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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
Wang Mang (45 BCE [1] – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun, officially known as the Shijianguo Emperor (始建國天帝), was the founder and the only emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. [note 1] He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later seized the throne in 9 CE. The Han dynasty was restored ...
In the early 1950s the Chinese Merchants' Association moved into an area in the southeastern edge of Downtown Houston in what is today East Downtown, and this Chinatown grew during the 1970s. [2] This area is currently referred to as the "Old Chinatown", and still contains some notable landmarks including the original Kim Sơn restaurant.
Downtown Aquarium, Houston Katz's Deli Niko Niko's The following restaurants and restaurant chains are located in Houston , Texas : This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located. The Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District) defines it as being roughly bounded by Redding Rd and Gessner Rd to the East, Westpark Dr to the North, Beltway 8 to the West, and Beechnut St to the South. [1]
Kim Sơn (chữ Hán: 金山, Sino-Vietnamese for "Gold Mountain"; listen ⓘ) is a family-owned chain of restaurants in Houston, Texas, that serves both Vietnamese cuisine and Chinese cuisine. As of 2009 Tri La is the owner of the restaurant group. [1] The restaurant group headquarters is in its East Downtown restaurant. [2]
Wang Yu told Lü to toss a bottle of blood onto Wang Mang's mansion door to create that effect—but Lü was discovered by Wang Mang's guards. Wang Mang then arrested Wang Yu, who then committed suicide, and his wife (Lü Kuan's sister) Lü Yan (呂焉) was executed. Wang Mang then executed the entire Wei clan, except for Consort Wei.
After Wang Mang had overthrown the Han dynasty with his own Xin dynasty he wished to displace the Wu Zhu currency of the Western Han dynasty, [12] owing, it is said, to his prejudice to the "Jin" (Chinese: 金; pinyin: jīn; literally: "gold") radical in the character zhu (Chinese: 銖; pinyin: zhū) of this inscription, which was also a component part of the character Liu (劉), the family ...