I havent made a photo thread in probably 5 months, been ridiculously busy. But I moved to downtown Houston about 4 months ago and been very busy also taking photos of the city. Heres some Ive taken in the past 4 months.
City Hall
Rice University
The Medical Centre
One of the last remaining original brick streets in old Freedmans Town
First house built in what would become Montrose in 1911 I believe
Houston Heights Neighborhood
Transco Tower in the Galleria area
Main St.
Downtown from the Old 6th Ward
Part of the Medical Center with the original building of the Medical Center hidden behind one of the ugly new additions.
Looking towards downtown from the Medical Center, Rice is one the left side of the photo.
Temple in Bellaire
Montrose
Montrose
Montrose
One of the few old Catholic churches in Houston, downtown.
I spy with my little eye a Diskojoe
The best god damned tacos in the universe at Chipoltepec Tacos.
Montrose
View from my apartment of downtown and out towards the Galleria in the distance.
Ghetto 3rd Ward
3rd Ward
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Courthouses and whatnot on the north side of downtown.
Bank of America Tower looking down at the old 6th ward
Interior of the Gulf Building
5th Ward
5th ward
Bungalow about to be restored in the Heights
5th ward
Art car parade
The Heights
Caninos in the Greater Heights
5th Ward
5th Ward
New houses in The Heights
3rd Ward
3rd Ward, which is just a deplorable sight.
5th Ward
CoCos in Midtown; it has the best crepes ever.
3rd Ward
Galleria Area and River Oaks
Old Methodist Church downtown
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Last edited by photoLith; Jun 21, 2012 at 1:42 AM.
Great photo set. Especially like the Rice University area aerial pic. Do you have any of the West University area (probably one of the top desirable neighborhoods in the country). I'm a bit biased since members of my family are in West U, but it is an incredible place.
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I really dont have any photos of that hood. I ride my bike through it all the time and its a gorgeous neighborhood, but I find it hard to take decent photos in it for some reason.
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Nice stuff. I would love to see your take on some of the brick homes in Third Ward's Riverside Terrace neighborhood. I would also like to say I miss seeing Houston in the spring/summer when the city is so lush and green. During the holidays is not the best time to bask in that. Again, great stuff!
P.S. The addition at Memorial Hermann is offensive how they managed to hide the original structure.
great pics again, especially the night ones. did you have to get permission for the interior shots?
3rd Ward looks bad; storm damaged Mississippi and Iraqi slum bad. are those horses or donkeys in that one shot? i wanted to photograph the area but never got around to it.
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Great shots..love the Police and horse pic.That neighbourhood shot with the horses caught my eye aswell.We have loads of urban horses over here in the poorer neighbourhoods and am wondering if its the same in the States/Houston?
Houston is really starting to intrigue me. Photo threads like this sure do help. The city has a soul, and it comes through in these pictures.
No city has grown on me more over the years than Houston, and it's thanks to Forum photo sets like these that my opinion of the place has gone up so much. Houston really does have soul, and no matter how much I want to dislike Texas and its cities, when it comes to Houston I cannot help myself - there's just something about that is intriguing.
Great shots..love the Police and horse pic.That neighbourhood shot with the horses caught my eye aswell.We have loads of urban horses over here in the poorer neighbourhoods and am wondering if its the same in the States/Houston?
All I can say is that I had never seen that kind of scene in Houston or any U.S. urban area before, but obviously someone has a couple of horses on their property. I don't even know if it would be legal inside the city limits. I really don't know. I do know that chickens are becoming very popular within urban areas all over the country.
By the way, the "wards" also have areas of gentrification and in some cases very nice, up and coming neighborhoods. But I think the photos of the worst properties are something people need to see. Most people never see anything like some of those pics, including the vast majority of people in Houston.
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