#1 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Christ Church Cathedral
Houston TX
~0.07 miles from Houston city center
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Cathedral Church of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, founded in 1839; includes Worship Schedule, details of clergy, events calendar, news, ...
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Houston JPMorgan Chase Tower
Houston TX
~0.14 miles from Houston city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Downtown Houston (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~0.22 miles from Houston city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Alley Theater
Houston TX
~0.23 miles from Houston city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Wortham Center
Houston TX
~0.29 miles from Houston city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Houston Grand Opera
Houston TX
~0.29 miles from Houston city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Downtown (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~0.32 miles from Houston city center
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Downtown Houston is the largest business district of Houston, Texas, United States.
Downtown Houston contains the headquarters of many prominent companies. There is an extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings of the district. The tunnel system is home to many fast food restaurants, shops and services.
Most of the residential units in downtown are conversions of older buildings into modern loft spaces. The lofts are located around the performance halls of the theatre district and near Main Street in the Historic District. Downtown will be adding another 346 apartment units in the 2000s and 2010s with the development of Marvey Finger's One Park Place.
Developers have invested more than 4 billion USD in the last decade to transform downtown into an active city center with residential housing, a nightlife scene and new transportation. The Cotswold Project, a $62 million project started in 1998, has helped to rebuild the streets and transform 90 downtown blocks into a pedestrian-friendly environment by adding greenery, trees and public art. The resurgence of downtown is the result of careful urban planning and local foresight. The baseball, basketball, and hockey teams have moved into downtown facilities. January 1, 2004 marked the opening of the "new" Main Street, a plaza with many eateries, bars and nightclubs, which brings many visitors to a newly renovated locale.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Sesquicentennial Park
Houston TX
~0.38 miles from Houston city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Bayou Place
Houston TX
~0.38 miles from Houston city center
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Located in the heart of the downtown's theatre district, Bayou Place boasts the finest in dining experience Houston has to offer.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Minute Maid Field Park
Houston TX
~0.39 miles from Houston city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Downtown Aquarium (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~0.39 miles from Houston city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun Rd. Houston TX - 713-743-2255
~0.40 miles from Houston city center
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http://www.uh.edu
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Tranquility Park
Houston TX
~0.41 miles from Houston city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Theater Under the Stars
Houston TX
~0.41 miles from Houston city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Hobby Center for Performing Arts
Houston TX
~0.41 miles from Houston city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Houston City Hall
Houston TX
~0.44 miles from Houston city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Discovery Green
Houston TX
~0.48 miles from Houston city center
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Discovery Green is a public park in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. Opened in 2008, Discovery Green 11.78-acre (47,700 m2) is located on Avenida de las Americas across from the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hilton Americas Hotel, adjacent to Toyota Center. The park includes a lake, bandstands and venues for public performances, two dog runs, a children's area and multiple recreational areas. The park was principally designed by the landscape architecture firm Hargreaves Associates.
The first event held at the park was Houston Mayor Bill White's 2008 inauguration. The park officially opened to the public on April 13, 2008. It is estimated that almost a quarter-million people visited the park between opening day and June 30, 2008. The estimates were made by comparing the size of crowds with the Houston Police Department's estimate of 30,000 people who went to the park on opening day.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Toyota Center - Houston Rockets
Houston TX
~0.55 miles from Houston city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Sam Houston Park
Houston TX
~0.56 miles from Houston city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Houston Convention Center (George R Brown)
Houston TX
~0.57 miles from Houston city center
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The George R. Brown Convention Center opened on September 26, 1987 in downtown Houston, Texas. The center was named for the prominent Houstonian George R. Brown, an entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas Houston TX
~0.61 miles from Houston city center
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The George R. Brown Convention Center is located in downtown Houston, Texas. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion. http://www.houstonconventionctr.com/
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Diverse Works
Houston TX
~0.74 miles from Houston city center
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DiverseWorks is a non-profit art center dedicated to presenting new visual, performing, and literary art. DiverseWorks is a place where the process of creating art is valued and where artists can test new ideas in the public arena. By encouraging the investigation of current artistic, cultural and social issues, DiverseWorks builds, educates, and sustains audiences for contemporary art.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Sixth Ward (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~1.04 miles from Houston city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Fourth Ward (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~1.10 miles from Houston city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Midtown (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~1.37 miles from Houston city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Houston Central Business District Heliport (JDX) (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~1.85 miles from Houston city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Fifth Ward (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~2.06 miles from Houston city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Second Ward (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~2.08 miles from Houston city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Museum of Printery
Houston TX
~2.09 miles from Houston city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Houston
Eastwood (Neighborhood)
Houston TX
~2.11 miles from Houston city center
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Eastwood is a historic neighborhood in the East End area of Houston, Texas, United States.
In June 1912 the first lots in Eastwood came for sale. In 1913 William A. Wilson, who also developed Woodland Heights, the sister neighborhood to Eastwood, developed Eastwood. Management and business owners formed the first Eastwood Homeowners. The subdivision, which in September 1913, had paved streets, cemented curbs, terraced lots for natural drainage, planned tree placemeent, sidewalks, municipal water, natural gas, electricity, telephone service, and sewage service. In October 1913 the The Houston Daily Post described Eastwood as a "model suburb, one of the most convenient, attractive and beautiful homesite additions in the city of Houston."
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