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Downtown Aquarium is a for profit aquarium and restaurant located in Houston, Texas, United States, that was developed from two Houston landmarks: Fire Station No. 1 and the Central Waterworks Building. The aquarium is located on a 6-acre (2.4 ha) site at 410 Bagby Street in downtown Houston.
The University of Houston–Downtown (UHD) is a four-year state university, located within the Main Street Market Square Historic District. Founded in 1974, it is one of four separate and distinct institutions in the University of Houston System. UHD has an enrollment of 12,900 students—making it the 13th largest public university in Texas ...
[4] In 1995 Racine said "Elsewhere, Kirby Drive and especially Richmond Avenue are examples of strips where a bandwagon effect has spurred the proliferation of restaurants and clubs." [2] In 1994 Greg Hassell of the Houston Chronicle said that the Richmond Strip was "the city's party strip."
Opened in 2009, CityCentre is a 50-acre (20-hectare) development with 2.1 million square feet (200,000 m 2) of gross floor space, [2] including 400,000 square feet (37,000 m 2) of retail, restaurants and entertainment, a 149,000-square-foot (13,800 m 2) fitness facility, 425,000 square feet (39,500 m 2) of office space, and a variety of rental ...
The city hired Charles E. Hoare to design the new Italianate civic center, which included city offices, market stalls, and a theater. The project cost the city $400,000, but the 1873 building was consumed by a fire on July 8, 1976, leaving Houston with $182,500 of outstanding debt in its bond and only $82,500 in insurance payments.
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. The building, designed by Houston-based M. Nasr & Partners P.C., was completed in 1987, and ...
1500 Louisiana Street, formerly Enron Center South, is a 600 ft (183m) tall skyscraper in Houston, Texas. It was completed in 2002 and has 40 floors and a total building area of 1,284,013sq.ft. [4] It is the 20th tallest building in the city [2] and the tallest completed in the 2000s. [5] It was designed by César Pelli. [6]
Memorial Drive runs through the park, heading east to downtown Houston and west to the 610 Loop. A small portion of land west of the 610 Loop bordered by Woodway Drive and Buffalo Bayou is also part of the park. I-10/U.S. 90 borders the park to the north. The park was originally designed by landscape architects Hare & Hare of Kansas City, Missouri.