jamesf Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 I see the Houston Center Gardens on the map, but I was wondering what it is like. It is a nice park? What is it like at night? Do a lot of homeless people hang around there at night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 It's a fairly comfortable green space--no special amenities in terms of fountains or art work but the green space is thick and clean and offers a couple of nice views of the convention center/Toyota Center area as well as MMP.As for the homeless in the park at night... not really. There are a couple of stragglers who may hang out for a little while but from what I understand, they don't really hang out "over night" to the degree that they do at Market Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 I was taking pics of 5 Houston Center back when it was still UC and some homeless dude started yelling at me. He thought I was taking pics of him. I had to get out of there in a hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbha Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I was browsing through some stock photos this morning for use in a report for a client, and I came upon an image of a park downtown I didn't recognize.I can't post the image here, but here's the link: http://jimolive.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Skylines-Aerial/G0000TvF1r4G6nGg/I0000AIacI7lRcN0/P00009d5pAwxEqlQ.It looks beautiful, but I can't remember ever seeing this park.From what I can tell, the image is reversed (i.e., the orientation appears to be looking northward, but Discovery Green is on the left). If I'm correct, is this the site of One Park Place? If so - as much as I like that building - I would have loved for this to remain.Was this an actual park in the past? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrodiii Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yep, it was a real park. And yes, it where One Park Place is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I was browsing through some stock photos this morning for use in a report for a client, and I came upon an image of a park downtown I didn't recognize.I can't post the image here, but here's the link: http://jimolive.phot...00009d5pAwxEqlQ.It looks beautiful, but I can't remember ever seeing this park.From what I can tell, the image is reversed (i.e., the orientation appears to be looking northward, but Discovery Green is on the left). If I'm correct, is this the site of One Park Place? If so - as much as I like that building - I would have loved for this to remain.Was this an actual park in the past?Yes, virginia, it was a real park. It was highly under utilized, though. If I remember correctly, some of the larger trees were transplanted to other parks or DG.This is an example why I think people should photograph the mundane to remember how things were like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 If I'm not mistaken, the idea was that that block would be used for an eventual extension of the adjacent shopping mall. Obviously that was never necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 It was not a city park, but was privately owned by the owners of Houston Center, thus its name: Houston Center Gardens, or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbha Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Cool. Thank you all for the clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) I'm not sure that photo even makes sense or am I dislexic? If you're truly looking at that tower that is in the center of the photo from that vantage point (looking from south toward the north), the Chevron tower and the mall should be on the left, not right side. map showing old park: http://www.bing.com/...0TX&form=LMLTCC nm....just noticed that Simbha said it was reversed. Edited July 18, 2011 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I used to work in 5 Houston Center. The orientation with the park and the Fulbright tower is messed up. It may be a mirror image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) I can't find the thread for Discovery Green.. ( one would think the search terms "Discovery" & "Green" would get you there).. but I vaguely remember when seeing the initial site plan years ago being disappointed that it didn't take up this block too. Figured the farther the park stretched into the core, the better.... but what we got turned out well. BTW... Just press the HAIF Easy Button... BAM. Edited July 18, 2011 by Highway6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 the historical imagery feature in google earth is a good one for this kind of question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 It was there until OPP was built. Great view of it from the HC shops balcony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniepwils Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 When I worked in 5 Houston Center everyone in our office referred to that park as "Rat Park". Every time you would walk by, you could see huge rats in the bushes. They would sometimes run after you.This park was used mainly as an area for homeless people to lay their clothes out to dry during the day. Most days I would look out my window and see a dozen or more pieces of clothing scattered throughout the lawn area of the park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrodiii Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Most days I would look out my window and see a dozen or more pieces of clothing scattered throughout the lawn area of the park.I think this had more to do with the post-Four Season happy hour office trysts more than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniepwils Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I think this had more to do with the post-Four Season happy hour office trysts more than anything else.lol, that would have been awesome, but it was in the middle of the day. This one lady had a massive yellow dress (it almost looked like curtains) that she would wash and dry out on the lawn once a week during the lunch hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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