NEW PAINTINGS: MY HOUSTON
SWAN DEN | 2534 Amherst | 1976 - 1989 | Willie & Helen Lew, owners | acrylic and glitter on wood panel | 24 in. x 36 in. | 2015 © Amy C. Evans A toy store sat next to an X-rated movie theater. Neighborhood kids played video games in the back of a beer joint. This was the five or so square blocks where my friends and I spent many hours—and lots of quarters—growing up. It was the early 1980s, and this was our Village. Today, this part of my old neighborhood is known as Rice Vil
