photolitherland Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Lots of the old neighborhoods that surround downtown are ghettos and few rarely travel through them so Id thought Id take some photos of a rarely viewed part of Houston. I also have some night photos of downtown that I took later that day. Enjoy. These first photos are from the fifth ward directly north of downtown. This is in downtown, an old factory building thats been there since 1905, its going to be a new parking lot yay! This is just east of downtown, basically right by Minute Maid Park. On the other side of 59 from downtown, a lot of the vacant old industrial lots and some blocks of old houses are being torn down and replaced with this utter crap. There is seriously blocks upon blocks of these terrible looking apartment buildings popping up on both the east and west side of downtown. I really hope that in the future our inner city doesnt become one monotonous tin neighborhood, but Im afraid its heading in that direction. This area is located just southeast of downtown. Rice University Catholic School downtown Humble, north Houston. Skyline of The Galleria Area Houston Museum of Natural History and Science Just west of downtown. Random other photos Ive taken over the years of Houston. A loft building downtown that was half destroyed in a flood during the 1930s. Folgers Coffee Factory and The Ship Channel in the back. One of my friends that used to go downtown with me to take photos back in highschool, I dont really remember where downtown this was but its probably been torn down since. Main Street This was from last year, I was just walking around downtown and turned around a corner and there must have been 5k people in this crowd, it was pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Great set of photos.. Where was this one taken from.. the Hilton Americas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Great set of photos.. Where was this one taken from.. the Hilton Americas ? That used to be the Maxwell House factory. I was up on top of the tower a few times in the early 80's. Great views of Downtown from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photolitherland Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 ^Yeah, I took that one from the Hilton a couple years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I noticed you snapped the Peden building tear-down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photolitherland Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 ^Yup, its such a shame, that was such a beautiful building and now its going to be a parking lot YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Lots of really great pictures, and a lot of places I used to visit back when Midtown was still scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Lots of really great pictures, and a lot of places I used to visit back when Midtown was still scary.Great photos man, I always like catching your threads on SSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sozavac Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 great pics, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Great images. The one of the man in front of the low brick wall is a certain contest winner. I was also moved by images 7 & 8 (pardon if my counting is inaccurate) of the warehouse with the "cotton ball" sky and image 11 of the HL&P building. We do see these sights of our city every day but most of them don't get our attention. I guess the unique (and sometimes beautiful) is overpowered by what is around it. I have a gift "or curse" of focusing in on old machinery such as cars and tractors in the clutter. For example, my eye went immediately to the 1968 Firebird in the front yard of the house in image 14. I know it is a '68 year model and not a '67 because I can see the arrow shaped side marker light on the rear fender. Does the owner of this car know he or she has a worthy restoration candidate? Of course, the pink Edsel in the foreground of image 44 jumped off my monitor right at me. Excellent work, Photoliterland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Excellent work. Extra points for spotting that Edsel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Matt Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Good stuff. I'd get a watermark on those and repost. Otherwise you'l probably see a couple fo them again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Excellent photos. Thank you for sharing them with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Awesome work. Really cool. Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 ^Yeah, I took that one from the Hilton a couple years ago.These are the best photos I've seen in a long time - thank you so much for sharing! I hope you don't mind me asking, but what type of camera did you use? I'm in the market for a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Thanks for sharing your views of Houston, and for reminding us that there is unexpected beauty in every corner of this city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Well done...the wooden houses remind me of the East End neighborhoods I grew up in. Does anyone know the history of the long white bldg with 13 arched windows, sitting somewhere around Congress, near east side...or the Art Deco or Moderne, sea-foam green one (Leeland & St. Emanuel) that is now Chinatown Printing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniepwils Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 That one building that was partially destroyed in the flood that they renovated is one of my favorite buildings in downtown. At night looking at the inside (from the freeway) all lit up is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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