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District

THE HEARTBEAT of the Ballpark District is of course the amazing Minute Maid Park. Located in Downtown's old Union Station, Minute Maid Park, home of World Series Champions the Houston Astros, features a vintage, full-sized locomotive that runs along the left-field wall, retractable roof and a truly classic atmosphere complete with red brick masonry and natural grass. Surrounding the ballpark is an array of iconic restaurants and old warehouse buildings that have been converted to lofts and unique office space, as well as new residential properties chock full of amenities.

Recreation + Fitness

BCycle

Houston BCycle is a bike sharing program that shows Houstonians how easy, efficient, functional and practical bike sharing can be! See how it works. At its core, a public bike sharing system is ...

Shops + Services

Joystix

Joystix carries multiple coin operated devices for home and businesses, including: video games, pool tables, pinball machines, CD Jukeboxes, Slot Machines, foosball and bubble hockey tables.

Residential

Eller Wagon Works

The Eller Wagon Works building was renovated in 2004. The new owner has taken pains to update the building while at the same time keeping much of its original charm. ...

BCycle

Houston BCycle is a bike sharing program that shows Houstonians how easy, efficient, functional and practical bike sharing can be! See how it works. At its core, a public bike sharing system is intended to be used for short trips in and around downtown Houston and surrounding urban areas. Houston BCycle members can pick up a bike at any B-station and return it to that same station or any other B-station when they’re done. Single trips are $3 per 30 minutes and unlimited membership are available online for $13 per month of $79 per year. Grab a BCycle today and help #KeepHoustonRolling!

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We Are Downtown

Upscale Italian Fare Meets Downtown

Summer is in full swing, you’re rolling with your squad Downtown, and as you’re taking a stroll through the Ballpark District, you find yourself in front of two unfamiliar, black-trimmed ...

The Houston Dash

Until recently, Houston was sorely lacking in women’s professional sports teams. But the elite athletes on the roster of the Houston Dash are making up for it in strides … ...

Avenida Houston

When the newly refurbished George R. Brown Convention Center wrapped up its multimillion-dollar renovations, it forever changed Downtown’s Convention District. Not only did the construction physically change the building space ...

These Bits Were Made for Walkin'

Ask any local about the best part of living in Houston, and answers invariably include the city’s incredible diversity, the world-class cultural offerings, the much-talked about ever-evolving restaurant landscape, unrivaled ...

Learn Central: A Diversity of Choice

When Laura Schaefer, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University and her husband, Andrew, a professor of computational and applied mathematics at Rice, moved to Houston from ...

Not Your Grandma's Theater Space

It’s Monday night, pouring rain, the water banging against the glass windows of the Rec Room, like a mad raven in a Poe poem. It’s the kind of weather that ...

Masters of the YUMiverse

The Tcholakian family name has been intertwined with Phoenicia Specialty Foods for over 30 years, but only in the last five has their international empire directly reached a Downtown audience. ...

What’s next, Downtown?

Infamously zoning-averse and unsentimental about its past, Houston’s reputation has long been one of urban sprawl, strip malls and car culture. But profound changes have taken place in recent years, ...

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