DonFrancisco
Your Favorite Tio!
These are Buddhist monks painting at the Menil Museum. This museum is totally free.
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DonFrancisco
Your Favorite Tio!
Spade
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True...but Uber costs can add up pretty quickly if you want to visit site to site. Especially if you're with a group.Great date idea........ is it free
Uber, for what's it worth is changing that, even thought it involves a car, doesn't involve any car issues..
The Menil is one the best museums in the country. Houston's lucky to have that in their city.
DonFrancisco
Your Favorite Tio!
The best way is probably taking the Metrorail Redline. In theory if you are willing to, you can walk around Downtown, Convention center district, Rice Village, Hermann Park, and Rice University. I would also advice people to take the Number 2 bus route. Holcombe/Bellaire to me at least, is the most interesting bus route. It takes you through the rich areas, the poor Latino areas, and the working class Asian/international areas. That street to me is a good idea in feeling the essence of Houston.
Just my 2 cents.
when u say bus route are u referring to the rail or the metro bus?
DonFrancisco
Your Favorite Tio!
Number 2 bus is the actual metro bus
my man..do me a favor
my girl coming from out of town from jul 17-19
what do u advise we do for:
sat morn
sat afternoon
sat evening
sun morning
she mainly interested in food/museums/shows
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
This is the Bethel Church redesigned after the great fire that destroyed it. The location is in Freetown (now just Midtown). The roads were originally built of bricks because the people that lived in Freetown were former slaves. The city of Houston at the time didn't want to help the former slave build anything so they built Freetown completely through stretch. There is a very good African-American library that has great exhibits.
This is the 2nd Ward right, between Midtown and Montrose.
DonFrancisco
Your Favorite Tio!
Saturday morning I'd say try to breakfast klub but the lines are long. If you aren't down for waiting I would try House of Pies, Empire Cafe, Cafe Brasil, or 59 Diner. Out of those I'd choice House of Pies and Cafe Brasil (Salvadoran breakfast combo is great). After that probably hit up the funky Montrose shops and thrift stores.
Saturday afternoon hit up Menil collection museum and this cathedral next to it. I'm a bit of a romantic so I'd have a small picnic on the lawn of Menil collection museum. it gets them every time lol
Saturday evening hit up miller outdoor theatre. There should be a free show going on. For dinner Ra Sushi, Miyakos, Hugo's, Pondicherri, Perry's steak house, Del Friscos, and Gloria's (salsa dancing afterwards).
Saturday night if yall want to bar hop go to Pistoleros, Anvil, Gaslamp, shot bar, pulp Fiction. Midtown, downtown, and montrose are my usual spots. Those places are also my usual drinking spots.
Sunday morning i strongly suggest you visit Rice Village and find a breakfast place.
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DonFrancisco
Your Favorite Tio!
Yes but closer to midtown. Honestly the AA Library is super underrated and a true gem in Houston. You can spend a good 3 hours going from exhibition to exhibition. Visit both I'd say.
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
http://swamplot.com/the-5-wackiest-...and-abandoned-the-pierce-elevated/2015-04-23/
FREEWAY FRENZY!
The 5 Wackiest Images from TxDOT’s Plans To Reroute I-45 and Abandon the Pierce Elevated
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
THERE’S SO MUCH to say and gawk at in the latest “proposed recommended alternatives” for reshaping I-45 now being shopped around by TxDOT and a host of freeway-happy consultants — enough for a fourth round of public meetings scheduled for tonight and next week, plus hours of extra-curricular speculation. The plans encompass dramatic changes to the North Freeway all the way from Beltway 8 to a new split adjacent to the Third Ward, including eye-opening widenings, all sorts of exciting tunnels and high-flying overpasses, a slew of spaghetti-like interchanges, and — the pièce de résistance — the wholesale give-up of I-45’s current L-shaped wrap around Downtown, including the Pierce Elevated.
These 5 images from our highway overlords’ exciting imagined future sum it up best:
1. THE X-ING-OUT OF THE PIERCE ELEVATED (diagrammed above). If the elevated portion of I-45 along the path of Pierce St. goes away, how will anyone be able to tell where Downtown ends and Midtown begins? Don’t worry, a few proposals are being shopped around to turn a de-automobiled structure into a High Line—like public park or bikeway. (Though much bigger, ′cuz Houston.)
***
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
2. THE NEW I-10-MEETS-I-45 FREEWAY BUNDLE. See, they’ll just reroute I-45 north of Downtown, where it’ll get all cozy with I-10, already in progress. Need help figuring out which patch of concrete is yours in the first image? Just refer to the handy color-coded guide above.
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
3. 28 LANES OF FREEWAY BLISS. And here it is, just your basic 28-lane highway, along the stretch of I-10 north of Downtown. Not counting any feeder-road additions, of course.
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
4. THE NEW 10-45-59-69 TANGLE. Whoah — that’s some World Class concrete spaghettini in there. Just follow the turn-by-turn instructions carefully and you’ll get where you want to go.
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
5. THE FREEWAY GREENWAY YOU CAN’T EASILY GET TO. Putting 12 lanes of the North Fwy. underground between Quitman and Cavalcade would free up a bunch of space for park-like greenery! Lining it with high-speed feeder roads on either side would help keep out undesirables.
FREEWAY FRENZY!
The 5 Wackiest Images from TxDOT’s Plans To Reroute I-45 and Abandon the Pierce Elevated
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
THERE’S SO MUCH to say and gawk at in the latest “proposed recommended alternatives” for reshaping I-45 now being shopped around by TxDOT and a host of freeway-happy consultants — enough for a fourth round of public meetings scheduled for tonight and next week, plus hours of extra-curricular speculation. The plans encompass dramatic changes to the North Freeway all the way from Beltway 8 to a new split adjacent to the Third Ward, including eye-opening widenings, all sorts of exciting tunnels and high-flying overpasses, a slew of spaghetti-like interchanges, and — the pièce de résistance — the wholesale give-up of I-45’s current L-shaped wrap around Downtown, including the Pierce Elevated.
These 5 images from our highway overlords’ exciting imagined future sum it up best:
1. THE X-ING-OUT OF THE PIERCE ELEVATED (diagrammed above). If the elevated portion of I-45 along the path of Pierce St. goes away, how will anyone be able to tell where Downtown ends and Midtown begins? Don’t worry, a few proposals are being shopped around to turn a de-automobiled structure into a High Line—like public park or bikeway. (Though much bigger, ′cuz Houston.)
***
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
2. THE NEW I-10-MEETS-I-45 FREEWAY BUNDLE. See, they’ll just reroute I-45 north of Downtown, where it’ll get all cozy with I-10, already in progress. Need help figuring out which patch of concrete is yours in the first image? Just refer to the handy color-coded guide above.
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
3. 28 LANES OF FREEWAY BLISS. And here it is, just your basic 28-lane highway, along the stretch of I-10 north of Downtown. Not counting any feeder-road additions, of course.
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
4. THE NEW 10-45-59-69 TANGLE. Whoah — that’s some World Class concrete spaghettini in there. Just follow the turn-by-turn instructions carefully and you’ll get where you want to go.
Proposed Changes to I-45, I-10, and I-69, Houston
5. THE FREEWAY GREENWAY YOU CAN’T EASILY GET TO. Putting 12 lanes of the North Fwy. underground between Quitman and Cavalcade would free up a bunch of space for park-like greenery! Lining it with high-speed feeder roads on either side would help keep out undesirables.
Rich Spirit
#LeveledUp
Yea it's free. It's open during regular work business hours: Mon-Fri 8a-5pGreat date idea...
Uber, for what's it worth is changing that, even though it involves a car, doesn't involve any car issues..
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
Aww damn...those aren't my normal times for hanging out, but good to know
Spade
Superstar
That freeway alignment is pretty much what Atlanta has, isn't it? But damn, that construction would take almost a decade to finish if they go ahead with that project just shorter.
This is the Bethel Church redesigned after the great fire that destroyed it. The location is in Freetown (now just Midtown). The roads were originally built of bricks because the people that lived in Freetown were former slaves. The city of Houston at the time didn't want to help the former slave build anything so they built Freetown completely through stretch. There is a very good African-American library that has great exhibits.
Brings back memories. I got my first grownup job at the old continental airlines building in this pic (the white building shown behind this church) at shell oil.