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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

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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.