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    Downtown is the largest central business district in the city of Houston and the largest in the state of Texas, located near the geographic center of the...
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    Downtown Houston added a cycle track on Lamar Street, running from Sam Houston Park to Discovery Green. Houston City Council approved the Houston Bike...
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    East Downtown Houston (EaDo) is a district in Houston, Texas. The East Downtown Management District (EDMD), manages the area with offices headquartered...
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    The University of HoustonDowntown (UHD) is a public university in Houston, Texas. Established in 1974 as University of HoustonDowntown College (UH–DC)...
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    Downtown Aquarium is a for profit aquarium and restaurant located in Houston, Texas, United States, that was developed from two Houston landmarks: Fire...
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  • Houston is an entertainment venue in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States which was formerly a major regional post office - then known as Houston Downtown...
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    pedestrian walkways that links 95 full city blocks 20 feet (6 m) below Houston's downtown streets. It is approximately six miles (9.7 km) long. There are similar...
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    its 667-acre campus in southeast Houston. The University of Houston–Clear Lake and the University of HoustonDowntown are standalone universities; they...
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  • Metro headquarters are in the Lee P. Brown Administration Building in Downtown Houston. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 77,189,800, or about 244,700...
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    in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States. There is another Chinatown called "Old Chinatown" located within the East Downtown Houston district near...
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  • Interstate Bank Plaza, is a skyscraper located at 1000 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas in the United States. This building is currently the 20th-tallest...
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    Lake Houston is a reservoir on the San Jacinto River, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The reservoir is the primary...
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    of Houston–Clear Lake; and University of HoustonDowntown College was renamed University of HoustonDowntown. A proposal to reorganize and consolidate...
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    at the University of HoustonDowntown. Preston Station is a neighborhood in downtown Houston that takes its name from the Houston MetroRail's Preston Station...
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  • record" of the Houston area. Previously headquartered in the Houston Chronicle Building at 801 Texas Avenue, Downtown Houston, the Houston Chronicle is...
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  • Downtown is a term primarily used in North America to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic...
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    Bush International Airport. Located about 23 miles (37 km) north of Downtown Houston between Interstate 45 and Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 with direct...
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    Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown. Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45 (the...
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    enormous growth for both Houston and for the Houston Police Department. Due to growing traffic concerns in downtown Houston, the HPD purchased its first...
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  • University of Houston. During the 2012 season, the club moved to Shell Energy Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium in East Downtown Houston. The club is...
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    The JW Marriott Downtown Houston is a hotel located at 806 Main Street in Downtown Houston, which opened in 2014. It had been previously known as the Carter...
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    013-square-foot (208,382.7 m2), 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It is currently the tallest building in Texas...
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  • City of Houston. The Cypress area is located along U.S. Route 290 (Northwest Freeway) is twenty-four miles (35 km) northwest of Downtown Houston. The Cypress...
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    metropolitan downtown city. The stadium is the result of combined commitments of $35.5 million from the city of Houston and $60 million from the Houston Dynamo...
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    Road in southeastern Houston was built on the right-of-way of the former Galveston–Houston Electric Railway, which entered downtown on Pierce Street. After...
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    derecho moved through the Greater Houston area, it produced wind gusts of up to 100 mph (161 km/h) in Downtown Houston. The derecho was considered the worst...
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    METRORail (redirect from Houston Light Rail)
    the immediate downtown/central Houston area (within a 1+1⁄2 mi (2.4 km) radius of the Harris County Courthouse), including the Houston Heights suburb...
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    Harris County, Texas (category Greater Houston)
    and the University of HoustonDowntown are stand-alone universities; they are not branch campuses of the University of Houston. Located in the historic...
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  • plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in Downtown Houston. Throughout its history, Houston has won two NBA championships and four Western Conference...
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    Houston Center is a retail and office complex in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It is owned by Brookfield Property Partners and Spear Street...
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