Little Known Facts about Houston

The tallest building downtown is the 75-story Chase tower (corner of Milam and Capitol). The only taller building in Houston is Williams Tower, which is located near the Galleria.

Houston’s oldest commercial building (still in use) houses the wine bar La Carafe, which fronts Market Square (corner of Congress and Travis).

One of the most unique features of downtown is its six-plus miles of air-conditioned, underground tunnels that link more than 90 blocks. The tunnels are home to an underground city of restaurants, dry cleaners and other everyday services. On rainy days or scorchers, you could walk for blocks without seeing a person on the sidewalks. They’re all underground. The tunnels (and the its businesses) are open weekdays and accessible through via most larger buildings. If you’d like to explore, two buildings that provide easy, escalator access are the aforementioned Chase tower and gothic-inspired three-spire RepublicBank Center (corner of Louisiana and Capitol).

 4th Largest City in the US with population of 2.1+ million with an area of 579 square miles and 6.1+ million in the metropolitan area

 Houston has the 3rd tallest skyline in North America adn 1 of the top 10 in the world

Of the 10 most populouse US citeies, Housotn hs the most total area of parks and green space