Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Monday, January 9, 2017
Sunday, January 8, 2017
East End History: FDR Was Here
It's been a while since President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to town ... too long for anyone to remember. That's where the historical marker comes in to bring history to life.
Navigation Boulevard
with esplanade art, seating, and historic reminders
| Original Ninfa's Tex-Mex Restaurant |
| Navigation Esplanade with public hang-out space around the trees |
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Fifth Ward Neighborhood Mural
Welcome to the Fifth Ward
Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men
Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men is a boys' secondary school in the Fifth Ward opened in 2011 in the former E.O. Smith Education Center campus. The HISD magnet school is named after George Thomas "Mickey" Leland (November 27, 1944 – August 7, 1989), a civil rights leader, advocate for poor people, TSU graduate, and local politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives and as a Congressman in Washington, representing Texas Congressional District 18. Leland perished in 1989 in an airplane crash in Africa. The current U.S. Representative for District 18 is Sheila Jackson Lee. The federal building on the Southwestern edge of Downtown Houston right next to the Gulf Freeway (I-45) is also named for Leland. --> Mickey Leland Federal Building at 1919 Smith Street Houston, TX 77002 (renovation).
| Mickey Leland Academy - Fifth Ward Welcome Mural - 1510 Jensen Dr, Houston, TX 77020 |
| Fifth Ward Neighborhood Civil Club - Seasonal esplanade decor |
Friday, January 6, 2017
Houston - City of Music
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Bill Coats Bridge at Dusk in the Winter
| Silhouette of arches of Brays Bayou Bridge near the Medical Center |
Bill Coats Brays Bayou Bridge in the Texas Medical Center at Dusk
| Bill Coats Bridge - Mosaic at Hermann Park towers in the distance |
| Silhouette of leafless tress with birds |
| Brays Bayou at dusk with skyline - Parklane Tower on left, Mosaic Towers on right, Downtown skyscrapers in the distance |
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