El Tiempo Clock on Delano St.

El Tiempo Post Clock on Corner of Delano and Navigation Blvd. 

Navigation Esplanade 

HFP Fire Station on Navigation Boulevard 

Ninfa's on Navigation 

Delano Street Pavement Signage with Greater East End Emblem 

Clock Tower at Market Square

Friedman Clocktower in Downtown Historic District

Travis Street at Congress 

El Tiempo

Fajitas & Margaritas 

City Time

CLOCK ATOP ART DECO CITY HALL BUILDING 

City Hall roof clock dial with new Market Square Tower behind it 

Vintage Clocks and Clocktowers around Town

Main at Texas Post Clock 

Clock tower on the edge of Market Square Park
(SE corner of Travis and Congress Street)

Vintage Seth Thomas clockworks inside the clock tower 

History of City Hall Tower and Bell explained 

Clocktower with functional Seth Thomas clock and bell 

Tribute to the Friedmans 

Friedman Clock Tower 

Guess what this is? (Not a surrealist painting)  

City Hall Clock 

Campanile building on Montrose Blvd North of Richmond 

Clocktower on the SW Fwy in Greenway Plaza area

Sweeney Clock at the Hobby Center in the Theater District
(Jan 2013 photo) 

Clocktower Building on Allen Parkway near Dunlavy 

Clocktower Office Building  with stand of palm trees - D'Amico and Allen Parkway 

Friedman Clock Tower with winding staircase and mirrors

Seth Thomas Clock (1904)

Clocktower at the edge of Market Square with Chase Tower
leaning in

Seth Thomas Clock - Clockworks at base of clocktower at Market Square Park
on Travis at Congress - Batanga patio behind

Keeping Time on Main Street - 100 years and more

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) 

Batanga Latin Tapas Restaurant, Bar, Patio in the shade of the Clocktower at Market Square

batanga restaurant logo on canopy over sidewalk 

batanga tapas restaurant opened April 1, 2013

Batanga location 908 Congress prior to build-out and patio adaptation -  

Sidewalk and Batanga's patio on the corner of Congress and Travis St.

Clock Tower with old City Hall clockworks and dials at the street corner next to Batanga's

Patio seating with old red brick wall - JPMorgan Chase Tower in background

The Binz Building with Asian restaurants: Korean and Vietnamese

Korean Restaurant at Binz Building on Main

The Binz Building - Pizza Napoli Restaurant has moved out of corner retail space
and relocated to Bayou Place

Pho restaurant on Main Street at Binz Building across from Rice Hotel
1001 Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77002

Looking down Main Street Corridor from sidewalk at Rice Hotel

Binz Building Garage on Fannin with overnight parking option
(July 2014 pic)