Houston: Photo of the Day

[Greens!]

Post any photos of Houston that you have.

[Greens!]

My own Uptown panorama

[Greens!]

thanks to houstontexas on ssc

[Greens!]

I seem to be the only one who adds to this. Here are more from the internet.

Downtown:

Uptown:

[cowboytx26]

And THANK YOU for doing so. Houston has one of the most beautiful and unique skylines in the United States. I never tire of looking at pictures of her skylines!

I seem to be the only one who adds to this. Here are more from the internet.

Downtown:

Uptown:

[eastsider]

Nice pics! Unfortunately I haven't been to Houston in several years, so I don't have any personal pics to share.

[Okie]

Same here. Lived there for almot 2 decades tho.

LOVE THAT shot with the Victorian buildings there at the bottom!

[Greens!]

Here are a few more from a thread on SSP

Texas Medical Center, my favorite Houston skyline and the largest employer in the city.

[Atl's Jdfresh]

You all are doing it real BIG in Houston. I need to come out there and see what all the talk is about. Great Photo's. Almost as nice as Atlanta's.....Lol!

[Greens!]

from the net:

Edited June 11, 2006 by Greens!

[UptownNewOrleans]

Houston is a cool city. I enjoy taking frequent trips as it is similar to New Orleans in terms of culture, food, music.

[Greens!]

1) Hermann Park from Montrose1100 on HAIF

2) Light Rail (also from HAIF)

3) Mine from the Texas Medical Center

4) Interesting architecture downtown

5) My favorite skyline angle

6) Old buildings in downtown Houston (from HAIF)

[Greens!]

This one is from HAIF;

and some panos by Mrell32 of Texas Medical Center;

Here is one he did downtown, very nice.

[eastsider]

Fantastic pics! Keep em coming.

[Greens!]

Thanks guys. The shots of Uptown at night and Downtown at night came from here -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/billjacobus1/125071200/

and this one specifically of uptown.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/billjacobus1/135812185

Edited June 20, 2006 by Greens!

[dimebag1980]

I seem to be the only one who adds to this. Here are more from the internet.

You'd think there would be so many people adding to this thread. Having not been there in a few years myself, and having zero of my own pics from there, I must say I have nothing personal to add to the collection, but what you and others have posted have been amazing.

I especially like the photo showing the freeway stack in the foreground with the skyline in the background, the photo with the neighborhood made up of homes and canals (WOW!!!) and the airplane photo! Those are all awesome!!

[Greens!]

Here are two more from HAIF

By Jmancuso

downtown:

uptown:

and downtown by Mrell32

Here is the Texas Medical Center skyline from flickr.

More information on the photo.

Sunrise over the TMC

More info.

And finally Greenway Plaza in southwest Houston

more info.

That should do for today. This thread appears to have become the "Greens posting pictures of Houston thread." I will have more of my own to add when I go back home next week and can explore the city again.

[dimebag1980]

From the internet... sorry if this has been posted before but I haven't seen it.

Source.

[dimebag1980]

Here's a cool photo I just found on texasfreeway.com

Edited June 21, 2006 by SBCmetroguy

[richyb83]

Hey SBC. Thanks for the nice conributions. I had never seen that nightime pic before. I agree, where is Green's help ? Houston's the right place to take pics of some serious urban scenery.

Keep em' rollin' Greens. Houston is one colossal place. Looking for something other than "huge". I like all the multiple skylines in H-Town.

I never knew there was a small skyline near the Airport at I-45 & Beltway.

It's hard to imagine before the Great Hurricane in 1901 ? That Galveston was the south's version of Manhattan. I could only imagine what Galveston would look like today with all of Houston's skyscrapers !

Edited June 21, 2006 by richyb83

[Greens!]

Here are some shots by KCGridlock on SSP.

1) Texas Med. Center and Downtown from Reliant.

2) Same shot at night.

3) A great shot of the Gulf Freeway as it crosses the Eastex Freeway downtown. Old Chinatown is on the far right across the freeway from DT. It has been losing status lately to the new Chinatown that has developed on Beechnut St.

4) Greenway Plaza with Texas Med. Center in the background.

5) Downtown. If I am not mistaken, the building on the far left was inspired by the pyramids in the Yucatan.

6) Close up of downtown.

7) Downtown again from the east.

8) Main street leading from Buffalo Bayou to the TMC.

9) San Jacinto Monument. Actually taller than the Washington Monument in DC.

10) Baytown Bridge, entrance to the Port of Houston.

11) From boats to trucks and from there who knows? Maybe Denver?

12) The Kemah Boardwalk, playground for local suburbanites and tourists visiting the Space Center.

13) Lower Montrose and the Museum District. This area isn't really well known outside of Houston but is a pretty cool area with lots of artists and clubs.

14) Uptown not including the Williams Tower.

That is enough of this. I will post some Galveston pictures next.

Edited June 22, 2006 by Greens!

[MontroseBLVD]

Hey "Greens!" I just wanted to thank you for giving credit on my photos (I'm Montrose1100 on HAIF and HoustonTexas on SSC). Feel free to post mine anytime (as you have), you seem to be more involved with a bigger variety of websites.

Anyways, thanks again!

[TBurban]

Awesome photos guys! Houston's looking good as usual, and I especially love the picture of Kemah When I lived there, it was my favorite place to visit. Good to see everything looking so nice.

[Greens!]

Here is a HUGE shot of downtown from Buffalo Bayou by Mrell32 on HAIF

[Greens!]

Sort of old, (8 weeks or so) but looking down from the 60th floor of the Chase Tower