Friday, November 11, 2016

Historic Hotels in Downtown Houston


Hotel Icon - Treebeards Mural in foreground
Hotel Icon - Treebeards Mural in foreground (Nov 2016 photo)

Sam Houston Hotel - San Jacinto Street (Nov 2016 photo) 
Magnolia Hotel at the Post Dispatch Building
Magnolia Hotel 

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Relics from the past across the railroad tracks in EaDo


Rusty vintage machinery on the East side of the RR tracks - Downtown skyline in the distance


899, 507 N Nagle St, Houston, TX 77003 - Old Grain Silos

Old Grain Silos on the banks of Buffalo Bayou
that used to be connected to freight rail line

The railroad tracks that separate the East End from Downtown
The railroad tracks that separate the East End from Downtown 


Monday, November 7, 2016

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Houston Skyscrapers in Pairs


Bank of America Center & JPMorgan Chase Tower
Bank of America Center & JPMorgan Chase Tower 
CenterPoint lurking above Total Plaza 
One Allen Center and Enterprise Plaza
One Allen Center and Enterprise Plaza 

Enterprise Plaza and Wells Fargo Plaza
Enterprise Plaza and Wells Fargo Plaza 

One Shell and reflection of One Shell
on  curved skin of Wells Fargo Tower 
Mickey Leland Federal Building and 1600 Smith Tower
Federal Building and 1600 Smith Continental Center - Cullen Center 
Enterprise Plaza and CenterPoint Tower with hole in roof 
Williams Tower and Galleria Office Building 

Lyric and Chase

AIG Tower and The Royalton on Allen Parkway
AIG Tower and The Royalton on Allen Parkway 

Thursday, November 3, 2016

City Time


CLOCK ATOP ART DECO CITY HALL BUILDING 
City Hall roof clock dial with new Market Square Tower behind it 


The Gap in the Theatre District

... and the Giant Guitar 


Cojoined Pennzoil Place Twins 



Rotating roof guitar at Hard Rock Cafe (Bayou Place) with facades of Pennzoil Place and Bank of America Tower
as backdrop (Oct 2016 photo)