Downtown Houston Post Office

Buffalo Bayou at the Downtown Post Office - Franklin St Bridge
(June 2014 photo)

United Stats Post Office on Franklin Street (Main Office in Downtown Houston)

Also endangered and reported to be facing demolition: U.S. Post Office Downtown

Preston Street Bridge with Post Office behind it

Uncle Sam apparently does not like pooches. 
Dogs Beware: You are not to come on U.S. Postal Property:

Dogs are banned from post office premises - Sign posted at Franklin St. Post Office

Ben Milam RIP - Former Hotel reduced to pile of rubble to make way for urban renewal

Photos of 80-plus year old Ben Milam Hotel building near Minute Maid Park taken last Friday, two days before the desolate land-mark was demolished by implosion Sunday December 9, 2012.

Preston Ave Bridge over Buffalo Bayou at the Wortham

Preston Bridge Plaque detail

Looking East while standing on the Preston Street Bridge 

Preston Street Bridge seen from the Promenade in Spring

Preston Street Bridge over Buffalo Bayou at Wortham Center in winter

It's Nutcracker Time Again in the Theatre District

Bayou Place at Dusk

Bayou Place signage - Listing of entertainment spots

Blue Fish Sushi Restaurant at Bayou Place

Directional sign to Theater District Parking Garage

View of Bayou Place, Hard Rock Cafe, from Bagby

Buffalo Bayou Downtown at the theater district

Tranquility Park in Downtown Houston (2012)

Columns in water represent rocket boosters - Tranquility refers to landing site on the Moon

This park sits on top of a parking garage and can be thought of as a roof-garden. Thematically, it represents Houston's international fame as "space city". Its name is borrowed from the "Sea of Tranquility", site of "The Eagle's" landing, and of one man's giant step for mankind. The stainless steel columns in the fountain represent booster rockets employed in moon missions (but function as exhaust pipes for the underground garage). The park offers a variety of vantage points to take in the Downtown Houston skyline, but shows signs of ageing and need for a revamp. It hosted a contingent of protesters during the height of the Occupy Wallstreet and Occupy this-and-that movement.     

Tranquility Park with skyscrapers in background

Bench at Tranquility Park with Hobby Center in Background

Tranquil view of Tranquility Park in Downtown Houston

Lauren's Garden - 9/11 Memorial at Old Market Square in Downtown Houston

Lauren - victim of 9/11 terrorist attack

Memorial for 911 terrorist attack victims in Old Market Square Park

Lauren's Garden - Interpretive Plaque

Lauren's Garden with partial view of water table and colored stone bench

Market Square

Signs of the Season: City Hall wrapped in colors

Buffalo Bayou at Memorial and Bagby

Horse-drawn carriage at intersection of Memorial Drive and Bagby
at Bayou  Place underpass

Some elements of the cityscape on the bayou are blue, but it's not normally the surface of Buffalo Bayou.

Blue street signs at Memorial Drive at Bagby

Buffalo Bayou at the curve in the Theater District

Buffalo Bayou at dusk with Aquarium entertainment complex in the background

Memorial Drive is not for Pedestrians

Ferris Wheel on Buffalo Bayou at Downtown Aquarium Entertainment Complex

Ferris Wheel at Acquarium seen from Buffalo Bayou Promenade (Feb 2013)

Bike ride on the Dam

Silhouette of bicycle riders and exercise equipment on top of Barker Dam in West Houston