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The Capitol Lofts is a building located at 711 Main Street in downtown Houston, Texas. Constructed in 1908, the building was originally used for office space and was converted to residential lofts in the 1990s. The building was the tallest building in Houston and Texas until being surpassed by the Praetorian Building in Dallas, Texas as the tallest building in Texas in 1909. It remained the tallest in Houston until 1915 when surpassed by the Texas Company Annex.Designed by architect Alfred C. Finn, the building's original facade was covered with granite and glass in the 1980s.Zoned schoolsFranklin Lofts is within the Houston Independent School District. As of 2015 the building is assigned to Gregory Lincoln Education Center (Grades K-8), and Davis High School.The building was previously zoned to Bruce Elementary School, and E. O. Smith Education Center (for middle school).

Last year we invited you to Love Local. This year, journey with us to HOUTOPIA, as you wind your way through beautiful Market Square Park and taste, touch, hear, and experience all that makes Houston such a fantastic place to live work and play. All at the 2013 Sustainable Living Fest! Enjoy the best local eats, amazing local talent, interactive demonstrations, recycled art workshops, eco-games and lots of activities for kids of all ages, a farmers market and back-to-back main stage entertainment including: 1PM The Wheel Workers 2PM Fest Awards 3PM The Journey Agents 4PM Walk of the Town Up-Cycled Fashion Show 5PM Craig Kinsey Band Additional Scheduled Activities: March 13: Movie Screening at Market Square Park | 8PM | FREE Come out to watch this beautiful and inspiring documentary about the endurance of the human spirit. Watch for the Sustainable Living Fest Trailer before the show! *Sustainable Living Fest 2012, a near zero-waste event (NZW), is a collaborative effort between KWIRX Creative, Houston Green Scene, and the Houston Downtown Management District in conjunction with local businesses, environmental non-profit agencies, community groups, government and educational agencies- and people like you!

Le Harris County Civil Justice Center est un gratte-ciel de de hauteur, construit à Houston au Texas de 2003 à 2005. Il abrite un palais de justice pour le Comté de Harris, l'un des plus importants comtés des États-Unis, qui comprend la ville de Houston. Il y a 37 salles d'audience et l'immeuble est desservi par 13 ascenseurs.Le gratte-ciel est de style post-moderne et néo-classique (colonnade). C'est l'un des très rares exemple de gratte-ciel construit au qui intègre des éléments néoclassiques.Le bâtiment a coûté 119 millions de $.L'architecte de l'immeuble est l'agence Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville.Article connexe Liste des plus hauts gratte-ciel de l'agglomération de HoustonLiens externes Harris County Civil Justice Center sur Emporis Harris County Civil Justice Center sur skyscraperpage

Houston is an Amtrak intercity train station in Houston.HistoryThe present Houston station, which opened on October 26, 1959, was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad to replace Grand Central Station, which was just east of the present station. That station operated from September 1, 1934 until the property was sold to the U.S. Government in 1959 to become the site of the Houston main post office. Grand Central Station had replaced the original Houston & Texas Central depot of 1886. When Amtrak was created it was one of two stations in Houston that served Amtrak trains, the other being Union Station, now part of Minute Maid Park. All Amtrak trains moved to Southern Pacific Station by the end of July 1974, and all trains were canceled or rerouted out of Houston except the Sunset Limited. This station continued to be owned and operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad after the creation of Amtrak, and has been owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad since the merger of Southern Pacific and Union Pacific.A third station, the Katy Railroad Depot, was at the top of the Main Street viaduct, next to the campus of the (UHD). It was no longer an active passenger station by the end of 1958 and never served Amtrak. It was demolished, save for a section of platform under the Main Street viaduct.Intermodal Transit CenterWhenever the funding would become available, the current Amtrak station was to be replaced by the Houston Intermodal Transit Center, just north of downtown, on the Union Pacific main line. It was planned to be a much larger facility with the tracks underground, similar to Penn Station in New York. The project was cancelled in 2010.

The Annunciation Church is a Catholic church located at the corner of Texas and Crawford in downtown Houston, Texas.Annunciation Church sprung from the congregation at St. Vincent's, Houston's first Catholic church. In 1866, Father Joseph Querat and Galveston Bishop Claude M. Debuis believed the congregation was outgrowing the old building and started planning for a new one. The congregation chose the name for the planned building, "Church of the Annunciation." Nicholas Clayton designed the building that was dedicated on September 10, 1871. The bell tower was added later in 1871 and the twin towers were added in 1884.The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The church remains Houston's oldest existing church and, as such, the property was eventually faced with a foundation problem. A large void had developed underneath the church’s southwest corner and, symptomatically, the foundation subsided. Through a polymer injection process work at Annunciation Catholic Church was completed in two days with minimal disruption to mass and parishioners.

Discovery Green is a 12 acre park located in the heart of Downtown Houston that opened in April 2008. Our mission is to operate an urban park that serves as a village green, a source of health and happiness for our citizens, and a window into the diverse talents and traditions that enrich life in Houston.

The Marriott Marquis Houston is a 1000-room Marriott hotel in Houston, Texas. It is the second large hotel located near the George R. Brown Convention Center, to which is connected by a pedestrian sky bridge. It includes five restaurants and a 40,000-square-foot ballroom, the largest in Houston. The hotel is the sixth Marriott Marquis Hotel.

The Houston Police Officer Memorial is a piece of public art erected in Houston in 1991 to recognize the sacrifices made by city police officers and to honor those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The monument is a large-scale granite sculpture by artist Jesús Bautista Moroles.MemorialThe piece is set as a 120' by 120' Greek cross with a stepped pyramid and sunken courtyard at its center. The apex of the center pyramid is 12.5' above ground level. The top of the pyramid contains a pink granite reflecting pool engraved with the names of over 100 officers killed in the line of duty. The stepped pyramid is surrounded by four inverted stepped pyramids. The memorial is continuously guarded by police officers. There is an annual ceremony held at the memorial to honor the fallen police officers.HistoryFundraising for the sculpture began in 1985. Numerous patrons contributed to the sculpture fund, including the Knox Foundation, the Cullen Foundation, the Fayez Sarofim and Company, the Rockwell Fund, the Brown Foundation, the M.D. Anderson Foundation, the Scurlock Foundation, the Neva and Wesley West Foundation, and Albert and Margaret Alkek.

Bayou City Bike Tours is a social enterprise with the goal of promoting Houston as a destination for everyone. Our tours are fun for all ages, informative and affordable. Our professional guides are veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who are now attending college in the Houston area. Their enthusiasm for this city combined with their knowledge of local history means you will see a side of Houston that many don't even know exists.