He and his wife created the Blue Tile Project in 2015 as a way to document and preserve the remaining blue tile street signs of Houston. Sanchez said initially they only knew of 20 street signs, but thanks to social media and the app they created called the Blue Tile Project App , they've located 3,450 blue tiles through geotags. The blue tiles still exist all around the city, you just have to find them. AdIn the parking lot of Spring Streets Studios, there are more than 75 blue tile street signs that have been salvaged and placed at each parking spot. Above the doors at 8th Wonder Brewery in East Downtown Houston, there are blue tiles Sanchez made for the beer company.

In January, a KPRC reporter, the one writing this article, was robbed at gunpoint while covering a story on Houston’s west side.