The southern area of downtown is considered an exciting emerging neighborhood with nine new residential properties open, under construction or in the planning stages. In addition, Houston’s first hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center (founded in 1887), offers an extensive list of medical and surgical services in multiple health areas.  Southern Downtown is also home to the stunning Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral campus.

 

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Segway Tours of Houston

Segway Tours of Houston is a fun way get to know our city. Like the rest of Texas, downtown Houston is a pretty big place to walk around. There are a lot ...
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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 ...
Dining

Café Cosmopolita

You'll find a surplus of coffee, pastries, breakfast items, and natural smoothies at this local coffee shop.

Segway Tours of Houston

Segway Tours of Houston is a fun way get to know our city. Like the rest of Texas, downtown Houston is a pretty big place to walk around. There are a lot of things to see up-close and from a distance. Experience the city from a walking perspective within a few hours while you have effortless fun on a Segway. Even if you've lived in Houston for years, perhaps you haven't taken the time to see what's new in the downtown area.
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Meet Downtown

A Sense of Place

There’s been a quiet movement sweeping Downtown Houston, and in its wake are some of the city’s most memorable and engaging spaces. It’s called “placemaking,” and though it’s still up ...
Take a Tropical Tour

If you’re sick of hearing Baby It’s Cold Outside, maybe it’s time for a quick trip to the tropics—minus the plane ride. Whether it is truly cold outside or a ...
So Hot Right Now

The Theater District heats up in the winter, with seasonal traditions and seven resident companies producing plays, musicals, concerts and performances deserving of the nation’s fourth-largest city (or any major ...
Sweat It Out

We might not get the classic snow-dusted landscapes from the Hallmark holiday films here in Houston, but we like that our 70-degree Decembers mean ample opportunities to get our blood ...
All the World's A Stage

On October 24 Houston Ballet became one of the first ballet companies to perform on the Dubai Opera stage, staging six performances of Artistic Director Stanton Welch’s Swan Lake. Touring ...
Meet Toni Capra

In the midst of a national search for a new executive director, Da Camera realized the perfect candidate was already right in front of them. Toni Capra – trained singer, ...
2018, A Year In Review

You might call it “quality of lifestyle.” Downtown’s transition from a purely commercial real estate-driven skyscraper chessboard into a multi-hued mosaic of urban life is undeniable. Restaurants, retail, public art, ...
A Story of Coming Home

When Hurricane Harvey pummeled Houston more than a year ago, it took out countless homes, roads, and businesses. It also devastated one of Houston’s greatest cultural gems: the Downtown Theater ...
Public Art for Public Good

“Why is art crucial to developing civic pride?” This was the central question husband and wife team Elia and Noah Quiles, proprietors of UP Art Studio, asked in a 2015 ...
Building on Ambition

There was little doubt Eric Contreras would go into finance. The 32-year-old small business specialist with BB&T basically followed in his mother’s footsteps. She came to the United States from ...
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