City of Houston Home Page Photo Gallery Archives IV
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Bayou Bend Gardens is located on Westcott at Memorial Drive. The Bayou Bend Collection, the former home of Ima Hogg, is a Houston tourist attraction, administerd by the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. The gardens are maintained by the River Oaks Garden Club.
Miller Outdoor Theatre is located in Hermann Park and is home to free entertainment from March thru October. Events at Miller can be found via www.houstontx.gov/events.
Designed by the same sculptor who created Virtuoso, David Adickes, the presidential busts can be visited just west of Sawyer, on Summer Street, between Washington Ave. and I-10.
Midtown Houston is located between the I-45 Pierce Elevated and U.S. 59, as it crosses Main Street. The east and west boundaries are roughly Hwy. 288 and a few blocks west of Brazos Street.
The pumpkin carriage is located in River Oaks Park, just off Westheimer, and just west of Buffalo Speedway / Claremont.
View of the Houston skyline from Eleanor Tinsley Park, along Allen Parkway and Buffalo Bayou.
Memorial Park Golf Course is one of seven municipal golf courses. Where do you want to play? Find out more at www.houstonmunicipalgolf.org.
The Williams Tower Water Wall, near Richmond and West Loop 610, is generally considered Houston's most photographed location.
Root Memorial Square, downtown in front of Toyota Center. Donated to the City of Houston in 1923 by descendants of Alexander Porter Root and his wife, Laura Shepherd Root, renovations were completed in 2005.