Texas

Houston Lighting & Power Co. - Eastside Substation completed in 1948.

2501 Polk Street, Houston, Texas, 77003

Houston Lighting & Power Co. began in 1882 and was the sole power and utility company servicing Houston for almost a century. After several sales and renames, in 2002 it was split into Reliant Energy, Texas Genco, and CenterPoint Energy. The sign across the facade was originally outlined in neon.

Eller Wagon Works–Pittsburgh Plate Glass Building completed in 1909

Eller Wagon Works–Pittsburgh Plate Glass Building - 101 Crawford Street. This three story warehouse was built in the Warehouse District of Houston in 1909 by Frank Eller in order to manufacture horse-drawn wagons. Train tracks lay underneath the street on Crawford. Aquired by Pittsburgh Plate Glass in 1920, an addition was added by Alfred C. Finn. In 2004 it was renovated and turned into lofts and art studios.

“The Eller Wagon Works-Pittsburgh Plate Glass Building is an historic three-story brick warehouse building in Houston’s Warehouse District south of Buffalo Bayou east of Main Street. The Eller Wagon Works Building, located at the corner of Crawford and Commerce, was constructed in 1909 to manufacture horse-drawn wagons just as the automobile industry was getting under way. In 1920, Pittsburgh Plate Glass acquired the building and added a additional structure designed by Alfred C. Finn to the south side of the original Wagon Works building.”
— City of Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission

Texas Tower

Texas Tower - 845 Texas Ave, Houston, Texas

In 2018 Hines has announced plans to start development on downtown Houston’s next skyscraper, forever changing the skyline of the city. This project was designed by Pelli Clarke and Partners, a firm familiar with Houston, designing 1500 Louisiana Street (2002), 6624 Fannin Tower (1990), and the Four Leaf Towers (1982). Starting not long after groundbreaking in January 2019, I frequently visited the site to document the build. With the project finally wrapping up at the end of 2021, I can finally start sharing some of the images.

Other companies involved with the project: Ivanhoé Cambridge, Hines, Kendall/Heaton Associates, Pelli Clarke & Partners, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, ME Engineers, Clark Condon Associates, JLL, B&D Landscape Contractors, CEMEX

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum

Also known as the LBJ Presidential Library, it was designed by Gordon Bunshaft and R. Max Brooks of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and opened in 1971.