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Bob Lanier Public Works Building is a 410 ft (125 m) tall skyscraper in Houston, Texas. It was completed in 1968 and has 27 floors. It is the 41st tallest building in the city. Eero Saarinen's CBS Building in New York City inspired the design for this building. It was named after Houston mayor Bob Lanier who served between 1992 and 1998.
A lean-to shelter is a simplified free-standing version of a wilderness hut with three solid walls and a single- or, in the case of an Adirondack lean-to, offset-pitched gable roof. The open side is commonly oriented away from the prevailing weather. Often it is made of rough logs or unfinished wood and used for camping.
Tom Tellepsen founded Tellepsen Builders in 1909. [4] The first Tellepsen Builders offices were built in Houston in 1921. The company's first notable project was the Miller Outdoor Theatre in 1922, followed by the Rice University Chemistry Building in 1923. In 1925, the company began work on Houston's first 10-story hotel at Texas Avenue and La ...
In Harris County, where Houston is, about 782,000 homes and businesses were without power at about 1 a.m. CT, according to poweroutage.us. At one point Thursday night, about 880,000 had been in ...
Frankel Building Group is a custom home builder that operates in the Houston, Texas, region.The company is known for constructing homes that meet the standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. [1]
Bill Schadewald of the Houston Press said that Greenway Plaza, which housed office towers, retail operations, a basketball arena, a movie theater, and a hotel, "defined the multiuse concept in an original "Edge City"". [6] In 1970, the M. W. Kellogg Company had moved its headquarters from New York to Houston. After Kellogg moved its operations ...
A number of Houston's earliest homes are now located in Sam Houston Park, including the Kellum-Noble House, which was built in 1847 and is Houston's oldest brick dwelling. [77] During the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Kellum-Noble House served as a public office for the City of Houston's Park Department, and is listed in the National Register ...
Houston, TX: Coordinates: Created: 2014: Operated by: Hermann Park Conservancy: Status: Open year-round, except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day [1] Plants: 650 azaleas, 490 trees of over 50 species, 55,000 perennial bulbs, 760 hedge shrubs & 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) of grass [1] Collections