Table of Contents
Contributors
Natalye Appel; Thomas Colbert; Mike Davis; Alan M. Field; Stephen Fox; Diane Y. Ghirardo; Elizabeth McBride; Linda Popkin; Peter C. Papademetriou; Malcolm Quantrill; William F. Stern; Drexel Turner; and Peter Wood.
Cite 18: Fifth Anniversary Issue
Fall 1987
Editor’s Note
In "Cite at Five," William F. Stern writes:
"Five years may not seem like a very long time in the grand scheme of things, but when measured in Houston time, it seems like an entire generation. And in terms of a publication, five years can seem like an enternity. Considering that the life span of volunteer publications is shorter than the average new television sit-com, it is with some satisfaction that we look back over 18 issues of Cite, which have brought us from the modest proposal of a few interested people back in 1982 to this present fifth anniversary issue.
Much has happened over these five years. From the present vantage point, it is worth remembering that among the pressing issues facing us in 1982 was the fact that Houston's growth was not yet so much affected by the limitations of an economic downturn as by the limitation of the city's sewage capacity. This meant that the city that was springing up everywhere might actually have to address the extent of its growth and begin to plan for the future. Houston, the sprawling city that had captured America's imagination in a love-hate relationship, was perhaps reaching the point where the question was no longer "how big?" but what kind of city this was to be..."
William F. Stern and Bruce C. Webb