North of Downtown

[tmariar]

Warehouse, Keene at Harrington

Last Concert Cafe

Walk along north side of Buffalo Bayou, east of McKee

Sign for Frostown "historic site"

Buffalo Bayou, west of McKee

Power station west of McKee, at Buffalo Bayou

Railroad bridge over bayou, near power station

Room with a view, east of 45, west of N. Main

Hollywood Cemetery, N. Main gate

[editor]

Great pictures of my old stoming grounds. Looks like that preservation effort didn't work out too well.

[tmariar]

Great pictures of my old stoming grounds. Looks like that preservation effort didn't work out too well.

To be fair to the Art and Environmental Architecture group, I think that they came in after just about all remnants of Frostown had disappeared. The "historic site" is just a site - there's nothing there but the park, which is nice enough for what it is. There's a tiny stretch of Race Street left, but it's not even really a street.

[Boris]

Great photos man.

Where exactly is that bridge located.

And do you have any more?

[tmariar]

Great photos man.

Where exactly is that bridge located.

And do you have any more?

Glad y'all like them. The railroad bridge? It's the unmarked bridge on the left side of this map (I walked up the path from McKee St.):

I've got more photos of the bridge, but they all look a lot alike (they're shot through a chainlink fence). Here's one more:

[Guest Marty]

I like them old railroads bridges i wonder what happened to the track's does the railroad owner/operators remove them?

Edited April 9, 2007 by Marty

[tmariar]

I like them old railroads bridges i wonder what happened to the track's does the railroad owner/operators remove them?

I don't know what happened to the tracks, but this is a good site for information on the history of the bridge and the Galveston & Houston Junction Railroad.

[dgreco]

som,e great pictures, thanks for posting.

[Vertigo58]

There used to be a (scary) bridge like this one over on North Wayside and Buffalo Bayou. It was wider though and had some weird huge weights above it. We had to drive over it back in the mid to late 1960's. Used to freak us out! The car tires would rattle loudly and my dad had to hold on tight to the steering wheel because the lanes were so narrow. Must have seemed like you were playing "chicken" as other drivers passed you. It was eventually closed because of the newer (present) bridge to the side. I think they finally imploded years later.

I will never forget the wretched stench of the bayou and the big vats you could see from above of the sewage plants below. Yuck, yuck. Still have nightmares.

[houstonfella]

Great pics. Thanks. The Raven Tower always is a trip. What could he have been thinking? But, what a view!

[Subdude]

They are great pictures. I especially love the mural in the first shot.

You gotta love the Raven Tower. A Houston classic!

[tmariar]

So the tower has a name! I didn't know - just stumbled on it. Thanks, y'all.

[Edit: Found an HAIF thread about it - here.]

Edited April 10, 2007 by tmariar

[MeltedPlastic]

Great photos man. Where exactly is that bridge located. And do you have any more?

I just posted some over here on this thread if you want to see a railroad drawbridge just to the northeast of that one right under 59.

My post is about halfway down.

Rail Bridge

MP

Edited January 12, 2008 by MeltedPlastic

[Issa]

Yeah, that's a cool bridge under 59. I've seen a photo of it in another thread, I think by WesternGulf.

I've posted your shot over here, hope you don't mind. It's very strange how it looks under the expressway like that.

[Boris]

Looks like I was signed in as Issa when I posted above, which is the member name I use when I want to post more than 20 photos. Sorry for the confusion.