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16 hours ago, CREguy13 said:

The indirect impact of this expansion is it is likely to catalyze the southern portion of downtown. Hard to believe there won't be investor interest to scoop up some of those parking lots to develop in the future.

I would think the Rockets would get involved with this to develop better atmosphere around Toyota Center.

16 hours ago, MaxConcrete said:

I think the Dome is stuck in an indefinite status of nothing happening - something like a stalemate or deadlock. It cannot be demolished due to historical status, but there is no logical reuse for the building at an affordable cost.

It seems to me that the main beneficiary of transforming the Dome into an event space would be the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. But I don't recall ever hearing any advocacy from the HLSR for refurbishment/reuse to meet their needs. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

The second beneficiary (on a much smaller scale) could be the Texans, with the space used for events like tailgating. Once again, no interest or advocacy.

If neither the HLSR nor Texans want a repurposed Dome, there's no logical reason to spend heavily to refurbish it. All the other pie-in-the-sky ideas for uses other than event space are expensive and don't make any sense.

Unless HLSR or the Texans step up with advocacy and ideally money, the only logical outcome is demolition. How and when it happens is anybody's guess, but it will probably be in the distant future. As August948 mentioned, it "will sit there until sometime in the far future when it deteriorates to the point that they have to demolish it. "

All very true.  Again, all that is lacking is leadership.  It could come from HLSR. It could come from the Texans. It could come from the county.  The worst possible outcome is to spend millions of dollars over several decades maintaining it in its vacant state and then demolish it.  

I'm hoping for some direction to come out of the discussions that I believer are ongoing with all parties regarding the future development of NRG Park (and related to the expiration of the Texans lease term).

5 hours ago, Reefmonkey said:

This argument that if we just had more "leadership" and "vision", we'd find a way to save the Astrodome is a recurring theme here; it relies on an a priori assumption that the Astrodome should be saved, but true leadership and vision requires questioning all assumptions. True leadership and vision requires one to recognize that when every proposal for reusing the Astrodome, no matter how different, comes back to the same set of obstacles on top of each proposal's unique obstacles, and for 20 years no proposal has been able to propose a viable solution to overcoming those recurrent obstacles, this is a clear sign that the assumption the Astrodome should be saved is untenable. Stubbornly clinging to an assumption despite multiple signs that it is a flawed one is not true leadership or vision. Stubbornly wanting to save an old redundant building that is unusable in its current form and would have to be radically and expensively transformed to the point that it is a mere shell of its former self, and then would not be able to generate revenue to pay for this expensive transformation, for the recurring reasons every proposal runs up against, that's not leadership or vision. 

True leadership would lead to SOMETHING being done; whether that is repurposing the Dome or demolishing it and repurposing the land.  The existence of the Dome as an empty shell is a monument to poor leadership.

https://iondistrict.com/visit/the-district/

9 hours ago, freundb said:

Is this a Houston thing?

Probably not.

6 hours ago, trymahjong said:

I keep wondering why nothing “green” was part of proposal……

 

Do you mean things like solar power?  

4 hours ago, Ross said:

The only thing transformative I want to see with the Astrodome is it being demolished. There is no one with the power or money to do anything else.

It's not power and money that are lacking. It's leadership.

I too remember that being pretty big news.  Here's an article from 2014.  I wonder what happened to these plans. 

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/07/29/houstons-plan-to-make-bicycle-interstates-out-of-its-utility-network

13 minutes ago, hbg.50 said:

Have you captured the fountains at Helix Park?  I was browsing that thread and saw that it has some nice water features.  I haven’t been there in person yet.

Thanks.  I thought I had added those.  They are very nice indeed. I'm sure there are at least 3, so I'll add three for now, to be confirmed later.

Scheduled for November 14.

12 hours ago, hbg.50 said:

The barriers to entry for these type of establishments must be low.  I've seen a couple with very similar offerings. 

Araya Artisan Chocolate

Founded in 2010, we specialize in handcrafted, small-batch gourmet chocolate products and gift boxes. We make our products using the best chocolate available, following French and Belgian artisanal techniques. We carefully source all our ingredients and do not use any preservatives. Araya Artisan Chocolate is a proud woman-owned and operated small business.

 

 

📞 (713) 960-0850

1141 Uptown Park Blvd, Suite 00, Houston, TX 77056

Very similar indeed.  It’s the same company; I believe this will be their third location.

1 hour ago, shasta said:

We first heard about this project FIVE YEARS AGO and have yet to hear anything substantial about it and no renderings or presentations to speak of.

During that 5 year span, the Astros have been to the ALCS FIVE times and the World Series THREE times and the stadium has been packed and has been one of the most successful/profitable franchises in the MLB yet still .....crickets!!!

 

Is Crane waiting for the Astros to stink before announcing this project ensuring it won't get the foot traffic to be successful.......or as successful as it could be TODAY?

We are seriously in competition with Dallas ...and now Austin to be the most vibrant exciting city in the Texas Triangle.

We need developers to STEP UP...not down!

 

 

Relax.  Yes, it can be frustrating waiting for things to unfold, but it's not as if developments don't sometimes take a long time (and sometimes never come to fruition) in other cities.  I don't follow Austin all that closely, but I can guarantee Dallasonians have to deal with such frustrations as well (and I'm quite confident the same is true for Austin).

1. Scanlan Fountain (Sam Houston Park, downtown)
2. Smith Fountain (Smith at Clay, downtown)
3. Hermann Square (City Hall, downtown)
4. Main Street Square (downtown)
5. Tranquility Park (downtown)
6. Jones Plaza (downtown)
7. Downtown Aquarium water table (downtown)
8. Downtown Aquarium water wall (downtown)
9. Cotswold #2, Preston @ Louisiana (downtown)
10. Cotswold #3, Preston @ Market Square (downtown)
11. Cotswold #4, Preston @ Main (downtown) turned off 
12. Cotswold #5, Preston @Main (downtown) turned off 
13. Cotswold #6, Preston @ San Jacinto (downtown) 
14. Cotswold #7, Preston @ Caroline (downtown)
15. Cotswold #8, Preston @ Crawford (downtown)
16. Cotswold #9, Prairie @ Travis (downtown)
17. Misttree (Discovery Green, downtown)
18. Water jet table (Discovery Green, downtown)
19. 1100 Louisiana fountain (downtown)
20. Wells Fargo Plaza water wall (downtown)
21. Sesquicentennial Park (downtown)
22. Wortham Fountain (Buffalo Bayou Park)
23. Mecom Fountain (Museum District)
24. Wortham Park fountain (Medical Center)
25. Medical Center Commons water wall (Medical Center)
26. HMNS sundial fountain (Museum Disrict)
27. HMNI floating sphere fountain (Museum District)
28. Hermann Park Reflecting pool fountain (Museum District)
29. Hermann Park McGovern Lake fountain (Museum District)
30. George Hermann statue fountain (Museum District)
31. Midtown Square (midtown)
32. South Main Baptist (midtown)
33. Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza fountain (Museum District)
34. MFAH entry plaza fountain (Museum District)
35. MFAH outdoor dining fountain (Museum District)
36. Caruth Plaza fountain 1 (NRG Park)
37. Brockman Hall for Physics (Rice U)
38. Jones College Fountain (Rice U)
39. Brochstein Pavilion fountain (Rice U)
40. Jamail Plaza (Rice U)
41. Charlotte Allen Fountain (Baldwin Park, midtown)
42. The Transco Waterwall (Uptown)
43. Hidalgo Park fountain (Uptown)
44. Post Oak Central fountain (Uptown)
45. Uptown Park fountain (Uptown)
46. Royal Sonesta (Uptown)
47. Lakes on Post Oak (Uptown)
48. America Tower (Allen Parkway)
49. Amli (?) apartments (Allen Parkway)
50. Humble Tower hotel building fountain (downtown)
51. Market Square 9/11 fountain (downtown)
52. Cotswold #12, Congress @ Market Square (downtown)
53. Root Memorial Square (downtown)
54. Sisters of Charity Park (downtown)
55. Contemporary Arts Museum (Museum District)
56. Christ Church Cathedral (downtown)
57. Cullen Plaza Fountain (UH)
58. MD Anderson Library fountain (UH)
59. The Williams Fountain (HBU)
60. Farish Hall fountain (UH)
61. Regency Square
62. Fountainview 1
63. Fountainview 2
64. Fountainview 3
65. Waterway Square fountain 1 (The Woodlands)
66. Market Street Square fountain (The Woodlands)
67. Woodlands Waterway fountain (The Woodlands)
68. Waterway Square fountain 2 (The Woodlands)
69. City Centre Plaza fountain (City Centre)
70. Peggy's Point Plaza (Midtown)
71. Hobby Airport (Hobby)
72. Kingwood entrance fountains (Kingwood)
73. The Fountains Shopping Center (Stafford)
74. NRG Park South Main fountains (NRG Park)
75. Memorial Hermann (Medical Center)
76. Baylor College of Medicine (Medical Center)
77. MD Anderson on Holcombe Blve (Medical Center)
78. MD Anderson at MD Anderson and Holcombe -Leroy Melcher Jr Memorial Fountain (Medical Center)
79. Asia Society Texas (Museum District)
80. Bell Park (Museum District)
81. Houston Methodist West (Katy Freeway)
82. Texas Childrens West (Katy Freeway)
83. Rosenberg Fountain, 31st & Seawall (Galveston)
84. Rosenberg Fountain, 12th & Ball (Galveston)
85. Rosenberg Fountain, 15th & Ball (Galveston)
86. Rosenberg Fountain, 20th & N1/2 (Galveston)
87. Rosenberg Fountain, 21st & Ball (Galveston)
88. Rosenberg Fountain, 21st & Post Office (Galveston)
89. Rosenberg Library Fountain, 24th & Ball (Galveston)
90. The Heron, Ashton Villa (Galveston)
91. San Luis (Galveston)
92. Moody Gardens (Galveston)
93. Chase Tower (downtown)
94. Jones Hall (downtown)
95. Guadalupe Plaza Park (East Downtown)
96. Kugel Ball Fountain (Hermann Park)
97. Hyde Park Fountain, Lamar Park (Montrose)
98. Lilian Schnitzer Fountain (Hermann Park)
99. Neuhaus Fountain, Sam Houston Park (Downtown)
100. Sleepy Hollow Fountain, Sleepy Hollow Park, Houston
101. Sugar Land Town Square (Sugar Land)
102. The Woodlands Mall 1 at the waterway (The Woodlands)
103. The Woodlands Mall 2 at the waterway (The Woodlands)
104. Anadarko Tower (The Woodlands)
105. 1455 West Loop South (Uptown)
106. Landry's HQ 1 (Uptown)
107. Landry's HQ 2 (Uptown)
108. Hess Tower (Downtown)
109. Second Baptist (Houston)
110. The Diana Fountain, Bayou Bend, MFAH (River Oaks)
111. Mrs. Parker's Fountain, Rienzi, MFAH (River Oaks)
112. Cascading fountain, Rienzi, MFAH (River Oaks)
113. East Garden fountain, Bayou Bend, MFAH (River Oaks)
114. Kemah Boardwalk 1 (Bay Area)
115. Kemah Boardwalk 2 (Bay Area)
116. One Sugar Creek Place fountain (Sugar Land)
117. Sugar Creek entry fountains (Sugar Land)
118. Brazos Town Center fountain (Rosenberg)
119. City of Rosenberg south welcome sign/waterfall (Rosenberg)
120. George Memorial Library Amphitheater Fountain (Richmond)
121. KBR Tower, Cullen Center (Downtown)
122. Hong Kong Mall
123. St. Paul's Methodist Church
124. One Post Oak Central, Apache (Uptown)
125. Courthouse Square, Family Law Center (Downtown)
126. Cotswold #10, Congress @ Main (Downtown)
127. Cotswold #11, Congress @ Main (Downtown)
128. 5050 Westheimer (Uptown)
129. Kings Harbor (Kingwood)
130. Green Street 1 (Downtown)
131. Green Street 2 (Downtown)
132. Green Street 3 (Downtown)
133. Memorial City Treehouse (Memorial City)
134. Nexen Building (Memorial City)
135. Cobalt 1 (Memorial City)
136. Cobalt 2 (Memorial City)
137. Air Liquide Building 1 (Memorial City)
138. Air Liquide Building 2 (Memorial City)
139. Murphy 1 (Memorial City)
140. Murphy 2 (Memorial City)
141. The Fountains at Memorial City (Memorial City)
142. 2929 Weslayan
143. West Loop South (Uptown)
144. The Mound- Centennial Gardens (Hermann Park)
145. Pavilion fountain- Centennial Gardens (Hermann Park)
146. Hanover Southampton (The Village)
147. Hotel ZaZa - Memorial City (Memorial City)
148. Wings Over Water @ Avenida Houston (Downtown)
149. Glassell School of Art - Brown Foundation Plaza (Museum District)
150. Catalyst - 1475 Texas Ave.  (Downtown)
151. Harmonica Man Park (?) Brazos and Pease (Downtown)
152.  Camden Pavilion Fountain - Midtown Park (Midtown)
153. Waterfalls - Midtown Park (Midtown)
154. Energy Center Five (Energy Corridor)
155. Citgo headquarters (Energy Corridor)
156. First Baptist (Houston)
157. HEB Montrose Market (Montrose)
158. MLK Humanities Building (TSU)
159. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Holcombe Blvd. (Medical Center)
160. Midtown Plaza water feature, Main @ McGowen (Midtown)
161. Houston Botanic Garden - Entry Plaza
162. MFA-H Kinder Building/Cullen Sculpture Garden (Museum District)
163. Houston Zoo (Museum District/TMC)
164. MFA-H Kinder Building "Inner Landscape" (Museum District)
165. George Bush monument (Downtown)
166. Alexan River Oaks (Upper Kirby/River Oaks)
167. Houston Center (Downtown)
168. Montgomery County Veterans Memorial (Conroe)
169. Houston Botanic Garden - Culinary Gardens
170. Highland Village - River Oaks
171. Hermann Museum Circle Drive (Museum District)
172. Kingwood Town Center - Kingwood
173. Caruth Plaza Fountain 2 (NRG Park)
174. Smart Financial Center (Sugar Land)
175. Cemex Building (Memorial City)
176. University of St Thomas Labyrinth I (Montrose/Museum District)
177. University of St Thomas Labyrinth II (Montrose/Museum District)
178. University of St Thomas Labyrinth III (Montrose/Museum District)
179. Blossom Hotel (Medical Center)
180. Hungry's restaurant (Rice Village)
181. POST Roof park
182. Downtown Aquarium Marlin Fountain (Downtown)
183. Glenwood Cemetery - entrance to Glenwood Cemetery
184. Falling Water - Evelyn's Park (Bellaire)
185. Heritage Park Fountain - Pearland
186. Sweetwater Country Club - Sugar Land
187. Webster's Falls - Webster
188. Legacy - Nassau Bay City Hall - Nassau Bay
189. Old Town Spring Fountain - Spring
190. League Park - League City
191. Falcon Ranch Entrance
192. Falcon Point Golf Course
193. Grand Harbor #1  Grand Harbor
194. Grand Harbor #2 Grand Harbor
195. Grand Harbor #3 Grand Harbor
196. Grand Harbor #4 Grand Harbor
197. Harvest Plaza Fountain - downtown Katy
198. Railroad Depot Plaza Fountain - Tomball
199. Double Dragon - Hunan Garden - Rosenberg
200. Memorial Fountain, Memorial Park - Texas City
201. Union Carbide 80th Jubilee Fountain - Texas City
202. Centennial Fountain - Texas City
203. Pioneer Fountain - Texas City
204. Pocket Park Fountain - West Columbia
205. Railroad Museum Fountain - Galveston
206. Wortham Fountain, UTMB - Galveston
207. Bryan Museum Fountain - Galveston
208. Hotel Galvez Fountain - Galveston
209. Cedar Brake Park - Montgomery
210. Memory Park - Montgomery
211. St Mary's Catholic Church - Plantersville
212. 1801 Smith (corner of Smith & Jefferson) - Downtown
213. Museo Institute for Medical Arts Building #1 (Fannin & Southmore) - Museum District
214. Museo Institute for Medial Arts Building #2 (San Jacinto & Southmore) - Museum District
215. Museo Institute for Medical Arts Building #3 (Fannin & Palm) - Museum District
216. Alexan River Oaks (Alabama @ Weslayan) - River Oaks/Galleria/Upper Kirby
217. Lynn Wyatt Square for the Performing Arts - Downtown
218. Baylor College of Medicine The Vivian and Bob Smith Medical Research Building at 1 Baylor Plaza. (TMC)
219. Fertita Family College of Medicine - UH
220. Mercer Botanic Gardens I
221. Merer Botanic Gardens II
222. Mercer Botanic Gardens III
223. Mercer Botanic Gardens IV
224. La Maison River Oaks Apartments at 2800 Revere Street has a fountain in the center of its driveway entrance. 
225. Decorative Center of Houston at 5120 Woodway Dr
226. The Tradition–Woodway at 6336 Woodway Dr
227. Bethel Church of Houston at 825 Bering Dr

In general, it seems the area is trending more away from industrial uses.

It seems "live" projects don't typically make their debut on the architect's website.  If anything, the dropping of this project from the ZC website, might be a sign of life.

Interesting.  We don't see very many new washaterias being developed and this doesn't strike me as a very prime location for one; probably becoming less prime (for a washateria) with each passing year, unless they provide laundry service...

Could be especially cool if they could coordinate their development plans with the existing BLVD Place and Midway's City Centre-style redevelopment of Post Oak Central.

• Scanlan Fountain (Sam Houston Park, downtown)
• Smith Fountain (Smith at Clay, downtown)
• Hermann Square (City Hall, downtown)
• Main Street Square (downtown)
• Tranquility Park (downtown)
• Jones Plaza (downtown)
• Downtown Aquarium water table (downtown)
• Downtown Aquarium water wall (downtown)
• Cotswold #2, Preston @ Louisiana (downtown)
• Cotswold #3, Preston @ Market Square (downtown)
• Cotswold #4, Preston @ Main (downtown) turned off 
• Cotswold #5, Preston @Main (downtown) turned off 
• Cotswold #6, Preston @ San Jacinto (downtown) 
• Cotswold #7, Preston @ Caroline (downtown)
• Cotswold #8, Preston @ Crawford (downtown)
• Cotswold #9, Prairie @ Travis (downtown)
• Misttree (Discovery Green, downtown)
• Water jet table (Discovery Green, downtown)
• 1100 Louisiana fountain (downtown)
• Wells Fargo Plaza water wall (downtown)
• Sesquicentennial Park (downtown)
• Wortham Fountain (Buffalo Bayou Park)
• Mecom Fountain (Museum District)
• Wortham Park fountain (Medical Center)
• Medical Center Commons water wall (Medical Center)
• HMNS sundial fountain (Museum Disrict)
• HMNI floating sphere fountain (Museum District)
• Hermann Park Reflecting pool fountain (Museum District)
• Hermann Park McGovern Lake fountain (Museum District)
• George Hermann statue fountain (Museum District)
• Midtown Square (midtown)
• South Main Baptist (midtown)
• Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza fountain (Museum District)
• MFAH entry plaza fountain (Museum District)
• MFAH outdoor dining fountain (Museum District)
• Caruth Plaza fountain 1 (NRG Park)
• Brockman Hall for Physics (Rice U)
• Jones College Fountain (Rice U)
• Brochstein Pavilion fountain (Rice U)
• Jamail Plaza (Rice U)
• Charlotte Allen Fountain (Baldwin Park, midtown)
• The Transco Waterwall (Uptown)
• Hidalgo Park fountain (Uptown)
• Post Oak Central fountain (Uptown)
• Uptown Park fountain (Uptown)
• Royal Sonesta (Uptown)
• Lakes on Post Oak (Uptown)
• America Tower (Allen Parkway)
• Amli (?) apartments (Allen Parkway)
• Humble Tower hotel building fountain (downtown)
• Market Square 9/11 fountain (downtown)
• Cotswold #12, Congress @ Market Square (downtown)
• Root Memorial Square (downtown)
• Sisters of Charity Park (downtown)
• Contemporary Arts Museum (Museum District)
• Christ Church Cathedral (downtown)
• Cullen Plaza Fountain (UH)
• MD Anderson Library fountain (UH)
• The Williams Fountain (HBU)
• Farish Hall fountain (UH)
• Regency Square
• Fountainview 1
• Fountainview 2
• Fountainview 3
• Waterway Square fountain 1 (The Woodlands)
• Market Street Square fountain (The Woodlands)
• Woodlands Waterway fountain (The Woodlands)
• Waterway Square fountain 2 (The Woodlands)
• City Centre Plaza fountain (City Centre)
• Peggy's Point Plaza (Midtown)
• Hobby Airport (Hobby)
• Kingwood entrance fountains (Kingwood)
• The Fountains Shopping Center (Stafford)
• NRG Park South Main fountains (NRG Park)
• Memorial Hermann (Medical Center)
• Baylor College of Medicine (Medical Center)
• MD Anderson on Holcombe Blve (Medical Center)
• MD Anderson at MD Anderson and Holcombe -Leroy Melcher Jr Memorial Fountain (Medical Center)
• Asia Society Texas (Museum District)
• Bell Park (Museum District)
• Houston Methodist West (Katy Freeway)
• Texas Childrens West (Katy Freeway)
• Rosenberg Fountain, 31st & Seawall (Galveston)
• Rosenberg Fountain, 12th & Ball (Galveston)
• Rosenberg Fountain, 15th & Ball (Galveston)
• Rosenberg Fountain, 20th & N1/2 (Galveston)
• Rosenberg Fountain, 21st & Ball (Galveston)
• Rosenberg Fountain, 21st & Post Office (Galveston)
• Rosenberg Library Fountain, 24th & Ball (Galveston)
• The Heron, Ashton Villa (Galveston)
• San Luis (Galveston)
• Moody Gardens (Galveston)
• Chase Tower (downtown)
• Jones Hall (downtown)
• Guadalupe Plaza Park (East Downtown)
• Kugel Ball Fountain (Hermann Park)
• Hyde Park Fountain, Lamar Park (Montrose)
• Lilian Schnitzer Fountain (Hermann Park)
• Neuhaus Fountain, Sam Houston Park (Downtown)
• Sleepy Hollow Fountain, Sleepy Hollow Park, Houston
• Sugar Land Town Square (Sugar Land)
• The Woodlands Mall 1 at the waterway (The Woodlands)
• The Woodlands Mall 2 at the waterway (The Woodlands)
• Anadarko Tower (The Woodlands)
• 1455 West Loop South (Uptown)
• Landry's HQ 1 (Uptown)
• Landry's HQ 2 (Uptown)
• Hess Tower (Downtown)
• Second Baptist (Houston)
• The Diana Fountain, Bayou Bend, MFAH (River Oaks)
• Mrs. Parker's Fountain, Rienzi, MFAH (River Oaks)
• Cascading fountain, Rienzi, MFAH (River Oaks)
• East Garden fountain, Bayou Bend, MFAH (River Oaks)
• Kemah Boardwalk 1 (Bay Area)
• Kemah Boardwalk 2 (Bay Area)
• One Sugar Creek Place fountain (Sugar Land)
• Sugar Creek entry fountains (Sugar Land)
• Brazos Town Center fountain (Rosenberg)
• City of Rosenberg south welcome sign/waterfall (Rosenberg)
• George Memorial Library Amphitheater Fountain (Richmond)
• KBR Tower, Cullen Center (Downtown)
• Hong Kong Mall
• St. Paul's Methodist Church
• One Post Oak Central, Apache (Uptown)
• Courthouse Square, Family Law Center (Downtown)
• Cotswold #10, Congress @ Main (Downtown)
• Cotswold #11, Congress @ Main (Downtown)
• 5050 Westheimer (Uptown)
• Kings Harbor (Kingwood)
• Green Street 1 (Downtown)
• Green Street 2 (Downtown)
• Green Street 3 (Downtown)
• Memorial City Treehouse (Memorial City)
• Nexen Building (Memorial City)
• Cobalt 1 (Memorial City)
• Cobalt 2 (Memorial City)
• Air Liquide Building 1 (Memorial City)
• Air Liquide Building 2 (Memorial City)
• Murphy 1 (Memorial City)
• Murphy 2 (Memorial City)
• The Fountains at Memorial City (Memorial City)
• 2929 Weslayan
• West Loop South (Uptown)
• The Mound- Centennial Gardens (Hermann Park)
• Pavilion fountain- Centennial Gardens (Hermann Park)
• Hanover Southampton (The Village)
• Hotel ZaZa - Memorial City (Memorial City)
• Wings Over Water @ Avenida Houston (Downtown)
• Glassell School of Art - Brown Foundation Plaza (Museum District)
• Catalyst - 1475 Texas Ave.  (Downtown)
• Harmonica Man Park (?) Brazos and Pease (Downtown)
•  Camden Pavilion Fountain - Midtown Park (Midtown)
• Waterfalls - Midtown Park (Midtown)
• Energy Center Five (Energy Corridor)
• Citgo headquarters (Energy Corridor)
• First Baptist (Houston)
• HEB Montrose Market (Montrose)
• MLK Humanities Building (TSU)
• Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Holcombe Blvd. (Medical Center)
• Midtown Plaza water feature, Main @ McGowen (Midtown)
• Houston Botanic Garden - Entry Plaza
• MFA-H Kinder Building/Cullen Sculpture Garden (Museum District)
• Houston Zoo (Museum District/TMC)
• MFA-H Kinder Building "Inner Landscape" (Museum District)
• George Bush monument (Downtown)
• Alexan River Oaks (Upper Kirby/River Oaks)
• Houston Center (Downtown)
• Montgomery County Veterans Memorial (Conroe)
• Houston Botanic Garden - Culinary Gardens
• Highland Village - River Oaks
• Hermann Museum Circle Drive (Museum District)
• Kingwood Town Center - Kingwood
• Caruth Plaza Fountain 2 (NRG Park)
• Smart Financial Center (Sugar Land)
• Cemex Building (Memorial City)
• University of St Thomas Labyrinth I (Montrose/Museum District)
• University of St Thomas Labyrinth II (Montrose/Museum District)
• University of St Thomas Labyrinth III (Montrose/Museum District)
• Blossom Hotel (Medical Center)
• Hungry's restaurant (Rice Village)
• POST Roof park
• Downtown Aquarium Marlin Fountain (Downtown)
• Glenwood Cemetery - entrance to Glenwood Cemetery
• Falling Water - Evelyn's Park (Bellaire)
• Heritage Park Fountain - Pearland
• Sweetwater Country Club - Sugar Land
• Webster's Falls - Webster
• Legacy - Nassau Bay City Hall - Nassau Bay
• Old Town Spring Fountain - Spring
• League Park - League City
• Falcon Ranch Entrance
• Falcon Point Golf Course
• Grand Harbor #1  Grand Harbor
• Grand Harbor #2 Grand Harbor
• Grand Harbor #3 Grand Harbor
• Grand Harbor #4 Grand Harbor
• Harvest Plaza Fountain - downtown Katy
• Railroad Depot Plaza Fountain - Tomball
• Double Dragon - Hunan Garden - Rosenberg
• Memorial Fountain, Memorial Park - Texas City
• Union Carbide 80th Jubilee Fountain - Texas City
• Centennial Fountain - Texas City
• Pioneer Fountain - Texas City
• Pocket Park Fountain - West Columbia
• Railroad Museum Fountain - Galveston
• Wortham Fountain, UTMB - Galveston
• Bryan Museum Fountain - Galveston
• Hotel Galvez Fountain - Galveston
• Cedar Brake Park - Montgomery
• Memory Park - Montgomery
• St Mary's Catholic Church - Plantersville
• 1801 Smith (corner of Smith & Jefferson) - Downtown
• Museo Institute for Medical Arts Building #1 (Fannin & Southmore) - Museum District
• Museo Institute for Medial Arts Building #2 (San Jacinto & Southmore) - Museum District
• Museo Institute for Medical Arts Building #3 (Fannin & Palm) - Museum District
• Alexan River Oaks (Alabama @ Weslayan) - River Oaks/Galleria/Upper Kirby
• Lynn Wyatt Square for the Performing Arts - Downtown
• Baylor College of Medicine The Vivian and Bob Smith Medical Research Building at 1 Baylor Plaza. (TMC)
• Fertita Family College of Medicine - UH
• Mercer Botanic Gardens I
• Merer Botanic Gardens II
• Mercer Botanic Gardens III
• Mercer Botanic Gardens IV

There’s some confusion because my posts were originally in a different thread.  My comments stating that the photo was of the 1407 Jefferson building were in reference to the photo in Hindesky’s October 2021 post, not to the photos of the telephone building with the murals.  The building with murals is indeed in Shreveport.

I think I've found it.  This appears to be an early photo of the Southwestern Bell (now AT&T) building at Austin and Jefferson.  It is much taller now, but one can clearly see a change in brick color exactly at the original height.

1407 Jefferson St.  Mods, please move this to the 1407 Jefferson thread.

Houstontimeportal.net http://www.houstontimeportal.net/bell-telephone.html identifies this telephone building as 1117-1119 Capitol (and by its appearance, it certainly looks to have originally been built as two buildings), apparently re-numbered it to the singular 1121 Capitol some time later.  

Timlin, Irvin Ray, architect (1121 Capitol Street). https://houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/docs_pdfs/hahc/App_Materials_2017/February_MATERIALS/1114_Texas_LM_APP_Materials.pdf

https://houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/docs_pdfs/hahc/App_Materials_2017/February_MATERIALS/1114_Texas_LM_APP_Materials.pdf

1121 Capitol Street (1912 with additions through 1938)

The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company (hereafter “Southwestern Bell”) building at 1121 Capitol Street in downtown Houston, is at the northwest corner of San Jacinto and Capitol. All sides of the building are built to the lot lines. It is located three blocks southeast of the Main Street/Market Square National Register Historic District. The neighborhood is composed of commercial office and retail buildings, financial institutions, county judicial courts, hotels, restaurants, clubs, parking lots, and garages. Within two blocks are the individually listed National Register properties, including Christ Church, the Houston Post-Dispatch Building, and the Kress Building.

Originally a Beaux Arts skyscraper, the building’s ornament was simplified during later alterations through 1938. The building is a flat-roofed and sheathed in brick and limestone. It was built in four phases: 1912, 1926, 1929, and 1938, and remains one of two Central Offices (Switching or Exchange ) that serve downtown Houston, the other being the Clay Central Office located eight blocks to the south. The building is ten stories high on the east side and nine stories on the west side, with a basement. The structure is cast-in-place concrete for all the stories except for the top three, which are steel-framed and with exterior non-bearing brick walls. Atop the flat roof are a mechanical room and a small penthouse, set back from the facades.

South (Capitol Street) Elevation

The first two floors have a dark granite and light marble pedestal base with the remainder of the two story façade sheathed in limestone blocks up to a simple cornice with volutes. On the east side, the 1912 building (then called the Preston Central Office) has a half-round arch entrance with a pediment and a pair of aluminum and glass

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entrance doors and transom. On the west side, the 1926 addition (then called the Fairfax Central Office)1 has a smaller rectangular entrance that has been closed in and pediment atop. The adjacent first floor windows have a simple limestone casing and keystone ornament. The third floor and above the base are faced with a tan colored brick with applied medallions and wreath ornaments above the top windows of the left side building. The windows on this façade are glass block or louvered vents. The glass block windows infill is a later replacement intended to protect the equipment inside from the possible damage from the weather, like hurricanes, while providing natural daylight to the interior.

East (San Jacinto Street) Elevation

The first two floors have a dark granite and light marble pedestal base with the remainder of the two story façade sheathed in limestone blocks up to a simple cornice with volutes. The first two floors windows have a simple limestone casing and keystone ornament. The third floor and above the base are faced with a tan colored brick with applied medallion ornaments above the top windows The windows on this façade are glass block or louvered vents. At the seventh floor there are four sets of three 1-over-1 wood double-hung windows. The glass block windows infill is a later replacement intended to protect the equipment inside from the possible damage from the weather, like hurricanes, while providing natural daylight to the interior.

North and West elevation

The north wall, where not abutting adjacent buildings, is at the property line that abuts the 1114 Texas Ave. building, and is plain tan brick with no openings. The west wall that faces a ten foot common alley is plain tan brick, with the previous windows having been bricked in.

Interior

NOTE: As a functionally-related complex with two historically interconnected buildings, both buildings are being nominated to the National Register, although only the building at 1114 Texas Avenue is being rehabilitated as a tax credit project. The owner of the 1121 Capitol Street Building (AT&T) has not granted the applicant access to the interior of the building.

Renovation plans dated 1989, by the Southwestern Bell Engineering Department, show that all the floors are largely open and undivided, occupied by telephone switching equipment or computers with some accessory office and vacant areas. 2 In the basement there is a cable vault that connects the copper and fiber optics telephone lines that enter Capitol St. On the second floor, there is a cable vault that is connected to the second floor of the 1114 Texas Ave. building. The entrance lobby on the first floor, visible through the glass doors but not open to the public, retains its original steps width and chrome decorative handrails and terrazzo steps and floor.

This does not appear to be the building that is or ever was at 1117 - 1119 Capitol St.  (This photo was taken from a bygonely.com entry title "Houston in the 1930s". There was a lot of bad information given on that website, including this entry. It claims it's in the 1930s, but the car is clearly a newer model than anything from the 1930s. The thread tells us the building is at 1117-1119 Capitol.  I'm pretty sure that is incorrect.  There is a Bell Telephone building at 1121 Capitol, but this is not a picture of that building.  https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/topic/53964-att-capitol-central-office-at-1121-capitol-st/

This no doubt a Bell Telephone building, but not sure we know where it was; it may or may not be in Houston. (There were a LOT of them all over the country).  

Here's a tidbit.  The building was built circa 1912,  :

FWIW, HCAD shows the building is still owned by Southwestern Bell (AT&T).

My prior post no longer makes sense because someone moved the original post (with the picture I referenced) to a new thread,  https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/topic/47092-southwestern-bell-telephone-co-at-1117-1119-capitol-st/#comment-645369