Showing posts with label Bagby-Street-Houston-TX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bagby-Street-Houston-TX. Show all posts

Saturday, November 17, 2018

City Hall Annex Selfie (sort of)



Mirror image of City Hall Annex (City of Houston) Bagby Street
 Mirror image of City Hall Annex at the Central Library 
Bagby Street 

Art Deco City Hall Building (City of Houston) Bagby Street
Art Deco City Hall Building (City of Houston) Bagby Street 

MORE MIRRORED STRUCTURES

SLIGHTLY DE-STRAIGHTENED BANK OF AMERICA TOWER 


VW MOBILE PHOTO BOOTH

Central Library Plaza on Bagby - 11/17/2018 Via Colori Event 

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Sweeney Clock (1908) in small park at the Theater District


Sweeney Clock (1908)
This old post clock with Roman numerals can be admired in a small square/green space between the North end of the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts and Bayou Place (formerly Albert Thomas Convention Hall).The metal column holding this historic clock sits on a base built with red bricks that were reclaimed when the pavement of Navigation Boulevard was torn up and the road resurfaced. The Sweeney clock had lingered in storage and was eventually saved from being disposed of as junk and installed at the current location in 1968. It got its name from the Jewelry Store on the Corner of Main and Prairie where it one stood. 

Across the street from it (which is currently having light rail tracks installed) is another historic site: the former location of a court house and jail with an old oak still flourishing that reportedly served as a "hanging tree" for execution of prisoners. There are few other traces of history remaining in this location, leaving aside the historical markers. The Western part of Bayou Place behind the sprawling tree (partially visible in the photo below) now serves as office space. 

Historical Marker at Sweeney Clock Triangle (Rusk and Capitol at Bagby)
Sweeney Post Clock at the Hobby Center (Jan 2013 pic)
Sweeney Post Clock at the Hobby Center (Jan 2013 pic) 




Monday, June 3, 2013

Hanging Oak at Bayou Place - Theater District sightseeing

Hanging Oak in the Summer
(2014 photo with nearby rail construction work ongoing)
Old Hanging Oak at former site of courthouse and jail
Old Hanging Oak Historical Interpretive Marker

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Central Library Building (1975) in Downtown Houston with multi-chromatic plaza and bright-red public art


Central Library in Downtown Houston - Houston Public Library System -
Abstract red sculpture on plaza at NW corner
Southwest corner of HPL Central Library Building at Sunset
Bright red conceptual art installation in metal on Library Plaza
Geometric Mouse, Scale X

400 McKinney, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77002
Bike Parking at the Public Library - Downtown Houston

Friday, April 12, 2013

Heritage Plaza (1987) Skyscraper pics



Houston skyscraper at center of West-facing Downtown skyline 
with stepped pyramid top.
Located at 1111 Bagby Street 

Heritage Plaza Skyscraper soaring above Gulf Freeway a lot higher than 14 ft

Heritage Plaza Office Tower and other Downtown Houston Skyscrapers with I-45 Freeway in foreground
Heritage Plaza
Former names: ChevronTexaco Heritage Plaza 
and Texaco Heritage Plaza

Heritage Plaza Office Tower at street level: Entrance on Bagby Street (facing West)