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|  Glenwood Cemetery (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries Glenwood Cemetery is one of the most famous and beautiful cemeteries in Houston, built on undulating hills thrown up by Buffalo Bayou floods and home to a large number both city and state celebrities. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/20/2014 last visited: 7/2/2019 |
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|  Magnolia Cemetery Sundial - Houston, TX
in Sundials This sundial is located in a small reflection area at the north end of Magnolia Cemetery. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 1/31/2019 last visited: never |
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|  Houston Police Officers Memorial (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries A memorial in honor of Houston's police force and the officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/1/2013 last visited: 8/18/2007 |
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|  Jefferson Davis Hospital (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries The former Jefferson Davis Hospital near downtown Houston, Texas served as a county hospital from 1924-1938; it is now a multi-unit housing complex in the city's First Ward art district. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 3/18/2015 last visited: 3/15/2015 |
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|  Downtown Aquarium - Penny Smasher - Houston, Texas
in Penny Smashers This Penny Smasher celebrates your visit to the Downtown Aquarium in Houston, Texas. posted by: wildwoodke location: Texas date approved: 4/1/2008 last visited: 3/13/2021 |
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|  Downtown Aquarium - Coin Op Binos 1 - Houston, Texas
in Coin-Op Binoculars These coin op binos are one of two found in the amusement area of the Downtown Aquarium in Houston, Texas posted by: wildwoodke location: Texas date approved: 4/1/2008 last visited: 3/13/2021 |
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|  Downtown Aquarium - Compass Rose Fountain - Houston, Texas
in Compass Roses This Compass Rose Fountain is one that can be run through...careful not to get while here at your visit of the Downtown Aquarium in Houston, Texas. posted by: wildwoodke location: Texas date approved: 3/30/2008 last visited: 3/13/2021 |
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|  Founders Memorial Park Sundial - Houston, TX
in Sundials This horizontal pedestal type sundial can be found in the back left corner of Founders Memorial Cemetery/Park. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 1/31/2019 last visited: never |
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|  Sweeney Clock - Houston, TX
in Town Clocks The Sweeney Clock has been beautifully restored. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date approved: 5/6/2007 last visited: 4/8/2018 |
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|  Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a theater in downtown Houston, Texas, USA. Named after former Texas lieutenant governor William P. Hobby, Jr., it holds two separate venues: the 2650-seat Sarofim Hall and the 500-seat Zilkha Hall. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 4/5/2013 last visited: 4/8/2018 |
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|  Houston Armillary Sphere - Houston, Texas
in Sundials This sundial is a 72 inch armillary sphere which was built for a longitude of 90 degrees west making this clock 22 minutes fast of the sun in Houston, Texas. posted by: wildwoodke location: Texas date approved: 4/20/2008 last visited: 9/29/2013 |
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|  Downtown Houston Parking Meter - Houston, Texas
in Solar Power This is a solar powered parking meter found in downtown Houston, Texas posted by: wildwoodke location: Texas date approved: 4/27/2008 last visited: 3/13/2021 |
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|  Heritage Plaza (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries Heritage Plaza is a 53-story, 762 ft (232 m) tall postmodern style skyscraper in downtown Houston, Texas. Built in 1987, it features a unique stepped granite crown on its top floors which resembles a Mayan pyramid. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 5/5/2013 last visited: 11/28/2015 |
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|  Alley Theatre (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries The Alley Theatre is an indoor theatre in downtown Houston, Texas. One of the most unusual buildings in Houston, it is one of the three oldest extant theatres in the United States. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 4/20/2013 last visited: 8/6/2012 |
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|  Bank of America Center (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries The Bank of America Center is a 238 m (780 feet) 56 story office tower in downtown Houston. Built in 1983, it has three segmented tower setbacks, each with a steeply pitched gabled roofline topped off with spires. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 3/28/2013 last visited: 11/1/2018 |
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|  Allen Center (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries The Allen Center is a business office park in downtown Houston, Texas. Built between 1972 and 1983, it consists of 4 separate office buildings plus a hotel with a network of glass skywalks connecting its lobbies to each other. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 4/28/2013 last visited: 11/27/2015 |
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|  Bob Lanier Public Works Building (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries The Bob Lanier Public Works Building is a 410 ft (125 m) tall skyscraper in Houston, Texas. It was built in 1968 and named after Houston mayor Bob Lanier who served the city between 1992 and 1998. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 4/3/2013 last visited: 11/27/2015 |
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|  One Shell Plaza (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries One Shell Plaza is a 50-story, 218 m (715 ft) skyscraper at in downtown Houston, Texas. Perched atop the building is an antenna that brings the height to 304.8 m (1,000 ft). At its completion in 1971, the tower was the tallest in the city. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 3/28/2013 last visited: 11/27/2015 |
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|  Devon Energy Tower (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries Two Allen Center -- formerly known as "Devon Energy Tower" -- is a 36-story 521 ft (159 m) tall skyscraper in downtown Houston, Texas. Built in 1978, it is part of the Allen Center office complex located at the western edge of downtown. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 5/7/2013 last visited: 11/27/2015 |
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|  Calpine Center (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries 717 Texas Avenue -- formerly known as the "Calpine Center" -- is a 33-story, 453 ft (138 m) tall office tower in downtown Houston, Texas. Built in 2003, it was the first eco-sensitive skyscraper in Texas to be awarded LEED Platinum status. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 5/5/2013 last visited: 11/27/2015 |
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|  Wells Fargo Plaza (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries Wells Fargo Plaza is a 992 ft (302.4 m) tall 71-story office building in downtown Houston, Texas. It is the 2nd tallest building in Texas after Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower, and the tallest all-glass building in the entire Western hemisphere. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 4/7/2013 last visited: 11/27/2015 |
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|  Jones Hall (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries The Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, commonly known as Jones Hall, is a performance venue in Houston, Texas. It is the permanent home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra as well as the Houston Society for the Performing Arts. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 4/4/2013 last visited: 11/16/2013 |
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|  Antioch Missionary Baptist Church (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries One of Houston's most historic churches, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church lies nestled between giant skyscrapers on the western edge of downtown, surrounded by steel and concrete. Built between 1875 and 1879, it is Houston's first black church. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 4/18/2013 last visited: 3/11/2017 |
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|  City of Houston Storm Sewer - Clean Water Clear Choice - Houston, Texas
in Unique Manhole Covers This manhole cover reminds people not to dump anything into the sewer as it drains into the bay - Clean Water - Clear Choice in Houston, Texas. posted by: wildwoodke location: Texas date approved: 7/26/2008 last visited: 3/27/2013 |
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|  Enterprise Plaza (Houston, Texas)
in Wikipedia Entries Enterprise Plaza -- also known as 1100 Louisiana -- is a 55-story, 750 ft (230 m) tall pink granite skyscraper in downtown Houston, Texas. It was the tallest building in Texas from 1980 until 1982. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 4/7/2013 last visited: 11/27/2015 |
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