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  2. Home Interiors and Gifts - Wikipedia

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    In 1994, Home Interiors and Gifts was sold to the investment firm of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in a $1 billion leveraged buyout. [1] [8] The company sold more than $850 million annually in silk and polyester flower arrangements, porcelain puppies and other decorative household items at home parties.

  3. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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    "Graining" was meant to imitate woods of higher quality that were more difficult to work. There were specific rules for interior color choice and placement. The theory of "harmony by analogy" was to use the colors that lay next to each other on the color wheel. And the second was the "harmony by contrast" that was to use the colors that were ...

  4. The Galleria - Wikipedia

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    The Westin Oaks Houston. Two hotels are located directly in the Galleria complex. The 400-room Houston Oaks Hotel opened in September 1971, soon after the opening of the first wing of the Galleria. The 500-room Galleria Plaza Hotel opened on November 18, 1977, soon after the opening the second wing.

  5. Sweeney, Coombs, and Fredericks Building - Wikipedia

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    The building is located at 301 Main Street in Houston, Texas and occupies the corner of Main Street and Congress Street in Downtown Houston. [1] The building is one of the few Victorian-style architectural structures that remains in the city. [2] The building received a "City of Houston Landmark" designation in 2009.

  6. Heritage Plaza - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. 1400 Smith Street - Wikipedia

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    The building was the former headquarters of Enron, one of America's largest commodities trading companies during the 1990s and later infamous for its financial scandal in 2001. 1400 Smith Street was originally known as Four Allen Center prior to Enron relocating to Houston in 1985. [4]

  8. Holocaust Museum Houston - Wikipedia

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    In June 2019, Holocaust Museum Houston underwent a $34 million expansion of its original building in the Houston Museum District. By more than doubling in size to a total of 57,000 square feet (5,300 m 2), the new facility ranks as the nation's fourth-largest Holocaust museum and is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. [2]

  9. File:Seal of Houston, Texas.svg - Wikipedia

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    More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 pages that use this file only. A full list is available.. Acres Homes, Houston; Afton Oaks, Houston