This publication, a special double issue of "Cite," the architecture and design review of Houston, sets out to explore the places in between the mighty icons of Texas. Between the prairies punctuated by wizened cowpokes, beefy steers, and oil derricks and the urban sprawl spiked with skyscrapers and crawling with cars and their hurried drivers lies a different territory. In this place, time moves sluggishly as the past gently collides with the future, and hopes and daily struggles are miniaturized in little dramas. Illustrated with high-contrast black-and-white images, "Texas Places" offers a...