MeltedPlastic

The Ant Farm house looks like a cartoon submarine, or a spaceship, or (from the lake) rather phallic. It is very rounded with round windows.

Does this house still exist? If so where is it? Angleton is a little broad for me.......

Ah, those bring back memories......of signs I have found around Houston.

Here are some of mine:

1. Days Inn on College Avenue, South Houston.

2. A poorly stiched panorama of one of the marinas along NASA rd 1.

3. Another marina shot...

4. On to the Kemah Boardwalk. No Starbucks available here....

And on to the Landry's......

What model of camera was used to take these photos?

How many MP is the resolution?

These were with a Canon Rebel XT, 8 MP.

Excellent reading....I always wondered at that headstone. Thanks for finding it! It's amazing how different the style of reading was different.

Next up is the Olivewood Cemetery located behind Grocer's supply in the Heights. It's supposedly one of Houston's oldest black cemeteries and it does have some old stuff in it. It seems it was overgrown for years and only recently was pruned up a bit. There are some really neat headstones out there.

There is a lot of extraneous light out here from the Grocer's supply that backs up to the cemetery.

This next one used three different colors of light to get the effect here.

The next one had these really cool lions on either side of the angel that made this whole section stand out. I used a yellow light for the colored effect.

and finally this one, I especially liked the finger pointing to the sky. It seems like back then, tombstones were much more expressive with sayings, bible quotes, and other really interesting comments.

Moving on to more silly stuff. I had heard about all these crazy signs that the tv news was talking about so I swung by and snapped a couple of pictures. The post is over here if you are interested in reading about it.

As far as this one, someone is going to have to explain to me the whole "Day-time" and "night-time" different building reasoning to me.

Alright enough bandwidth draining for now....

MP

meltedplastic, have you considered starting a gallery using the gallery feature on haif?

Not really, they are all (and many more) on flickr.....HERE!

So all of those go-carts and other items are just wasting away under the weather?

Yea, everything out there is wasting away under the weather.....it really is pretty well run down. It's just at night everything looks a little better than in the daylight.

I would like to share some information on the Harrisburg-Jackson cemetery, an African-American cemetery located in southeast Houston at 7700 Bowie. Arguably, it may well be the oldest surviving African-American cemetery in Houston. It dates back to before 1864. When we researched the cemetery for a historical marker that stands there now, we came across a county land deed that mentions it. On May 12, 1864, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway Company sold 10 acres to a local rancher in Harrisburg named Prosper Laborde. The 10 acres included "a part of the grave yard."

Olivewood Cemetery is pretty old as well I saw some stuff in there that dates from the 1860's. It has only been recently cleaned up a bit. It is located behind Grocer's Supply on Studemont. It's got some really neat stuff in it.

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

Of course just to the east of all this there is another railbridge that is under 59 and is actually a drawbridge that HAS been turned into a pedestrian walkway (well it has grating on it). It seems that homeless people live inside the metal box works though. The round pillar is approximately 40' wide to give you an idea of the scale of this bridge. You either get to it from 1919 Runnels (if you are truly daring) or you get to it from the north side walkway under 59. It really is a nice piece of architecture.

You can also get to it from the park across the street that benigann is talking about....

I wouldn't say its dangerous. Homeless people loiter in the park across the street from the electric plant, but I've never been hassled by them on the couple instances I've backed my truck up to the train bridge and walked around the old electric power building. There's a rocky path you can back your vehicle down, that leads right up to the train bridge. The path is a good 80 yards long, and gives you a direct line of sight to see anyone else coming down it. Neither police or homeless have ever paid attention to me, much less messed with me, on the couple instances I've been down there.

I think the last picture is some type of massive concrete counterweight for the drawbridge but for the life of me I cannot see how they were connected.

Now if someone just knows what this dock down the bayou from the drawbridge was used for?

To get to it, you have to go down these stairs. I was surprised though, they are all railroad ties and telephone poles. Very sturdy, but some of the deck was gone.

I think perhaps the whole thing was used for barges or something like that especially with the pipe outlet down there. Anyone know?

MP

Hey's here's a couple more--there was an old cemetery near Keegan's & Brays Bayou that probably was lost in all the development 25 years ago...

I am not sure exactly where the one you are talking about is, but could it be here:

Just to the south of the intersection of Honeywell and Summerbell there is an old cemetery near the bayou. It is still there and only has a few headstones in it. On the bird's eye view of the link, it is the triangle shaped piece of property next to the bayou.

See it

And here are some more.....these are all available light photographs with some or a lot of flashlight depending on how much other light was out there.

This is the bridge to nowhere at the end of Park Place and Old Galveston Road.

Of course, the place I always went to as a kid and now it's just wasting away, is a Malibu Grand Prix / Castle Golf that is at Loop 610 and Old Katy Road.

A lone bumper boat.....

I still think this is one of my favorite buildings in all of Houston. If only it wasn't at 4819 Harrisburg and falling apart.....

Then there is the Jacintoport Ordnance Depot from WWII. This was one of the neatest finds I found here on HAIF. It is found just off the road on Appelt and JacintoPort BLVD in east Houston. Some are even open and mostly graffiti free. These are right off the road.

Thats all for this post. Thanks again for the comments!

I wish I knew more about taking pictures. I would love to take pictures of local architecture.

I have found that you just have to get out there and try it. It is the only way you get any better. Once I learned how to work manual mode on my Canon it's just a matter of leaving the shutter open longer to get the night pictures.

Are you just using the flash on the camera? What kind of flash is it? it looks like it could have illuminated a good portion of that block and allowed planes to land.

Hehe, nope most of them are by a big flashlight.

I have been reading/lurking in this forum for a couple of months now and have lost many hours here! > I found a ton of interesting places to go and look at that I never knew existed. I have been going out (when my work permits it) at night and snapping some photos of many of these places. With my particular job, I have the ability to go places that many cannot. My focus is mainly on night time pictures, since that's when most of my spare time occurs. I plan on adding to this thread as time permits so that more places can be seen.

First off is the Flower Man at 2305 Francis.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/2182360905_495f369833_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2182359595_91522df12b_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2054/2183144532_703a26193d_b.jpg

Next, we have the Hillendahl Cemetery at 8325 Long Point in the parking lot of a Firestone!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2266/2134391581_0c6f83536c_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2135172438_bd11745250_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/2134390355_207c12fb67_b.jpg

And then there is the old Preston tunnel for the electric railroad. It has been backfilled.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/2183139662_e00f4495f1_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/2183138284_bd53494d6a_b.jpg

Ok, one more for the day.....the recently opened Houston Airport terminal out by Hobby Airport.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/2161408748_7bbdba8a50_b.jpg

I hope you all like the night shots, they are a little different perspective than many are used to. I will post some more as time permits.

MP

Did anyone else hear all the explosions going off at around 8:15-8:30 last night? I live in Midtown, and was really loud. I suppose it may have just been a fireworks display, but didn't see anything outside. Does anyone know?

They were low level fireworks over at the new city park by the GRB if I recall correctly.

I figured we needed some pictures to more adequetely describe this house and it's signs. I really like the "no prostitution" vehicle sexy woman picture. Also the no needles and tampons sign works too.

I also have some of the same memories of Games People play on 1960. It's hard to believe that nothing has been done with that property. GPP closed around 1990-ish, and the place still has many remnants of the old park.

Where is this on F.M. 1960? I have tried searching for it, but have had no luck.

sorry what does HDR mean??

High Dynamic Range. Here is a link explaining what it is and how to do it...

http://stuckincustoms.com/2006/06/06/548/

Ok, my first post, go easy.....

Lightning from a downtown office building towards the Toyota Center.

And a fireworks picture from on high during the last July 4th, 2007 Downtown Freedom Festival. The view is looking towards Memorial Drive and the Bayou.