Showing posts with label Hermann-Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hermann-Park. Show all posts

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Mecom Fountain from varying angles


Mecom Founatin and Sam Houston on horseback 

Parkland Tower

Mecom Fountain with Cranes at Glasell School construction site in background 

Mecom Founain and Hotel Zaza (right)


MECOM FOUNTAIN - HOTEL ZAZA 

Friday, May 12, 2017

Hotel Zaza in the Museum District at Hermann Park


5701 Main St, Houston, TX 77005
Hotel Z seen from Hermann Park / Rice Metro Light Rail Station 

Hotel Zaza  5701 Main St, Houston, TX 77005
MECOM FOUNTAIN - HOTEL ZAZA - THE WARWICK CONDO TOWERS 

Herman Park Drive 

MECOM FOUNTAIN 

Circle at Sam Houston Monument 
Sam Houston Statute at Herman Park
Sam Houston Statute at Herman Park 

Sam Houston Monument with The Warwick Towers in background
Sam Houston Monument with The Warwick Towers in background 

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

McGovern Lake in Hermann Park at Sundown


Green Heron on the Water 
Patience paid off: Heron caught a fish 
Turtle floating in the water with head sticking out
Floating wildlife 





 Sunset at McGovern Lake in Hermann Park (May 2017) 


Sun setting behind the tree line 

Friday, December 9, 2016

Dick Dowling - White marble statute of Civil War figure at Hermann Park and grave in the East End



Long dead, but still controversial: Irishman-Southerner Dick Dowling,
of Civil War battle fame 
Hermann Park sign - Cambridge St. at S. MacGregor Way
The way to other Hermann Park Destinations
Hermann Park sign with Dowling top right
 - Cambridge St. at S. MacGregor Way 

Dick Dowling Statue with Texas Historical Commission Marker
Cambridge St: Dick Dowling Statue with Texas Historical Commission Marker 

DOWLING GRAVE AT ST VINCENT'S CEMETERY 
IN THE EAST END 

Dick Dowling plaque at burial site in historic St. Vincent's cemetery
on Navigation Blvd. 
Lt. Dick Dowling burial site - Houston East End Historic Cemetery

Dick Dowling burial site at St. Vincent's Cemetery
Dick Dowling is buried at St. Vincent's Cemetery adjoining Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
on Navigation Boulevard in Houston's East End 



Thursday, November 24, 2016

Public Art in Hermann Park


Portable Trojan Bear by Jim Love
Portable Trojan Bear by Jim Love 

Adropo's Key by Hannah Stewart on top of the hill at Miller Outdoor Theatre 

Elephant sculpture at South entrance to Houston Zoo (Cambridge St. 


Dawn with Deer in the Rose Garden 
fountain with white marble statute at Centennial Gardens 



Sunday, November 20, 2016

George Hermann


 Life-size statute of George Hermann

Hermann Park Destinations - Sign on Cambridge St with Dick Dowling
statute in background 
Click on pic to enlarge display and read tribute to George Hermann 

Hermann Park (signage at SW corner of park)

George Hermann statute with inscription at Hermann Park (Cambridge St.)