

Buffalo Bayou brewery comes to Sawyer Yards!
Photo: Method Architecture Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co., which launched nearly six years ago with a beer called 1836 honoring the date of Houston's founding, is preparing to break ground on a $14 million brewery and restaurant that would be one of the largest and most visible of its kind in the city. The announcement marks another milestone for the industry, as breweries continue to pop up and civic boosters market them more heavily. The three-story, 28,000-square-foot Buffalo B


Drone captures the action as Houston artists celebrate World Art Day in a big way
READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT Houston.CultureMap.com HERE To celebrate World Art Day today (April 15) and the upcoming Spring Biannual Art Stroll & Sale, about 70 members of the Artists at Sawyer Yards got together to stage a large-scale aerial photo emphasizing the importance of art in Houston and around the globe. Each artist brought an important tool for his or her work, so they held paintbrushes, sculpting tools, cameras, and more as they spelled out the word ART as an overhea


For the Birds
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THE ARTISTS OF SAWYER YARDS know how to celebrate Earth Day – with their Spring Biannual Stroll & Sale benefiting the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. Saturday, April 22, from 5–10pm, is your opportunity to explore all five studios in the Sawyer Yards creative campus, buy directly from local artists and take part in a charity birdhouse sale. Just for reference, the campus includes: • SILVER STREET STUDIOS – 2000 Edw

Sawyer Heights emerges as creative hub for Houston - KPRC 2 feature
Pocket of First Ward includes art studios, creative spaces, galleries, shops "HOUSTON - Houston may not be widely known as an arts and entertainment destination on a global scale quite yet, but its residents are certainly making a case to grow its reputation in Texas as a place to experience fine art and culture. To learn more about other events at Sawyer Yards, visit the website." Copyright 2017 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved. READ MORE ON Click2Houston.com #New


Developers create new spaces in artistic neighborhood west of downtown
Some of the old warehouses lining a stretch of Sawyer Street across Interstate 10 from the Heights are being primed for new development, as this First Ward area continues to morph from industrial hub to an upscale artsy neighborhood. Houston-based Lovett Commercial is transforming a 1950s warehouse at Sawyer and Edwards into Sawyer Yards, which will have about 40,000 square feet of space for restaurants, retail or offices. The company is looking to fill another 5-acre parcel


Artist Alley is coming soon!
A place for festivals, markets and fun! Located in a stretch of old rail right of way, once complete Artist Alley will be the cornerstone of activity in the Sawyer Yards creative campus! Featuring always-changing public art, markets, events and more! Be sure to keep up with this exciting development and see what's happening in the Alley at on our community calendar: artsdistrcithouston.com. #News


GRANARIES TO GALLERIES: A Peek Inside the Old Riviana Silos, Where the Deal Company Is Transforming
Clarification, 12/22: Jon Deal of Deal Properties writes: “Just wanted to clarify that Studio Red is not specifically working on the silo project, rather they are studying a master plan of approximately 35 contiguous acres owned by Frank Liu, Steve Gibson and myself of which The Silos are part. Jason Logan and Matt Johnson of LOJO architects is working on the facade.” UNDER THE SIGN of the merry Mahatma, workers are sweeping out what stray grains of rice may linger within the