B-Cycle Station on McKinney at Caroline

Bicycle Rental Station on McKinney at Caroline Street 

Houston Center - Sidewalk Inspiration 

FULBRIGHT TOWER / NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT (sign)

On McKinney Street at Caroline west-bound 

Ernst & Young at Office Tower on McKinney and Austin Street

McKinney Street

Wells Fargo Advisors at Two Houston Center

Two Houston Center looking North (Summer 2014 photo)

Wells Fargo Advisors signage on 2 Houston Building
entrance with escalator

1000 Main Office Tower in Downtown Houston at McKinney

1000 Main Office Tower in Downtown Houston - Main Street Corridor at McKinney

Previously known as  Reliant Energy Plaza, this 36-tower in Downtown 

Houston was built in 2004.
The building has its own website: http://www.1000main.com/index.html
with information for prospective tenants and current tenant services

Porter Hedges sign on Travis Street corner of 1000 Main Office Tower

12/22/14 UPDATE: The Houston Business Journal reports in its Dec 12-18, 2014 edition that the tower was sold at a record price of $537 per square foot or about $450 million to LaSalle Investment Management, which is based in Chicago. The previous record was set by the sale of the Hess Tower in 2011. Both buildings were designed by Gensler.

6/17/13 UPDATE: According to a short item in the June 17, 2013 edition of the Houston Chronicle, Transwestern has obtained LEED Gold Certification for 1000 Main from the U.S. Green Building Council in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings.

MKT Bar at One Park Place Phoenicia Downtown Houston near Discovery Green

MKT Bar - Sidewalk at One Park Place - Phonicia

                          Jazz and Mimosa Brunch at MKT Bar 1001 Austin Street Houston, TX 77010

JoS. A. Bank Clothier Downtown at Houston Center Shops

Intersection of McKinney and San Jacinto Street
 NW corner of The Shops at Houston Center

LyondellBasell Tower

Lyondellbasell Office Tower with skywalk over McKinney Street
at San Jacinto in Downtown Houston

LyondellBasell Tower - 1221 McKinney Downtown Houston

Formerly known as One Houston Center

1221 McKinney, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77010

Five Houston Center

Five Houston Center Office - Modern Class A Office Building with 27 floors
 Multi-tenant office tower in Downtown Houston near Discovery Green - Houston Center

Corporate tenants at 5 Houston Center: Ernst & Young; Jackson Walker (JW); Bank of Texas

Fulbright Tower - Skyscraper on McKinney Ave. in Downtown Houston (1982)

1301 McKinney Avenue, Houston, TX 77010

Fulbright Tower (Three Houston Center p/k/a Gulf Tower) 

52-two story skyscraper in Downtown Houston built in the early 1980s. 

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP law firm sign on plaza in front of Fulbright Tower
Key Energy Services (well services company) also located in same office building. 

Law Firm Fulbright & Jaworski, LLC is lead tenant with building naming rights. Skyscraper was previously occupied by energy company Chevron-Texaco, and was named Chevron Tower.

Chevron now occupies office towers on Smith Street and at 1500 Louisiana.  

Entrance with Fulbright Tower with name above door

Angled-up view of Fulbright Tower against sky - McKinney Ave.
Partial view of 5 Houston Center on the right

NAME HISTORY:

Fulbright Tower

Three Houston Center

ChevronTexaco Tower

Chevron Tower

Gulf Tower

1301 McKinney Avenue, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77010

IBC Bank Downtown on Main Street - Corner of McKinney

IBC BANK branch on Main Street - 1001 McKinney Building - Downtown Houston Texas

1001 McKinney Building on corner of Main and McKinney Street

1001 McKinney, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77002

1001 McKinney, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77002

One Shell Plaza Office Tower Downtown Houston

One Shell Plaza - East side of Office Tower

Shell Plaza is one of the first skyscrapers put on the Downtown Houston map by legendary Developer Gerald D. Hines. Construction of the 50-floor travertine-clad office tower started in 1967.  One Shell Plaza was completed in 1970, and saw renovations in 1993 and 2011. Two Shell Plaza was completed in 1971, with almost 1000 additional parking spaces in its garage.  Shell Plaza was the tallest tower at completion and its rooftop antenna spire carried broadcast signals of numerous local stations.   

The property was sold by Hines Interests LP in 2012 for more than 500 million dollars and construction work is currently under way on the marble plaza at the base of the One Shell Tower.

The building basically has a rectangular design, but its footprint street-level segment is slightly undulated. It received LEED Gold certification in 2009. 

Leading tenants are Shell Oil Company (after which the building is named) and Baker Botts law firm. Shell renewed its lease in 2011 for 15 more years.

Plaza Club occupies the 49^th floor. In 2013 the Houston Club relocated there from The Houston Club Building, after its merger with Plaza Club. It offers meeting, entertainment, and fine dining facilities.