Houston Landmarks

Wortham Fountains, Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, the Victorian home in the Heights off of 18th, Sweeney Pillar Clock, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Dome, Grand Opera House and the Bishops House in Galveston, Julia Ideson Library, River Oaks Theater, Kam eating Nachos at a Rox game.

 

Easy one is Hermann Park.

You can knock out a couple: Sam Houston statue, reflecting pool, Miller Outdoor theater, Mecom Fountains.

Also, the back side of MFAH Weiss Law building has some pretty sweet architecture...the side facing the fountains.

 

Long Row, Old Place, St. John Church, Hermann Park, Glenwood Cemetary, Founders' Memorial Cemetary, Washington Cemetary, Bayou Bend, Jefferson Davis Hospital, Julia Ideson Library (seconded), Wunshe Bros. Cafe, Battleship Texas, Houston Waterworks, Houston Cotton Exchange, Webber House, Washburn Tunnel, Sam Houston Hotel, the Orange Show, Mansfield House, Link-Lee House, Houston Negro Hospital, Annunciation Church

 

...Waterwall by Transco tower...it will always be transco tower to me

 

The Astrodome next to Reliant.

Fred Hartman Bridge (with petrochemical structures in background).

Harris County 1910 Courthouse.

Johnson Space Center (definitely Saturn V).

Bayou Bend Gardens.

Spindeltop site.

Galveston Strand.

San Jacinto monument.

 

Some really great neighborhoods near UH, hobby airport..and pretty much everything on the east side of 288.

 

Gallery Furniture

 

the I<3Houston thing on I-10 just west of downtown

 

find cool graffitti that makes you think.. murals in downtown and EaDo


right after you exit 59N to go on 45 in downtown, theres a pipe that goes over the highway and in the background is downtown.


the graffiti on it reads, "Where are you going?" .. I wonder what reactions it causes in people that read it going about their lives.

getting that with downtown in the background would be cool

 

The Statues Heads of the Presidents on I-10 East right before downtown.

 

Houston landmark? highway construction--absolutely screams Houston

see any highway anywhere in town

 

There's a whole bunch of these just off of Sawyer.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=29.7...-95.384256&spn=0.003194,0.003428&z=18&iwloc=A

 

LAWL, that's off of Yale exit on I-10. Passed that sign when I dropped off a customer's laptop on Yale earlier today.

 

I've lived over in the area for years and last weekend was the first time I've ever seen that. Looks so stupid.

 

water wall, zone d erotica, toyota center, galleria stuff, transco tower (williams tower if you werne't born in htown), the port of houston, medical center, skylines, get some cool graffiti and freeway shots with the shutter slow at night, arts district...

 

Yeah, especially with the road construction going on right after you pass the sign.

 

My wife is a photographer, so we've actually done this a couple of times, just for fun and practice. The below are a few spots that are underrated, or at least I haven't seen it mentioned:

Head to the neighborhood on West Alabama between Dunlavy and Montrose (my old hood). You'll find:

1) The Menil Campus (just behind - or south of - the Houston Center for Photography on W. Alabama @ Mulberry). It has a beautiful park in front of the Menil Collection museum and some of its sattelite buildings. The museum itself is great and the light and shadows provided by the big oak trees and modern architecture is pretty striking.

http://www.menil.org/visit/neighborhood.php

2) Rothko Chapel and reflecting pool: very peaceful and beautiful. It's litterally right next to the Menil campus (toward downtown). You'll have to navigate around multiple drum circles if the weather is nice.

http://www.rothkochapel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=8

3) St. Thomas University: right next to the Rothko chapel is St. Thomas. Very pretty, small university that you could walk the entirety of in about 15 minutes. The best things about St. Thomas are the golden-domed church, the childhood home of Howard Hughes, and - last but not least - the Link-Lee Mansion (now the St. Thomas admin building located right at the corner of Montrose and West 'Bama). The Link-Lee is a thing of beauty:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link–Lee_House

Once you've worn yourself out over there, head to Glenwood Cemetary on Washington. It's only a few miles away... take your time going through there. Devestatingly beautiful. In a related note, Howard Hughes is buried there also:

http://www.glenwoodcemetery.org/visiting/

ENJOY! Share your pics w/ Clutchfans!

 

not an iconic landmark, but the eclectic menagerie park on 288 would be a cool thing to photograph

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I cannot wait until that mess is finished. Over two years and counting.