Downtown

JPMorgan Chase Tower

In the 1960s, Downtown Houston comprised of a modest collection of mid-rise office structures, but has since grown into one of the largest skylines in the United States. In 1960, the central business district had 10 million square feet (1,000,000 m²) of office space, increasing to about 16 million square feet (1,600,000 m²) in 1970. Downtown Houston was on the threshold of a boom in 1970 with 8.7 million square feet (870,000 m²) of office space planned or under construction and huge projects being launched by real estate developers. The largest proposed development was the 32-block Houston Center. Only a small part of the original proposal was ultimately constructed. Other large projects included the Cullen Center, Allen Center, and towers for Shell Oil Company. The surge of skyscrapers mirrored the skyscraper booms in other cities, such as Los Angeles and Dallas. Houston experienced another downtown construction spurt in the 1970s with the energy industry boom. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 611 KB) Summary Description: The J.P. Morgan Chase Tower in Houston, Texas, USA, from near its base. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 611 KB) Summary Description: The J.P. Morgan Chase Tower in Houston, Texas, USA, from near its base. ... The J.P. Morgan Chase Tower from near its base on a cloudy afternoon. ... Downtown Houston Downtown Houston is Houstons largest business district. ... Skyline of Hong Kong at night Skyline of New York City Skyline of Tokyo Skyline of Shanghai The Chicago skyline The Bangkok skytrain at sunset The skyline of Dubai Seoul skyline For other uses, see Skyline (disambiguation). ... The central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... A square foot is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 foot long. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. ... The Shell emblem known as the Pecten Shell Oil Company (SOC) is the Houston, Texas based wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... ·· Flag Seal Nickname: Big D Location Location in the state of Texas Government Counties Dallas County Collin County Denton County Kaufman County Rockwall County Mayor Laura Miller Geographical characteristics Area     City 997. ...

Wells Fargo Bank Plaza

The first major skyscraper to be constructed in Houston was the 50-floor, 714-foot-tall (218 m) One Shell Plaza in 1971. A succession of skyscrapers were built throughout the 1970s, culminating with Houston's tallest skyscraper, the 75-floor, 1,002-foot-tall (305 m) JPMorgan Chase Tower (formerly the Texas Commerce Tower), which was completed in 1982. In 2002, it was the tallest structure in Texas, ninth-tallest building in the United States and the 23rd tallest skyscraper in the world. In 1983, the 71-floor, 970-foot-tall (296 m) Wells Fargo Bank Plaza was completed, which became the second-tallest building in Houston and Texas, and 11th-tallest in the country. Skyscraper construction in downtown Houston came to an end in the mid-1980s with the collapse of Houston's energy industry and the resulting severe economic recession. When the 53-floor Texaco Heritage Plaza was completed in 1987, it appeared that no more skyscrapers would be constructed for a while. Twelve years later, the Houston-based Enron Corporation began construction of a 40-floor skyscraper in 1999 (which was completed in 2002)^[1] with the company collapsing in one of the most dramatic corporate failures in the history of the United States only two years later. Other smaller office structures were built in the 2000–2003 period. As of December 2001, downtown Houston had about 40 million square feet (4,000,000 m²) of office space, including 28 million square feet (2,800,000 m²) of class A office space. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 612 KB) Description: The Wells Fargo Bank Plaza in Houston, Texas, USA. Taken from approximately 29°45′29. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 612 KB) Description: The Wells Fargo Bank Plaza in Houston, Texas, USA. Taken from approximately 29°45′29. ... The Wells Fargo Bank Plaza, formerly the Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza, is located in Downtown Houston, Texas. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). ... The J.P. Morgan Chase Tower from near its base on a cloudy afternoon. ... The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is age or life of man. Its primary modern meaning is the planet Earth, especially when capitalized: the World. ... The Wells Fargo Bank Plaza, formerly the Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza, is located in Downtown Houston, Texas. ... Texaco is the name of an American oil company that was merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001. ... Heritage Plaza is a 53 story tower in downtown Houston, Texas. ... Enron Corporation was an energy company based in Houston, Texas. ...

Many buildings in downtown are linked by a system of tunnels and skywalks. The tunnel system also includes shops, restaurants, and convenience stores. The Houston Downtown Tunnel System is a system of tunnels and skywalks, about 7 miles in total length, linking many buildings in downtown Houston. ...

Uptown

Uptown Houston

The Uptown District boomed along with Houston during the 1970s and early 1980s. A collection of mid-rise office buildings appeared along the Interstate 610 west (or simply "West Loop"). It became one of the most impressive instances of the edge city. The highest achievement of Uptown was the construction of the 899-foot-tall (274 m), Philip Johnson designed landmark Williams Tower (known as the Transco Tower until 1999). At the time, it was believed to the be the world's tallest skyscraper outside of a central business district. The Williams Tower was the product of a unique era in Houston: energy companies were loaded with assets and sought impressive, monumental structures to broadcast their power. Image File history File links UptownDistrictHouston. ... Image File history File links UptownDistrictHouston. ... Picture of the Uptown Houston Skyline. ... Picture of the Uptown Houston Skyline. ... Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610 or in Texas IH-610) is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ... Edge city is an American term for a relatively new concentration of business, shopping and entertainment outside a traditional urban area, in what had recently been a residential suburb or semi-rural community. ... Williams Tower at dusk The Williams Tower, (formerly the Transco Tower), is a skyscraper located in the Uptown District of Houston. ...

Williams Tower

The Uptown District is also home to other buildings designed by noted architects such as I. M. Pei and César Pelli among others also designed by Philip Johnson. Large-scale office construction in Uptown, however, came to an end with the collapse of energy prices and the meltdown of Houston's economy in the mid-to-late 1980s. Uptown had 23.8 million square feet (2,210,000 m²) of office space in 2001, whereas downtown had about 40 million square feet (4,000,000 m²). In the late 1990s, there was a mini-boom of mid-rise residential tower construction, typically about 30 stories tall. Uptown has accumulated a large concentration of high-rise residential structures for such a low-density city. Image File history File links Williams_Tower_Moon. ... Image File history File links Williams_Tower_Moon. ... Williams Tower at dusk The Williams Tower, (formerly the Transco Tower), is a skyscraper located in the Uptown District of Houston. ... The Louvre Pyramid, Paris Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: 貝聿銘; Pinyin: Bèi Yùmíng; b. ... César Pelli (born October 12, 1926 in Tucumán, Argentina) is a noted architect known for designing some of the worlds tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. ... IDS Center in Minneapolis Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ... The Eiffel Tower Fire-observation watchtower in Kostroma, Russia. ... High-rise is a 1975 novel by J. G. Ballard. ...