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Tyler Rudick

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Tyler Rudick is a Houston writer who specializes in art, architecture and urban life. He joined the CultureMap team in September 2011 as a staff writer.

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Eastside beating under investigation after woman rushed to hospital with fatal injuries

By Tyler Rudick

06.03.13 | 12:19 pm

The Houston Police Department is asking for the public's help in solving the brutal murder of a 48-year-old woman found beaten behind an Eastside Houston bar. On Thursday morning ...


Virgin Beauty Stands Strong

Houston's own virgin beauty contestant is determined to bring morals to reality TV

By Tyler Rudick

06.01.13 | 12:47 pm

Angela Zatopek — the most recent addition to Houston's ever-growing pool of reality TV stars — has been a force to be reckoned with on NBC's Ready for Love. The ...


Shocking Fire Tragedy

The deadliest day in Houston Fire Department history brings unprecedented death, chaos and horror

By Tyler Rudick

05.31.13 | 5:49 pm

Four firefighters are dead after a five-alarm blaze ripped through a motel complex along the Southwest Freeway on Friday, creating a scene of horrific smoky chaos and devastation. This is ...


Fire watch

4 firefighters dead, 6 injured in blaze along Southwest Freeway; dense smoke stops traffic

By Tyler Rudick

05.31.13 | 2:34 pm

UPDATE 4:43 p.m.: Mayor Annise Parker's office confirmed that four firefighters were killed in today's hotel fire. ---------- At least two firefighters are in critical condition and ...


Animal Power

New Zoo gorillas to get eye-to-eye with visitors: Beasts are returning in $28 million up-close style

By Tyler Rudick

05.30.13 | 4:28 pm

After a 10-year absence, the Houston Zoo is welcoming gorillas back into the fold with what is expected to be one of the most carefully-constructed zoological habitats in the world ...


San Antonio? Really?!

Esquire's Best Bars list completely snubs Houston: Bayou City's top bartenders are fighting . . .

By Tyler Rudick

05.30.13 | 8:26 am

Esquire magazine's 2013 Best Bars in America list lands on newsstands this week with plenty of love for Texas . . . with the glaring exception of Houston. That's right, H-Town ...


New Ashby High Rise Twist

Oops! Controversial Ashby high rise build accidently crushes a neighbor's fence: Bricks are flying!

By Tyler Rudick

05.29.13 | 3:27 pm

Bricks are flying at 1717 Bissonnett as demolition crews make way for the ever-controversial Ashby high rise . . . And when we say "flying," we mean it. Workers have been caught taking ...


Food Crime

Thieves target Heights foodie haven, breaking in again and again — but they haven't stolen the cheese

By Tyler Rudick

05.28.13 | 5:25 pm

Revival Market found itself with yet another shattered glass door Monday morning as a late night thieves continues to strike The Heights foodie hub. The glass door of the shop ...


Yeezy blocked

Police crack down on Kanye West video events in Houston while Austin screenings proceed

By Tyler Rudick

05.28.13 | 1:16 pm

UPDATE: Rothko Chapel executive director Emilee Dawn Whitehurst confirmed that the non-denominational institution had no prior knowledge of the event, but would have been happy to collaborate with West were ...


Super Guppy

Mystery solved: Bizarre mega-aircraft at Hobby Airport is part of Space City's forgotten past

By Tyler Rudick

05.19.13 | 7:30 am

A strange piece of Space City history was unlocked this week after a local Reddit user posted an image of one of the oddest aircrafts ever flown this side of ...


Foodie News

Another longtime sushi restaurant suddenly closes: Is this food craze on the wane?

By Tyler Rudick

05.17.13 | 4:34 pm

Zushi Japanese Cuisine — a longtime haunt of Houston sushi lovers — has ended its six-year run on Memorial Drive at Westcott. The restaurant's second location on Memorial at Dairy Ashford ...


H-Town's The New Food Capital

Big restaurant win: Houston dubbed America's great new food capital by wowed national magazine

By Tyler Rudick

05.17.13 | 2:12 pm

It's official — Food & Wine magazine has fallen for Houston. Hard. After recently naming Chris Shepherd one of the 10 best new chefs in the United States, the national publication ...


Surprise Hospital Cuts

M.D. Anderson enacts austerity measures amidst Houston's booming economy

By Tyler Rudick

05.17.13 | 1:33 pm

While Houston continues to receive national attention for its strong economy and employment numbers, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center announced it will be enacting austerity measures ...


Only five?

Texas Monthly snubs Houston with its ridiculously crafted best barbecue list

By Tyler Rudick

05.16.13 | 4:25 pm

With 33,168 miles logged and 658 restaurants visited, Texas Monthly has finally unveiled the results of its exhaustive search for the Lone State State's 50 best BBQ joints ...


Foodie News

A once-celebrated sushi restaurant goes out of business, leaving a Midtown void

By Tyler Rudick

05.16.13 | 1:21 pm

The Mix@Midtown has lost a friend. Sushi Raku officially closed its doors last week, ending a three-year run at mixed-use complex on Elgin and leaving behind a surprising number ...


Music Matters

Psych out: Billy Corgan's yearning Smashing Pumpkins rebirth makes for one trippy Houston concert

By Tyler Rudick

05.16.13 | 11:29 am

The last time I saw the Smashing Pumpkins live was Lollapalooza 1994 . . . so, to say the least, it's been a while. As an obsessive high school Pumpkins fan through ...


Shocking Crime

Superstar singer hurt in brutal Houston attack targeted by berserk fan

By Tyler Rudick

05.15.13 | 7:29 pm

Oscar De La Rosa — frontman of the Grammy Award-winning Houston Tejano band La Mafia — is recovering at home this week after a brutal attack at a Montrose club that left ...


Texans Have Manners

A well-mannered win: Texas ranks super low in swearing, it's no potty mouthed state

By Tyler Rudick

05.15.13 | 2:48 pm

With all our yes ma'ams and no sirs, we Texans are a well-mannered bunch . . . and now there's statistical data to prove it. According to a new study, the ...


First Tupac . . .

Police still baffled by rapper shootings in Houston: Multiple music video attacks no closer to being solved

By Tyler Rudick

05.14.13 | 6:23 pm

Area investigators are still searching for clues in the wake of violence during the filming of two music videos. The mysterious shootings left one musician dead and another seriously injured ...


Bobby Heugel UnPlugged

The best and cheapest margarita in Houston? Bobby Heugel thinks big with new bar, budding empire

By Tyler Rudick

05.14.13 | 1:57 pm

With two new upcoming bars, Bobby Heugel has some busy months ahead of him . . . And that's not mentioning the budding Houston bar and restaurant mogul's drinks tent at ...


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