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The Rice (Houston) The Rice, formerly the Rice Hotel, is an historic building at 909 Texas Avenue in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The current building is the third to occupy the site. It was completed in 1913 on the site of the former Capitol building of the Republic of Texas, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Heritage Plaza is a postmodern skyscraper located in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, Texas.Standing at 762 feet (232 m), [1] the tower is the 5th-tallest building in Houston, the 8th-tallest in Texas, and the 60th-tallest in the United States.
Pennzoil Place. Pennzoil Place is a set of two 36-story towers in Downtown Houston, United States. [2] designed by Philip Johnson / John Burgee Architects from a concept by Eli Attia, a staff architect with the firm. Completed in 1976, it is Houston's most award-winning skyscraper and is widely known for its innovative design. [3][4][5]
Hyatt Regency Houston was a host hotel for the 1992 Republican National Convention, the 16th G7 Economic Summit in 1990, and the 1998 World Energy Congress. [6] The hotel completed a $40 million renovation in 2008 that included all 947 guestrooms, a redesigned lobby bar, 64,000 square feet (5,900 m 2) of meeting space, and the addition of the ...
Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant. Coordinates: 29.7504°N 95.3912°W. Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant, May 2018. Anderson Fair is one of the oldest folk and acoustic music venues in continuous operation in the United States. [1] Located in the Montrose area of Houston, Texas, it has been called an "incubator" of musical talent for the folk scene ...
Tex-Mex cuisine in Houston began in the late 1800s, when street vendors appeared. Most were Hispanic, black and Native American. [4] In 1901 Tex-Mex food vendors began moving to indoor venues after the city government prohibited open-air food vending at Market Square. [5] In 1907 a food safety campaign began, and the resulting laws lead to many ...
Website. Venue Info. The Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts (commonly known as Jones Hall) is a performance venue in Houston, Texas, and the permanent home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Society for the Performing Arts. [2] Jones Hall is also frequently rented as a venue for contemporary pop musicians and other performers and is ...
One Shell Plaza. One Shell Plaza (OSP) is a 50-story, 218 m (715 ft) skyscraper at 910 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas. Perched atop the building is an antenna that brings the pinnacle height of the building to 304.8 m (1,000 ft). At its completion in 1971, the tower was the tallest in the city.