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| Downtown skyline. Houston, TX. | Three skyscrapers: Continental Center, 1500 Louisiana & Wedge International Tower. Houston, TX. | Four skyscrapers: Continental Center, 1500 Louisiana, Wedge International Tower & 1400 Smith Street. Houston, TX. | 1500 Louisiana Street (2002) (40 floors) was former Enron Building. Houston, TX. Architect: Cesar Pelli. |
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| 1500 Louisiana Street. Houston, TX. | Base of 1500 Louisiana Street. Houston, TX. | 1400 Smith Street & 1500 Louisiana Street mirror each other. Houston, TX. | 1400 Smith Street (1983) (50 floors). Houston, TX. Architect: Lloyd Jones Brewer & Assoc.. |
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| Circular pedestrian bridge join 1400 Smith Street & 1500 Louisiana Street. Houston, TX. | Circular pedestrian bridge over Smith Street with circular mirrored building. Houston, TX. | Base of 1400 Smith Street. Houston, TX. | Circular mirrored building at 1500 Louisiana Street complex. Houston, TX. |
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| Kellogg, Brown & Root Tower (1973) (40 floors) (601 Jefferson St.) + Continental Center. Houston, TX. Architect: Neuhaus & Taylor. | Continental Center (1984) (53 floors) (1600 Smith St.). Houston, TX. Architect: Morris-Aubry. | Continental Center entrance arch. Houston, TX. | Wedge International Tower (1983) (43 floors) (1415 Louisiana St.). Houston, TX. Architect: M. Nasr & Partners. |
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| Allen Center (1980) (50 floors) + Devon Energy Center (1978) (36 floors) (1200 Smith St.) over Smith fountain. Houston, TX. Architect: Lloyd Jones Brewer & Assoc.. | Smith fountain at Allen Center. Houston, TX. | Heritage Plaza (1987) (53 floors) (1111 Bagby St.). Houston, TX. Architect: M. Nasr & Partners. | Heritage Plaza lower floor details. Houston, TX. |
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| Heritage Plaza upper floor details. Houston, TX. | Heritage Plaza entrance plaza. Houston, TX. | Heritage Plaza entrance plaza arcade. Houston, TX. | Heritage Plaza upper floor details. Houston, TX. |
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| 1100 Louisiana (1980) (55 floors). Houston, TX. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill + 3D/International. | 1100 Louisiana. Houston, TX. | Wells Fargo Plaza & 1100 Louisiana over Public Library. Houston, TX. | 1100 Louisiana & Wells Fargo Plaza. Houston, TX. |
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| Wells Fargo Plaza (1983) (71 floors) (1000 Louisiana St.). Houston, TX. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. | Wells Fargo Plaza reflected buildings. Houston, TX. | Monument to the Phantom sculpture by Jean Dubuffet & Wells Fargo Plaza. Houston, TX. | Monument to the Phantom sculpture by Jean Dubuffet & Wells Fargo Plaza. Houston, TX. |
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| Base of Wells Fargo Plaza. Houston, TX. | Base of Wells Fargo Plaza. Houston, TX. | New & old public libraries with Bank of America Center, Lanier Public Works, One Shell Plaza & Wells Fargo Plaza. Houston, TX. | Bank of America Center, Public Works Building & One Shell Plaza. Houston, TX. |
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| One Shell Plaza (1971) (50 floors) (910 Louisiana St.). Houston, TX. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill + Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson. | One Shell Plaza base widens at street. Houston, TX. | Centerpoint Energy Plaza (1974) (47 floors) (1111 Louisiana St.) with round hole roof structure. Houston, TX. Architect: Kendall/Heaton Assoc. + JV III + DMJM + Keating/Khang Architecture. | Centerpoint Energy Plaza roof shade with hole. Houston, TX. |
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| Centerpoint Energy Plaza pillars mimic tower of First United Methodist Church. Houston, TX. | First United Methodist Church (1867). Houston, TX. | Bob Lanier Public Works Building (1968) (27 floors) (611 Walker St.). Houston, TX. Architect: Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson + Robert O. Biering. | Lanier Public Works Building with sunken garden & dynamic overhang. Houston, TX. |
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| Bank of America Center (1983) (56 floors) (700 Louisiana St.) with sloped upper stories. Houston, TX. Architect: Kendall/Heaton Assoc. + Johnson/Burgee Architects. | Bank of America Center stepped upper floors. Houston, TX. | Bank of America Center curved metal roof. Houston, TX. | Bank of America Center roof detail. Houston, TX. |
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| Bank of America Center gabled sections. Houston, TX. | Bank of America Center exterior arch leading to arched lobby. Houston, TX. | Bank of America Center lobby. Houston, TX. | Alley Theatre (1969) (615 Texas Ave.). Houston, TX. Architect: Ulrich Franzen & Assoc. + MacKie & Kamrath. |
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| Gus S. Wortham Theater Center (1987) (550 Prairie Ave.). Houston, TX. Architect: Morris Aubry Architects. | Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts (1966) (615 Louisiana St.). Houston, TX. Architect: Caudill Rowlett Scott. | Jones Hall for the Performing Arts arcade. Houston, TX. | Calpine Center (2003) (34 floors) (717 Texas Ave.). Houston, TX. Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum. |
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| Parsonage & Birds sculpture by Joan Miró at base of JPMorganChase Tower. Houston, TX. | JPMorganChase Tower (1982) (75 floors) (600 Travis St.) has five sides. Houston, TX. Architect: I.M. Pei & Partners. | JPMorganChase Tower, city's tallest building. Houston, TX. | Neils Esperson Building cupola in front of JPMorganChase. Houston, TX. |
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| White JPMorganChase Tower above black Pennzoil Place. Houston, TX. | Pennzoil Place (1975) (36 floors) (711 Louisiana & 700 Milam Sts.). Houston, TX. Architect: Johnson/Burgee Architects + Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson + Eli Attia Architects. | Pennzoil Place sloped entrance. Houston, TX. | Pennzoil Place two black towers. Houston, TX. |
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| Lyric Center (1984) (26 floors) (440 Louisiana St.). Houston, TX. | Lyric Center above heritage buildings. Houston, TX. | String musicians sculpture (1983) by David Addickes at Lyric Center. Houston, TX. | String musicians sculpture (1983) by David Addickes & Wortham Center for the Performing Arts. Houston, TX. |
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| String musicians sculpture (1983) by David Addickes at Lyric Center. Houston, TX. | New Public Library with Geometric Mouse X sculpture (1968) by Claus Oldenburg. Houston, TX. | Jesse H. Jones Public Library (1976) (400 McKinney). Houston, TX. Architect: S.I. Morris. | Skyline with Inn at the Ball Park (1962) & Mayan-pyramid-style Great Southwest Building (1927). Houston, TX. |
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| Downtown skyline from the Ball Park. Houston, TX. | Chevron Tower (1982) (52 floors) (1301 McKinney Ave.) & One Houston Center (1978) (46 floors) (1221 McKinney Ave.). Houston, TX. Architect: Caudill Rowlett Assoc.. | Minute Maid Baseball Park showing retractable roof (2000-2). Houston, TX. Architect: HOK Sport. | Steam locomotive model on wall of Minute Maid Park. Houston, TX. |
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| Tower of Minute Maid Park. Houston, TX. | Seats of Minute Maid Park. Houston, TX. | Williams Tower (1983) (64 floors) (2800 Post Oak Blvd. at West Alabama St.). Houston, TX. Architect: Johnson/Burgee Architects + Morris-Aubry. |
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