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180°, 6100 Main Street, Houston 180°
Area: Rice University
Post Code: 77005
City: Houston, Texas
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45°, 6100 Main Street, Houston 45°
Area: Rice University
Post Code: 77005
City: Houston, Texas
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90°, 6100 Main Street, Houston 90°
Area: Rice University
Post Code: 77005
City: Houston, Texas
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Berlin Wall Segment, 6100 Main Street, Houston Berlin Wall Segment
Area: Rice University
Post Code: 77005
City: Houston, Texas
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Buffalo Bayou Torches, Interstate 45 at Buffalo Bayou, Houston Buffalo Bayou Torches
Designed by: Paul Kittleson
Construction Completed: 2000
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 Whizzing by at 60 MPH, most people drive right by these pieces of public art and never even notice them. The 30-foot-tall stainless steel torches mark the edges of Buffalo Bayou as interstate 45 cross...read more >>
   
Christopher Columbus Statue, 4800 Montrose Boulevard, Houston Christopher Columbus Statue
Designed by: Joe Incrapera
Construction Completed: 1991
Area: Montrose
Post Code: 77006
City: Houston, Texas
 It has been more than half a millennium since Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to the New World. That journey thousands of miles in a rickety wooden boat is starting to seem easy compared to th...read more >>
   
Cohen House Sun Dial, 6100 Main Street, Houston Cohen House Sun Dial
Area: Rice University
Post Code: 77005
City: Houston, Texas
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Cotswold Fountain Eight, Preston at Caroline, Houston Cotswold Fountain Eight
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 Two stone-lined rectangular basins. It was originally intended that water would be emitted at ground level and cascade down stone steps. In reality, a series of jets at the bottom of the trough push w...read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain Five, 1100 Preston, Houston Cotswold Fountain Five
Designed by: Brad Goldberg
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 Located in the courthouse area, the Texas red granite benches and "table" in this fountain match the stone on the courthouse. The polished "table top" feeatures ever-changing water levels that cascade...read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain Four, Preston at Main, Houston Cotswold Fountain Four
Designed by: Rey de la Reza Architects
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 Two 14-foot limestone vessels overflow into a basin at ground level which then spills into and runs along a winding river rock trough....read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain Nine, Preston at Crawford, Houston Cotswold Fountain Nine
Designed by: John Runnels
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 This whimsical fountain consists of a six-foot bronze baseball which appears to have crashed into the sidewalk, causing water to bubble up around the point of impact....read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain One, Preston at Smith, Houston Cotswold Fountain One
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 This stainless steel water wall is mounted on a limestone base. Water runs down the wall to a sloping trough that carries it into a spiraling vortex....read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain Seven, Preston at Milam, Houston Cotswold Fountain Seven
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 A light tower built of double-layer tempered glass on a stone pillar with four lights pointing upward....read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain Six, Preston at San Jacinto, Houston Cotswold Fountain Six
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 A light tower built of double-layer tempered glass on a stone pillar with four lights pointing upward....read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain Ten, 900 Prairie at Travis, Houston Cotswold Fountain Ten
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 This wall fountain features water cascading down stairs and flowing past art into a basin....read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain Three, Preston at Market Square, Houston Cotswold Fountain Three
Designed by: Malou Flato
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 Shimmering water covers a "table" covered with painted tiles of a picnic scene....read more >>
   
Cotswold Fountain Two, Preston at Louisiana, Houston Cotswold Fountain Two
Construction Completed: 2003
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
 Flagstone paving surrounds two concrete circles where parts of the sidewalk have pushed up from the earth; water gushes and swirls into the holes....read more >>
   
Courthouse Square Fountain, 1115 Congress, Houston Courthouse Square Fountain
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
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Geometric Mouse, Scale X, 400 McKinney, Houston Geometric Mouse, Scale X
Designed by: Claes Oldenburg
Construction Completed: 1968
Area: Downtown
Post Code: 77002
City: Houston, Texas
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Hermann Park Obelisk, Hermann Lake Drive, Houston Hermann Park Obelisk
Area: Museum District
Post Code: 77006
City: Houston, Texas
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