ricco67 Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/m...politan/2930993 Dec. 4, 2004, 12:15AM Holiday lights shine on a revitalized downtown Officials hope the displays draw people and help boost retail growth By ALLAN TURNER Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Visit our Holidays page for recipes and ideas to enhance this holiday season. Once virtually empty and vaguely menacing, downtown Houston's nighttime streets are being clothed in holiday finery by boosters who hope colorful lights and oversized ornaments will draw people to the business district to visit, shop and possibly live. While there are festive lights at City Hall and on office buildings throughout the downtown area, this year's decorations will be concentrated on or near Main Street Square, the $7.9 million centerpiece of a downtown remake that features fountains, public art and a brick-paved Main Street. The three-block-long square and a four-block stretch of Lamar will be illuminated by multicolored lighting displays featuring about 175,000 bulbs. Giant wrapped gift boxes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 That sounds awesome, I hope it turns out how they are expecting, and if not I hope they try again next time and don't give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanGeranimal Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 "Laura Van Ness, Central Houston's director of business development, said she has increasingly seen young couples with children frequenting downtown Houston. District officials see that as a hopeful sign."--------------------Yep, that is what they want, families. I am fine with this as long as they don't plan on putting in a Chuck E Cheese to get them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominax Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Who thinks Houston needs better lighting at night. Houston is a big huge and largest for Texas. Houston downtown is alot to the city with the skyscrapers built in the town. Houston has a wonderful daylight skyline ever seen in the area than any other city. Like Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Parts of Manhatten, with the other large cities still are made of skylines from the 1930's and maybe Dallas Houston Skyline at Night It is very hard to find a perfect image of Houston all lit up of skyscrapers searching on internet. I have not seen Houston or been there but to believe that when i was in Dallas at night seeing Downtown that it was an mirracle to see such many lighting on all the skyscrapers and especially the BANK ONE CENTER all green all around! WOW Houston hardly lit up Most seen every night http://marlons.no-ip.org/images/hthown.jpg Dallas lit up this is almost everyday of the year. http://www.physik.tu-berlin.de/~robi/Austi...night-1_jpg.jpg http://www.lonestardigital.com/D_1/Sample_...t_1200x787).jpg This may be the only times dallas is hardly lit up http://www.lonestardigital.com/Agfa_1680/A...0at%20Night.jpg Houston Skyline shown online never all the buildings are never lit up I only found one photo with all the skyscrapers lit up. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/dom...n-night-500.jpg Houston night skyline should be like this every night. * Bright Beacon rotating lights on every tall skyscraper in downtown like what you have on the Williams Tower. With White lighting on each roof of all skyscrapers not different colors. EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENT COLORS http://dallasmetropolis.com/forum/attachme...tachmentid=5715 THEY SHOULD ADD TENT TO ALL WINDOWS With blue and red tented windows on the skyscrapers for night time. (REPRESENTING THE TEXAS FLAG COLORS) can you imagine what downtown would look like then at night. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/dom...TEXASCOLORS.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/dom...ASCOLORSRED.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Houston Skyline shown online never all the buildings are never lit up I only found one photo with all the skyscrapers lit up. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/dom...n-night-500.jpg Houston night skyline should be like this every night. Hey, lookey! Chase Tower bigger than green tower! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 No. Seriously. I think we light up just fine at night. Or perhaps you haven't seen?http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/001...s2_dmsp_big.jpgJust because you can't seem to find a picture on the internet doesn't mean squat. If you haven't ever been to Houston, how do you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 umm...leave your shutter open longer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2H Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 I think Houston skyline is almost ok at night for the most part, but the White Christmas lights on every building doesn't do it any justice. Christmas lights to me just show that the city took absolutely no time in decorating the skyline at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethanra Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Houston Skyline shown online never all the buildings are never lit up I only found one photo with all the skyscrapers lit up. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/dom...n-night-500.jpg Houston night skyline should be like this every night. Hey, lookey! Chase Tower bigger than green tower! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LMFAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 I like the current lighting. I don't like the flashy lighting in most cities.I'd rather have the lights on in some of the offices making the towers look like they are in use at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 some bright neons on the tops would be nice though...but you can definitely over do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 I like the Texas color scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 I like the Texas color scheme. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Actually, it reminded me more of the opening of Law & Order than the Texas flag.*Doink, Doink* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Actually, it reminded me more of the opening of Law & Order than the Texas flag.*Doink, Doink* <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think this better ilicits the sound you're looking for: doy-doink! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I like the current lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 i guarantee turning the office lights off won't help...and neither will neon encrusted (or gilted) buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greystone08(returns) Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I will agree with Dominax here....this is your best thread by far.This city has a beautiful skyline. Architectural statements unique to this city like Texaco Heritage, BOA, and Pennzoil Place don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I will write. I agree that we could vastly improve our downtown's lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I will write. I agree that we could vastly improve our downtown's lighting.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Three words: Power of Houston. It should be lit like that EVERY night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 What ever happened to the disco light outside The Hub on Main St. That added a lot of energy to Main ST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 What ever happened to the disco light outside The Hub on Main St. That added a lot of energy to Main ST.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>That was an eye catcher. What was the Hub anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 That was an eye catcher. What was the Hub anyway?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It was probably located between two other clubs. Sorry. Couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 The HUB was/is just another hip-hop dance club. It changed owners a few times - one of the owners got busted for embezzling drug money in and out of the bar a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OutOfTheRacesAndOntoTheTracks Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Are you guys kidding! Houston's skyline lights are mediocre. You'd think with all the energy in that place that it would look like Las Vegas year round. Even Austin has better lighting. The best skyline in Texas and after nightfall no one even knows it exists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 i was just driving by downtown tonight and noticed that some of the downtown buildings haven't lit up their rooftops with the different colors that they did last year in honor of the Astros. This year they made it to the World Series. I wonder why they didn't do it this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Matt Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Texaco Heritage Tower had the office lights lit up in the shape of a huge star a few weeks ago, kinda like the way they had the number 38 for the Super Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 i was just driving by downtown tonight and noticed that some of the downtown buildings haven't lit up their rooftops with the different colors that they did last year in honor of the Astros. This year they made it to the World Series. I wonder why they didn't do it this year? OYE I'm looking at Houston's skyline during Game 3, and I'm thinking of how quiet our city looked in the background. Why do we have to have casinos on a strip to have our lighting downtown shine like Las Vegas's Strip? We're trying to showcase a vibrant downtown, not try to be like any other quiet town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 (edited) OYE I'm looking at Houston's skyline during Game 3, and I'm thinking of how quiet our city looked in the background. Why do we have to have casinos on a strip to have our lighting downtown shine like Las Vegas's Strip? We're trying to showcase a vibrant downtown, not try to be like any other quiet town. our skyline does seem dull and tacky. I wish the building owners would take more note of how they're giving a poor appearance of the Houston skyline at night Edited October 26, 2005 by scarface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 i'm trying to figure out exactly what you are trying to say here? Are you saying that our skyline shouldn't light up more? Help me out. i'm confused hereI'm saying that five Octobers ago, we lit up downtown with the Power of Houston so nobody but us could see it. Now we got the World Series here, and the World gets to see Downtown in black? It needs to be lit up Power of Houston-style NOW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Who cares what outsiders think of our skyline? Besides, isn't it expensive to have buildings illuminated with lights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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