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bilbao58 Mar 6, 2020 6:51 PM

Downtown Houston: Where Is Everyone? ...or... The Mole People!!!
 
One of the first things visitors to downtown Houston ask, especially in the summer when the weather is effing awful, is "Where is everyone?" It's a good question, as the streets can look post-apocalyptically empty.

A quick trip into the lobby of many a large office building will provide the answer. Take the escalators down from the ground floor and there you'll find a whole other world of air-conditioned tunnels, food courts, stores and mini-malls. Something like 6 miles worth. And you'll find people. Walking. Everyone's underground, away from the heat and humidity, the torrential rains or the crazy drivers.

I'm not saying I like it, but it is what it is. Here are some photos I found on Flickr:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1b5de363_h.jpg
Houston Tunnels
by bill barfield, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/7267/7...0197b4a9_b.jpg
Riding Escalators
by Mabry Campbell, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/2485/4...994d02cf_b.jpg
HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #2
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/4002/4...13859117_b.jpg
HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #11
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/2770/4...5c9a40ed_b.jpg
HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #7
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/3528/5...51379871_b.jpg
TUNNEL TEST (NIKON D5100)
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8dacd711_b.jpg
Shine
by Tuan(minus6), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/5443/1...e31ff2b5_b.jpg
TUNNEL ABSTRACT
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/2588/3...13908ae2_b.jpg
houston tunnels - curve in the road
by Ed Schipul, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/2604/4...5e077dce_b.jpg
HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #4
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/2695/4...91277a01_b.jpg
HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #5
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/4695/3...32abbe5a_b.jpg
Tunnel Walkers
by Tuan(minus6), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/1369/1...98ff5c4f_b.jpg
Path to the unknown
by Daniel, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/4754/2...e46214ef_b.jpg
underground tunnel system.
by Rod x Rodriguez, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/493/20...be3f64d9_b.jpg
Downtown Houston, 2015
by 408 Project, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/3715/2...0f1ee361_b.jpg
Downtown Houston, 2015
by 408 Project, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/327/20...83552a7b_b.jpg
Downtown Houston, 2015
by 408 Project, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/2273/2...5dcefc89_b.jpg
1.30.08 - a pic a day
by chevy, on Flickr

Phil McAvity Mar 6, 2020 7:38 PM

I thought underground pedestrian networks like these only existed in Montreal and Toronto but apparently Dallas has one too

bilbao58 Mar 6, 2020 8:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity (Post 8853251)
I thought underground pedestrian networks like these only existed in Montreal and Toronto but apparently Dallas has one too

If Dallas has one they copied ours! :haha:

(For all you denizens of "little d," that's meant to be a joke.)

The Best Forumer Mar 9, 2020 4:07 PM

lulz. nice shots.

The ATX Mar 16, 2020 1:31 AM

I've been in the tunnels and thought they were pretty cool (literally when compared to the outside world.) The tunnels seem like they were built in the '80s during Houston's huge downtown building boom. Are there any new tunnels or plans to build any?


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