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Houston Highway Expansion Takes Out Popular Mural Destination

Houston Chronicle

A beloved piece of Houston’s cultural landscape is disappearing to make way for highway expansion. As part of the I-45 widening project, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has begun demolishing two buildings on Leeland Street, just east of downtown. Among them is the site known as Graffiti Park—a vibrant, ever-evolving canvas of street art that has drawn photographers, artists, and visitors for more than a decade.

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