ground pics taken on a sunday in early december; aerials taken around new year's; i need to get back on a weekday off so i can get up the Chase tower with my telephotooooooooooooo (maybe later this month.)

so, before some snarky forumer asks "where are all the people," i'll answer that it was a sunday and the weather was nice. they were:

1. at church
2. watching american football on tv
3. at the park
4. hungover


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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159664/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159666/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159658/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159662/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159660/original.jpg

downtown and nearby
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159109/original.jpg

is that Polaris' evil twin? (Polairs being the fugly blue revolving restaurant in Atlanta)
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159121/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/91567352/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159161/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159162/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159163/original.jpg

i wish i had a wide angle lense...
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159211/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/92159212/original.jpg

time to ride the train towards the Rice area...
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going back downtown
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Big city, dead downtown...something's not right. I smell automobile dependency.

^^ We blame the automobiles too much, the urban layout of american cities dictates that automobiles is the only effcient mode of transportation, they are only an invietable side product of such urban planning.

Fantastic photos!

Nice pics

thanks y'all, except...

Big city, dead downtown...something's not right. I smell automobile dependency.

:ohno:

again, it's sunday afternoon, the weather was nice. most people (who also do drive cars) that weren't at home, watching the game or at church were at the park. the park i took the tram from downtown too. or some other parks.

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It's an interesting looking city... Not my cup of tea but it seems to have some very nice areas and quite a few... Not so nice.

Great shots LSyd. I've seen quite a few of your threads of English cities and they were remarkable!

Does this city have any shopping arcade/ pedestrian only streets?

Anyways Great collection of photos. Houston looks like a typical big American city and from these pictures looks like it has a bit of a sterile touch, with grit, lol. As in it doesn't look like it has it's own interesting image/flavour, but i'm probably wrong.