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Kings of War (2009) was designed by Cavatore. [3] Alessio Cavatore made a cameo appearance in the film The Return of the King where he appeared as Rohirrim in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, alongside fellow Games Workshop designers Alan Perry, Michael Perry and Brian Nelson. [4]
The Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park, [1] formerly the Williams Waterwall and the Transco Waterwall, is a multi-story sculptural fountain that sits opposite the south face of Williams Tower in the Uptown District of Houston. The fountain and its surrounding park were built as an architectural amenity to the adjacent tower.
Colt Stadium was a Major League baseball stadium that formerly stood in Houston, Texas. It was the temporary home of the expansion Houston Colt .45s for their first three seasons (1962–1964) while the Astrodome was being built, just to the south of it. After its use in Houston, it was dismantled and moved for use in two Mexican cities.
In 2015, the bar Moving Sidewalk launched an AstroWorld-themed cocktail menu. [147] American rapper and singer Travis Scott, born and raised in Houston, called his third studio album Astroworld (2018) to commemorate his hometown. [148] In an XXL interview, he said of the park's closure and demolition, "They took AstroWorld away from us in Houston."
The Beer Can House is a folk art house in Rice Military, Houston, Texas, [1] covered with beer cans, bottles, and other beer paraphernalia. Houstonian John Milkovisch worked through the late 1960s to transform his Houston home at 222 Malone Street into the Beer Can House. [2] The Beer Can House is now one of Houston's most
La Colombe d'Or is a hotel and residential complex in Neartown, Houston. It includes an original building in a Beaux-Arts style, a skyscraper with 34 stories, and a bungalow property. [1] Its original building is a Texas Historic Landmark as of 1989. [2]
In May 1998, Houston Grand Opera unveiled its Multimedia Modular Stage, a large steel structure with moving lights, projection screens for live-feed video and still images, and a big sound system. It was designed for large outdoor venues but could be adapted for other locations.
Brian L. Roberts. Comcast is described as a family business. [19] Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". [20]