Stephen

Hey Pumapayam your avatar is hilarious... my wife saw that show last night and thinks the guy has Asperger's disorder. She's more or less qualified to say so; though not a doctor she has been working with the MHMR population for a long time... here's info about Asperger's in case you don't know what the heck I'm talking about

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aswhatisit.html

really apropos of nothing, sorry...

When I lived in Pennington, TX, we had a similar thing. To call anywhere in Pennington, you just dialed the last 4 digits. To call to another town nearby, you just dialed a prefix digit + the last 4 numbers. Crockett, for example was like 5+1234.

It was still like that in New Hampshire, where I grew up, into at least 1987 by my memory. When they changed it so you had to dial the whole seven digits, my dad had a conspiracy theory that it was so that we would be confused and more likely to dial a long distance number accidentally and thus pay more for the phone bill.

Alley Theater?

Bingo. well done.

That looks like the San Jacinto Fort's in Galveston.

Hmm, you're right, it kind of does. Well, it's in Houston.

This weather is so depressing. I need the warmth and sunshine back.

yeah!!! bring on the mosquitos already!

this should be pretty easy I think. ID the doorway:

I said that in response to Subdude saying that the ceiling in Houston's Hyatt Regency Hotel is not real gold. That means that it has a Gilded Ceiling.

Eh... gilded means covered with gold, or it can also mean as though covered with gold... doesn't mean that it's not gold per se. I think the gilded age is generally considered as having been called so because it was really more about style than substance (doesn't mean it was cheap by any means; have a look at some of the older buildings in Miami for instance). That being said, the ceiling at the Hyatt IS gilded regardless of whether it's covered in gold or something else that looks like gold, probably not just in the literal but also in that figurative sense. But saying so doesn't make your point

No Respect...lol.

oof. sorry about that.

Can anyone help with more info about current owners, building conditions, etc? I'd especially like to hear from anyone who's spent time inside the buildings.

I don't know how much mileage you'll get out of them, but you can look up owners-of-record on the HCAD web site at http://www.hcad.org/

Cheers,

Stephen

Meanwhile, Dallas was a bitter 21.

I always get a giggle out of the usage of that word around here... being from NH, bitter, to me, is 10 below or colder...

That being said, I've grown soft... waiting for the bus in this stuff kills me now! I just have to remind myself that I've had to walk 5 miles in weather that was 65 degrees colder before.

I love your photos, very awesome perspective of Houston.

Thanks! I'll continue posting more as I scan in my negatives. Somehow I got a bee in my bonnet to digitize these... these are all from my work last semester at school... I'm taking photo 2 this semester so there should be more coming. I took photo in HS but that was like 12 yrs ago... I'm happy to be getting back into it, and it's nice to have an audience outside of my class and my family.

These are unretouched scans of some negatives. No cropping, barely any cleaning, no contrast adjustment... all the same seems they mostly came out OK. This first one is from the corner of milam and rusk toward the esperson garage; the others are from the 12th floor of the chase center garage (601 travis) looking to the southeast, south, and east.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church in G-Town

Correct! we have a winner.

I have a sword from Spain with the same design so it's got to be by the coast.

not to confuse things at all, but that fleur-de-lis is also all over Canada (and parts of Louisiana), as it is a symbol strongly identified with France (and French Identity) as well.

Is it in Galveston?

You're in the right county. If you need a hint, this is immediately across the street

This is not in Harris county but in an adjoining county.

Panasonic DMC FZ7

Ah. Leica lens, 12x zoom. drool.

Nice work.

What renovations are happening to the Hyatt?

Well for starters, apparently they are replacing the chandeliers...

j/k

Great Photos. You have every reason to show off. Please show us more of your photos.

Thx

Thanks, I appreciate it. I have lots more negatives, but the prints really represent the "finished product" so to speak. The negatives have potential but really aren't quite "there" yet... I'll post more as I print more (or photoshop the negative scans... we'll see).

I'm posting these for the public interest, and maybe a little to show off :-) all rights reserved.

This is the fire escape of the highrise building in the 1000 block of Texas Ave, south side. I took it from 12th floor in the Chase Center garage with a long lens.

The Esperson buildings from Milam and Rusk

The Gulf/Chase Building at night, from the 1000 block of Jefferson St.

The Sacred Heart church in Galveston from the Alley between Aves I and J

A detail on the porch of the Bishop's Palace in Galveston