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That is very, cool. Great find, ER. That angle appears to be from the NE, and you can see that even 50 years ago there was more of a gritty, industrial feel to that area of DT.
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Great pic ethereal.
Here's some aerials: Downtown w/UofH foreground: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2301/...724a95a3_b.jpg flickr Jim in Times Square Medical Center w/Rice foreground http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2017/...85b5649e_b.jpg flickr Jim in Times Square |
Some really good photos.
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I like those real aerial shots latennisguy, people outside of Texas dont realize how green that area is. How's summer treating you down there?
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thanks guys. yeah...summer hasn't been that bad (mostly since I stay indoors in summer school.) The scattered thunderstorms are crazy! u don't experience these in L.A.
The Rice area is also one of my favorite places. I always play tennis at Rice and live really close by. I can see my condo in that picture :yes: |
This thread is like heaven on a stick... I'm GLAD I found it.
Yeah, I honestly understand why people hate Houston. It just doesn't make sense to build such outlandish things here... tall buildings in every direction, right next to houses and neighborhoods. Sticky, hot weather for over half the year, a city run more by mind than muscle. But it's those very reasons for hating the city that make me enjoy it even more. Especially living here right now, when the city is aggressively reforming itself into a dense urban area. Everyday I find a new set of condos, new stores being built, and new plans to obliterate another surface parking lot. It's really one of the wildest places in the US. |
I think of Houston from the scenes at the beginning and end of
the movie 'Local Hero'. Especially at the end I guess, when he looks out over the skyscrapers....and feels alone in this big city. It's a 1980's sense of urban melancholia. It's one of my favorite movies. |
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flickr itsdavidwhen http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/4...eaa395f4_o.jpg flickr itsdavidwhen http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/...0636c8d9_b.jpg flickr Danger Mouse 5 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/...e0117c99_b.jpg flickr Hardy-Har-Har |
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^^ totally unreal. :tup:
Here's one more: http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...houston_bg.jpg photobucket davidross42 |
That totally looks like Los Angeles!!!
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That picture does look like L.A. :)
I love the tops of these two buildings: http://www.pbase.com/john_huff/image/31176086.jpg haif 111486 this one is also amazing! Can someone tell me why all these buildings were all lit up for? and why don't they continue to light them up now? http://i.pbase.com/u48/tracyjo/large....087600018.jpg pbase Tracy Johnson |
ok..let's continue with some other incredible finds:
http://i.pbase.com/v3/90/458590/1/44....pbhouston.jpg pbase Wayne Cowan http://i.pbase.com/u40/lwh/upload/25...kyline001m.jpg pbase Lewis Hall Who says there's no people in downtown? http://k43.pbase.com/o6/08/545808/1/....audience4.jpg pbase Nicole Compte part of the Houston Tunnel System http://k41.pbase.com/o6/34/745434/1/...z.IMG_0991.jpg pbase memejr1949 http://k53.pbase.com/v3/90/46890/1/4...mWarwick01.jpg pbase Artichoke Vinagrette |
This photo is cool taken in 1986...
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...6615d9ca9c.jpg Flickr by padraiga |
Idk wats wrong with this one.....
Heritage Plaza looks like its in its construction phase and has a spire on this one..... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...kYah57/idk.jpg |
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jean michel jarre's rendezvous houston, FTW. i went to that. the reliant energy power of houston in 1999 was pretty close in scale.
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