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First City Tower, located at 1001 Fannin, is a skyscraper in downtown Houston, Texas. The building rises 662 feet (202 m) in height. [3] Completed in 1981, it contains 49 floors. First City Tower currently stands as the 14th-tallest building in the city.
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 .
Preston is a station on the METRORail Red Line in Houston, Texas . The station is located on the 300 block of Main Street, between Preston and Congress avenues in Downtown Houston . Preston Station was designed by two architecture firms, PGAL and M2L Architects.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in inner Harris County, Texas, defined as within the I-610 loop within Harris County, Texas, but excluding those places in Downtown Houston and those in Houston Heights, which are listed separately.
The George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB), opened on September 26, 1987, [2] is located on the east side of Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.. The center was named for internationally recognized entrepreneur, engineer, civic leader, philanthropist and Houstonian George R. Brown (1898–1983).
Shell Deer Park Refinery 20 miles east of Houston, was the nation's eighth-largest oil refinery and one of the world's largest petrochemical producers. The facility was also the second-largest source of air pollution in Harris County , which ranked among the lowest in the nation in several measures of air quality. [ 28 ]
A succession of skyscrapers were built throughout the 1970s, culminating with Houston's tallest skyscraper, the 75-floor, 305 m (1,001 ft) JPMorgan Chase Tower (formerly the Texas Commerce Tower), which was completed in 1982. In 2002, it was the tallest structure in Texas, ninth-tallest building in the United States, and the 23rd tallest ...
CenterPoint Energy Tower (formerly Houston Industries Plaza) is a 741 feet (226 m) tall building in downtown Houston.The original building, finished in 1974, stood at 651 feet (198 m), but a 90-foot (27 m) extension was added as part of a 1996 renovation.