Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Google Maps Street View Trekker backpack being implemented on the sidewalk of the Hudson River Greenway in New York City. In late 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View, including 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) of the Australian Great Barrier Reef in 3D. The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots ...
Bellaire Boulevard (also known as Holcombe, and as 百利大道 Bǎilì Dàdào in Chinese and Đại Lộ Sàigòn in Vietnamese [1]) is an arterial road in western Houston, Texas, United States. The street also goes through unincorporated areas in Harris County and the cities of Bellaire, Southside Place, and West University Place. Bellaire ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
The JW Marriott Downtown Houston is a hotel located at 806 Main Street in Downtown Houston, which opened in 2014. It had been previously known as the Carter Building, and was the tallest building in Texas when it opened in 1910. [1] The building was renamed Second National Bank Building in 1923.
Westheimer Road (/ ˈ w ɛ s t (h) aɪ m ər /) is an arterial east–west road in Houston, Texas, United States. It runs from Bagby Street in Downtown and terminates at the Westpark Tollway on the southern edge of George Bush Park, stretching about 19 miles (31 km) long. The street was named after Michael Louis Westheimer, a German immigrant ...
Downtown Houston is in Texas's 18th congressional district. [123] Its representative was Sheila Jackson Lee [124] who died on July 19th, 2024, from cancer at the age of 74. The seat is now vacant. [125] [126] The United States Postal Service previously operated a 16-acre (65,000 m 2) Houston Post Office at 401 Franklin Street. [127]
The Houston Business Development, Inc. (HBD) and the Business Information Center (BIC) are in Palm Center. [19] Over 40 small businesses are in the complex. [18] The Houston Texans YMCA was built on 5-acre (2.0 ha) of land, [20] on the site of a previous building that had been abandoned; this building had the original Palms Center sign. [18]
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 ]