Houston pics

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LSyd

Discussion Starter · Apr 12, 2006

the last pics from spring break, it's Planet Hooston!!!
i flew in, got a car, went downtown,
went up the Chase tower while the sky was blue,
then went to College Station and Austin before coming back to Houston.
crappy weather every day except for Sunday...oh well.

IF YOU MISSED THEM, HERE'S MY NIGHT PICS OF HOUSTON

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who says there's no crusty grits in Houston?
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seeing the wheel downtown reminded me of England
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stupid sun, interfering w/my pics...
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Sunday - return trip to Houston, starting with the last floating dreadnaut, the USS Texas, veteran of two world wars
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i need more zoom...hopefully you can see downtown behind the refinery
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San Jacinto Battle Monument - glorious 30s obelisk
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21 - heading back to downtown

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my friend riding shotgun took some pics
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29 - Monday morning view from the hotel

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Chase Tower, 2nd visit
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next couple of pics by my friend
while on the way to the Williams tower
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The Galleria area - it's like the city of the future, today!

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Birmingham banks represent!!!
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see ya Houston!

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MexAmericanMoose

· #2 · Apr 12, 2006

i like them. somebody finally got a shot of our other forgoten skyline, our refineries. thank you for taking those refinery pics. they look so dense and tall

triadcat

· #3 · Apr 13, 2006

MexAmericanMoose said:
i like them. somebody finally got a shot of our other forgoten skyline, our refineries. thank you for taking those refinery pics. they look so dense and tall

Nice job, LSyd.
That pan pic was incredible. Too bad the weather wasn't great for clear pics though.....

MexAmericanMoose, I agree with the oil refineries. They may not be "pretty", but there is something about that industrial look with the oil refineries that I dig.

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HoustonTexas

· #4 · Apr 13, 2006

I'm terribly sorry you encountered such angry weather. It probibly got "beautiful" the day after you left.

But Grand pictures!!!

It seems they still havn't cleaned the windows yet on the Chase Tower, since I was last there.

ZimasterX

· #5 · Apr 13, 2006

I love the pics, especially the panorama. Nice job

kay:

ReggieZ

· #6 · Apr 13, 2006

Nice pics! So Lsyd, I'm interested in knowing if your perception of Houston has changed now that you have visited the city?

HoustonTexas

· #7 · Apr 13, 2006

ReggieZ said:
Nice pics! So Lsyd, I'm interested in knowing if your perception of Houston has changed now that you have visited the city?

I'm curious too!

Also** Did you enjoy the crack motels along 45? I think they add character

:jk:

LSyd

Discussion Starter · #8 · Apr 13, 2006

thanks y'all.

ReggieZ said:
Nice pics! So Lsyd, I'm interested in knowing if your perception of Houston has changed now that you have visited the city?

my perception changed a while back, once y'all explained Montrose (although i never made it there, at least that i know of) and showed pictures of stuff besides gated communities, the Galleria, and "upscale" stuff. i see Houston has a tram, but i don't know how well it works to get around in the city (and heard on forums it's not too effective.) plus i didn't get as full an experience as i would've liked because i went there on a sunday night, not friday or saturday, but i'd like to go back and see how it's going, especially if downtown lofts and housing pics up in the near future (which it seems like it's doing.)

Houston has "world class" potential, but lacks the mass transit to reach it. it has the USS Texas and San Jacinto, and proximity to Galveston, which IMO put it ahead of Atlanta, but yet they're not entirely convenient. i think Atlanta's interstates are more user-friendly because they have more exits, and the closeness of midtown-downtown Atlanta seemed nicer than Houston's downtown-midtown. traffic leaving around rush-hour to go to Texas Station was hellacious, and seeing a handful of cars zipping past me on the elevated HOV lane was cool and frustrating at the same time...but going home traffic sucks in any city.

i like Houston, enough that i might visit again this year, and it's also now on the list of "places i wouldn't mind living/working in."

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NMBS1

· #9 · Apr 13, 2006

Great pictures. I lived in Houston for about 5 years. Good times.

ReggieZ

· #10 · Apr 13, 2006

LSyd said:
thanks y'all.

my perception changed a while back, once y'all explained Montrose (although i never made it there, at least that i know of) and showed pictures of stuff besides gated communities, the Galleria, and "upscale" stuff. i see Houston has a tram, but i don't know how well it works to get around in the city (and heard on forums it's not too effective.) plus i didn't get as full an experience as i would've liked because i went there on a sunday night, not friday or saturday, but i'd like to go back and see how it's going, especially if downtown lofts and housing pics up in the near future (which it seems like it's doing.)

Houston has "world class" potential, but lacks the mass transit to reach it. it has the USS Texas and San Jacinto, and proximity to Galveston, which IMO put it ahead of Atlanta, but yet they're not entirely convenient. i think Atlanta's interstates are more user-friendly because they have more exits, and the closeness of midtown-downtown Atlanta seemed nicer than Houston's downtown-midtown. traffic leaving around rush-hour to go to Texas Station was hellacious, and seeing a handful of cars zipping past me on the elevated HOV lane was cool and frustrating at the same time...but going home traffic sucks in any city.

i like Houston, enough that i might visit again this year, and it's also now on the list of "places i wouldn't mind living/working in."

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Cool, glad to hear that. Just next time come on down and visit Bay Area Houston and the island!

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weill

· #11 · Apr 13, 2006

Great pictures, looks like someone needs to clean their windows!

jmancuso

· #12 · Apr 13, 2006

houston. bitch.

Rail Claimore

· #13 · Apr 13, 2006

Houston's one of those cities that's always fascinated me besides its sprawl. It's basically "what if Atlanta were flat, its streets were gridded, and it was less than an hour's drive from the gulf." I've only been once, and I'm eager to go again. Great pics!

Raleigh-NC

· #14 · Apr 13, 2006

LSyd, you did it again, man

kay: Nice photos, and I can only imagine how more effective they would have been if the sky wasn't as cloudy. Thanks for posting these images!!

tierwestah

· #15 · Apr 13, 2006

Lsyd. Love the pics. Did you get a chance to see the Texas Medical Center while you were there? It looks like a downtown in itself just like the Uptown/Galleria area does.

The Great Hizzy!

· #16 · Apr 13, 2006

jmancuso said:
houston. bitch.

LMAO.

So true, though.

WesternGulf

· #17 · Apr 13, 2006

tierwestah said:
Lsyd. Love the pics. Did you get a chance to see the Texas Medical Center while you were there? It looks like a downtown in itself just like the Uptown/Galleria area does.

Although TMC is a hell of a lot more urban than the Galleria area. Great pics.

Ian604

· #18 · Apr 13, 2006

Very nice.

tierwestah

· #19 · Apr 14, 2006

WesternGulf said:
Although TMC is a hell of a lot more urban than the Galleria area. Great pics.

yeah true but i'm expecting things to change with the future extention of light rail out that way along with the Westcreek and Boulevard Place developments.

HoustonTexas

· #20 · Apr 15, 2006

^^Which will happen when were all dead

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