Showing posts with label Sesquicentennial-Park. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Scenic views of Downtown Houston & Skyline


The Wortham Center on tree-lined Buffalo Bayou
 with Houston Skyline  
President Bush Memorial and Downtown
Houston skyline with blue sky 
Buffalo Bayou bridge - Bayou Lofts - Criminal Courthouse
and other buildings on North end of Downtown 
Bayou Place with skyscraper and airplane aloft 
Buffalo Bayou bank at Sesquicentennial Park
 with Franklin Street Post Office behind



Thursday, June 26, 2014

Houston Ballet Building on Buffalo Bayou


Houston Ballet 601 Preston Street Houston, TX 77002
Houston Ballet Building
View across Buffalo Bayou - Sesquicentennial Park


Houston Ballet - Smith Street Bridge (2015 photo)
Entrance to Houston Ballet Building on Smith Street 
601 Preston Street Houston, TX 77002 (Houston Ballet)

Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet Building at Dusk - View from Buffalo
Bayou bridge 


Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Buffalo Bayou Sesquicentennial Park - Commemorative Marble Slabs

Preston Avenue History - Recent and not so recent


Important me, past and present, honored with memorial on Preston overlooking Buffalo Bayou:
Three generations of Bakers; last one James A. Baker, III (bronze statute)

Remnants of old brick wall on Preston Ave. sidewalk at Buffalo Bayou
Preston Avenue bridge over Buffalo Bayou was the major route for commerce 
in the early years of the Town of Houston

Bridge Marker: Preston Avenue Bridge - Downtown Houston Historic District
Franklin Street Post Office Building across Buffalo Bayou
seen from Baker Monument at Sesquicentennial Park


Buffalo Bayou at The Wortham - Art installation on Preston Ave Bridge and along the Bayou at The Wortham Center


Preston Ave bridge with The Wortham (June 2014 pic)


View of Post Office on Franklin from Preston Ave Bridge

Preston Avenue Bridge marker with some history
on significance of the bridge for the Town of Houston
View of The Wortham and Downtown skycrapers across Preston Avenue
Bridge over Buffalo Bayou in Downtown Houston


Friday, June 21, 2013

James Baker Commemoration at Downtown Houston Park


James Baker III - Statute with American Flag
James A. Baker statute overlooking Sesquicentennial Park
and Buffalo Bayou
Names of donors for James A Barker Monument engraved