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The University of Houston–Downtown (UHD) is a four-year state university, located within the Main Street Market Square Historic District. Founded in 1974, it is one of four separate and distinct institutions in the University of Houston System. UHD has an enrollment of 12,900 students—making it the 13th largest public university in Texas ...
The Downtown Houston business occupancy rate of all office space increased from 75.8% at the end of 1987 to 77.2% at the end of 1988. [20] By the late 1980s, 35% of Downtown Houston's land area consisted of surface parking. [18] In the early 1990s Downtown Houston still had more than 20% vacant office space. [21]
Glen Yoshiaki Gondo (1948 – July 1, 2024) was an American businessman, restaurateur, and cultural advocate.Gondo, whose parents opened the first Japanese restaurant and sushi bar in Houston, Texas, is credited with popularizing Japanese cuisine and culture in the city. [1]
Heritage Plaza is a postmodern skyscraper located in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, Texas. Standing at 762 feet (232 m), [1] the tower is the 5th-tallest building in Houston, the 8th-tallest in Texas, and the 60th-tallest in the United States. The building, designed by Houston-based M. Nasr & Partners P.C., was completed in 1987, and ...
The Prince Theater, where Battelstein opened his first store. Philip Battelstein arrived in Houston in 1897 as a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania. Arriving with only a few dollars to his name, he soon opened his own tailor and haberdashery, P. Battelstein & Company, located inside the Prince Theater building at 314 Fannin Street (now a walkway adjacent to the Harris County Tax Office); it later ...
Market Square is a public plaza bounded by Travis and Milam streets, and Congress and Preston avenues. Numbered as Block 34 and named "Congress Square" in the original Borden Survey of Houston, it was renamed Market Square after Augustus Allen chose a site for the capitol at the northwest corner of Main Street and Texas Avenue in 1837.
Sushi Roku will open Saturday at 405 Colorado St. (at the corner of Fourth Street) at the bottom of the new 405 Colorado tower. Popular Los Angeles and Las Vegas restaurant Sushi Roku opening in ...
The One Main Building, formerly the Merchants and Manufacturers Building (commonly referred to as the M&M Building), is a building on the campus of the University of Houston–Downtown. The building is recognized as part of the National Register of Historic Places , is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark , and considered a Contributing Building ...