I was in Houston for business on Friday and decided to stay the night and snap a few shots of downtown. I explored maybe 20% of downtown in about 4 hours, 9 PM – 1 AM. My impression: the parts I saw were clean, safe, and quiet with a few pockets of activity here and there. The homeless people like having their photos taken, and Discover Green is a stroke of genius. Hope you enjoy the shots...
Main Street:
One of the metro stations downtown:
The meto police didn't like me taking this photo. Too bad they were too slow.
Houston Pavilions:
House of Blues sign
Discovery Green:
I'd say Houston is getting its park-related development investment
Okay, I'm in the middle of the 4th largest city in the US, and I hear frogs croaking - fantastic.
As a suggestion to Houston, and speaking as one from Dallas, three little letters: L E D
This is the tallest building in Texas, a bit over 300m:
After I was done, tired and thirsty, I had a late dinner here:
And that's it. Houston is very photogenic and the people were friendly - too bad I didn't have the time to but scratch the surface. I plan to return to give H-Town the full treatment soon.