Thoughts on downtown Houston

I recently had a business trip to downtown Houston. My prior thoughts on Houston weren’t positive. The one time I was there, I didn’t venture to Downtown and only saw parts of the city that weren’t very appealing. This trip was different. Downtown Houston is very impressive. It has a collection of several very tall skyscrapers. Many over 200 meters tall. For perspective there are 58 high-rise buildings in Houston that stand at least 427 feet (130 m) tall.

There’s also a system of tunnels and skywalks throughout downtown to avoid hot weather. The tunnels were very clean, wide and contained retail stores. Established nearly 100 years ago, the system spans about 6 miles and links 80 office buildings. It’s the largest system of tunnels in the United States.

For the most part, the downtown was very clean, contained wide 4 lane, one way roads and didn’t have much pedestrian traffic. It felt pretty plain except for one road that didn’t have cars, just the Metro. That street was Main Street. It contained many restaurants and bars and art. Pics are below.