flood Control District.  This portion will link up with a trail segment on what is now a parking lot at the corner of Austin and Commerce streets.  From here, the trail alignment heads east where it will be constructed on property owned by CenterPoint Energy.  It is expected that this trail will be completed by the end of the year, with the other two segments constructed in 2020.

East of downtown and US 59/69, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently broke ground on a trail that extends across the Houston Housing Authority’s Clayton Homes property.  The $3.7 million project is a key missing link that will tie the trails described above to existing trails east all the way to Lockwood Drive.  In addition to the trail, the project includes a pedestrian bridge that will link the north and south banks of Buffalo Bayou.  A federal grant and $500,000 in private funds raised by BBP are making the project possible.  Expect a ribbon cutting in early 2019.

Pedestrian bridge under construction

BBP’s East Sector Master Plan Project Progressing

BBP’s east sector master planning project has been gaining steam after taking a break for several months due to Hurricane Harvey.  Extending east from McKee Street to the Port of Houston Turning Basin, the plan seeks to establish a pioneering precedent where parks and trails can be a catalyst for inclusive growth and community development.  In late winter and early spring, more than 400 people attended East End and Fifth Ward neighborhood meetings where they provided their input for reinvigorating the waterfront.

“The number one issue that residents raised is the lack of connectivity to neighborhoods north and south of Buffalo Bayou,” says Anne Olson, BBP President.  “A major goal of the plan is to create ‘green fingers’ to link neighborhood parks and other community destinations to the waterway.”

Other notable ideas expressed by meeting attendees include:

Gathering Spaces – From small family picnics to large outdoor festivals and concerts
Recreational Activities – Soccer fields, skate parks, children’s play areas and workout facilities
Water Access – Canoe and kayak launches, boat rentals and water taxis
Public Art – Murals, sculptures and art incorporated into signage, benches and other amenities
Neighborhood Preservation and Culture – Affordable and mixed-income housing and events highlighting East End and Fifth Ward culture and history

With the input received at February’s gatherings, BBP’s consultants developed an area-wide plan draft that was shared at an April community meeting.

“We’ve been gratified by the community’s excitement and enthusiasm,” says Bo Fraga, BBP East Sector Committee Co-chair.  “I think residents feel their ideas and concerns are being heard and this is critical to a successful plan.”

Neighborhood residents and stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide additional input at another meeting to be held in early fall.

View Community Meeting Presentations and Read Notes

BBP Participates in Headwaters to Baywaters Project

BBP and four other environmental groups have joined together in the project Headwaters to Baywaters.  The coalition, which also includes Bayou Land Conservancy, Galveston Bay Foundation, Houston Audubon Society and Katy Prairie Conservancy, will be working on a study to protect riparian corridors within the multiple watersheds that feed into Galveston Bay. With funding from Houston Endowment and the Kinder Foundation, a comprehensive study will be conducted to accomplish the following:

  • Complete a literature-based and science-based study to better understand riparian systems and the ecological, economic and social benefits they provide to the region
  • Identify tracts that should be preserved and those that have the potential to contribute to water quality improvements
  • Develop a coordinated approach for land acquisition
  • Create a funding toolkit and implementation strategy for land conservation
  • Develop a communications plan to educate the public about the benefits of protecting riparian lands

To carry out the initial study, the coalition will be working with the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)  and the National Trust for Public Land (TPL).  The second phase of the Headwaters to Baywaters initiative will be raising funds and purchasing riparian lands.

“All of the organizations realize that we can achieve greater results by working together,” says Mary Anne Piacentini, Katy Prairie Conservancy President and the driving force behind the collaborative initiative.  “We feel this project can serve as a model for economic sustainability and have regional and national significance.”

Strategic Planning Underway

BBP has been working on a strategic planning effort this year.  The organization has accomplished an incredible amount of work over the past five years and it was time to once again create a roadmap for the future.  As part of the process, half-day retreats, facilitated by consultants, were held both for board and staff.

“We have matured significantly as an organization and we find ourselves taking on roles that we were not responsible for in the past.  Due to this transition, it’s been important for us to look at our staff structure, programming, fundraising and a myriad of other areas,” says Tom Fish, BBP Board Chair.

Although the issues and topics discussed at the retreats were quite broad, the following areas were seen as having a higher degree of importance:

Maintenance:  The board and staff see maintenance as a very high priority, especially in light of continuing climate change and the likely occurrence of future flooding events.  Sustainable and resilient design is a must as we continue to develop parks and trails along the waterway.
Visitor Experience:  Operating Buffalo Bayou Park, and owning the historic Sunset Coffee Building and unique destinations along the bayou’s east sector, provide BBP the opportunity to create an exciting and innovative visitor experience program.  Whether it’s additional canoeing and kayaking or even water taxis, boating will be a strong focus as BBP moves forward.
Organizational Capacity:  Due to the organization’s many achievements towards fulfilling its mission, there is a need for increased administrative support and staff training to acquire new skills.
Funding:  While BBP has a strong donor base and wide community support, new sources of funding and revenue streams will be needed in the years ahead.  Strong public-private partnerships will continue to be critical to BBP’s success.

To move the strategic planning process forward, BBP’s board committees are now developing five-year goals, deliverables, and outcomes.  The final plan should be completed by year’s end.

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News Coverage

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  • Houston Endowment Awards Buffalo Bayou Partnership $10M Grant December 9, 2020
  • Immersive Installation by Anri Sala in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern November 23, 2020
  • Houston Celebrates Texas Arbor Day by planting 600 trees at Buffalo Bend Nature Center November 10, 2020
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