Skyscraper skin with fin: ExxonMobil Building (1963)

Historic Mafrige Building - 400 Block of Fannin near the Old Courthouse

View from Main Sreet (Preston Light Rail Station) looking East across parking lot 

The Beaconsfield Condos on Main in 2016

Historic building seen from the South, Jefferson at Main (April 2016 photo) 

Sidewalk view of The Beaconsfield looking South on Main
(April 2016)

The historic and the modern in close proximity:

The Beaconsfield and Skyhouse II on Main 

West side of building with fire escape illuminated by setting sun (4/14/2016) 

Fire escape Detail on west-facing facade 

The Beaconsfield 1700 Main Street, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77002 

State National Building in 2016

STATE NATIONAL UPGRADES

412 Main Street - Facade of State National Building with
Preston Light Rail Stop in foreground  

East side (above) and South side (below) of State National Building at 412 Main Street;

State National Building towering over Byrd's Department Store Bldg - View from Prairie Street 

State National Bldg from Prairie Street - SW corner view
El Big Bad in foreground 

While the Hines Market Square tower is rising on Travis Street, the
State-National Building is also undergoing renovation
(April 2016 pic) 

Round-table with a steady spin: Revolving skyline served up with dinner at the Spindletop

Spindletop restaurant atop the Hyatt Regency Hotel 

Hyatt Regency Houston, 1200 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002 

Patrick Renner's Trumpet Flower planted at Main Street Square (2016 Art Blocks Initiative)

Inside the trumpet looking up 

The trumpet in its Main Street Square habitat on Bash Day (colors enhanced) 

Red patio seating under the trumpet 

Art Blocks - Main Street Square Art Project

Unusual colors on pavement and walls 

THE ART BLOCKS PROJECT

Patrick Renner's Trumpet Flower 

Trumpet Flower Legend 

Unusual colors in the street scene 

The wet segment of Metro Rail at Main Street Square
with new public art features on the East side of Main 

Corner that monitors passers-by in the name of street art
and displays the live video on big screens 

Last pics of the soon-to-be-gone Houston Chronicle Headquarters Building in Downtown Houston

Frontal view: Facade of Houston Chronicle Building with reflection
of the JPMorgan Chase Tower on the other side of Texas Street 

LONGTIME HOUSTON CHRONICLE HEADQUARTERS

BUILDING ON TEXAS STREET 

AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE DEMO CREW 

Looking West on Texas Avenue: the doomed Houston Chronicle Bldg
with Lone Star Flag on lamp post waiving good-bye 

Houston Chronicle signage atop its main facade; 
with flagging Chase Tower flags in front 

The time has come for Houston's Top News building to topple 

The demolition site perimeter is already marked with orange barriers 

Signs of the approaching bitter-sweet orange show 

Historical interpretative poster on lamp post in front of  the Chronicle HQ's
 main entrance on Texas Avenue will soon be rendered history too 

Incipient demolition zone on the corner of Travis and Prairie 

View  on borrowed time from sidewalk at Jones Hall - Chase Tower on the right.

Buffalo Bayou at the Franklin, Smith, and Louisiana Triangle

Houston version of Lone Star 

Backside of the bridge-mounted "Welcome to Houston" installation
at confluence of Smith Street and Louisiana at Franklin St.

Bayou Bridge - Chase Drive up Bank with northern tail of Downtown Skyline 

1301 Fannin - White Office Building with horizontal slot windows

1301 Fannin Office Building (March 2016) 

Four holes in the roof - by design

THE ENRON LEGACY,

ARCHITECTURALLY SPEAKING 

1500 Louisiana Office Tower - Now Chevron 

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