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Old Posted Mar 6, 2020, 6:51 PM
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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:


Houston Tunnels
by bill barfield, on Flickr


Riding Escalators
by Mabry Campbell, on Flickr


HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #2
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr


HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #11
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr


HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #7
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr


TUNNEL TEST (NIKON D5100)
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr


Shine
by Tuan(minus6), on Flickr


TUNNEL ABSTRACT
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr


houston tunnels - curve in the road
by Ed Schipul, on Flickr


HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #4
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr


HOUSTON DOWNTOWN TUNNELS #5
by RUSSIANTEXAN, on Flickr


Tunnel Walkers
by Tuan(minus6), on Flickr


Path to the unknown
by Daniel, on Flickr


underground tunnel system.
by Rod x Rodriguez, on Flickr


Downtown Houston, 2015
by 408 Project, on Flickr


Downtown Houston, 2015
by 408 Project, on Flickr


Downtown Houston, 2015
by 408 Project, on Flickr


1.30.08 - a pic a day
by chevy, on Flickr
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2020, 7:38 PM
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I thought underground pedestrian networks like these only existed in Montreal and Toronto but apparently Dallas has one too
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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!

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