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SHEPHERD DR Cemetery Cemetery E ORIAL DR Carruth Overlook Carruth STUDE ONT ST Bridge E ORIAL DR Green Tree to Sixth Ward Nature Area BAYO U 0.40 M.D. Anderson Foundation Stairway Cleveland Park Fonde Buffalo Bayou has been a focal point in Houston’s history since the 0.42 Rec. Center (weekends only) Allen brothers founded the city in 1836. Today, the bayou is once again Hamill Foundation Houston Police Tapley Stairway Officers’ Memorial Tributary St Sabine the centerpiece of its development. Since issuing the 20-year master Rosemont Bridge Rusk St » St. Thomas High School plan, Buffalo Bayou and Beyond in 2002, Buffalo Bayou Partnership 0.18 0.80 0.56 (BBP) has been committed to creating a regional amenity that offers Shepherd Gateway Scurlock Foundation Overlook L DR ORIA Lee & Joe Jamail Hobby Center opportunities for recreation, entertainment and livability. a gi from the Radoff Family E Sabine Promenade Jackson Hill Bridge Skatepark Bridge Green space enhancements and hike and bike trails are revitalizing to Memorial Park Jane Gregory E ORIAL DR 0.39 Hobby the once neglected bayou into an active and vibrant waterfront. The 1.14 Garden Center 0.45 recently completed Buffalo Bayou Park offers 160 acres of beautiful Neumann Family Barbara Fish Daniel scenery and skyline views, artwork, a nature play area, the “go-to” dog Wortham Foundation Stairway Nature Play Area Waugh Grove park in the city and gathering places for visitors to enjoy outdoor Bat Colony ALLEN PKWY Brookfield Bridge activities as well as artistic performances. Stretching from Shepherd « Walker St Drive to Sabine Street between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive, it JOHNNY STEELE Federal Reserve Bank City Hall Bud Light Amphitheater Crosby McKinney St » Annex is one of the country’s great urban parks. LOST LAKE DO PARK Outfall
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I support our work, visit buffalobayou.org Feldman Gateway I DOWNTOWN 0.72 KIRBY DR « Kathrine and Dallas St » Lamar St John P. McGovern GREEN TREE NATURE AREA Cascade Green Tree Nature Area is located just south of Memorial Drive THE WATER WORKS AT SABINE ST at Waugh Drive. The heavily forested trail is a nature-lover’s GROVES MEADOWS AND WOODLANDS Information Sandy Reed Memorial Trail delight. On any given day, you will find birds, squirrels and even The Water Works is a major park entry point made possible
(bike accessible) DUNLAVY ST a rabbit or two. Buffalo Bayou Partnership and volunteers have by reclaiming a four-acre abandoned City of Houston water Hildebrand Foundation Meadow ARTWORK Restrooms WAUGH BAT COLONY been revitalizing this area by removing invasive species and system site. The Wortham Insurance Visitor Center and Terrace Kinder Footpath Morris Family Meadow restoring the nature preserve with native trees and vegetation. TAPLEY TRIBUTARY house restrooms and a bike rental facility, while an entry court Tolerance, Jaume Plensa, 2011 (no bikes, rollerblades) Every evening at sunset, more than 250,000 Mexican free-tailed a gift from Ellen S., William D., Edward and Henry Morris Drinking Fountain hosts food trucks on weekends. The Brown Foundation Lawn, a BUFFALO BAYOU PARK bats emerge from crevices in the Waugh Drive Bridge. Houston landscape architect Charles Tapley designed this Spindle, Henry Moore, 1979 0.1 miles grassy plateau framed by trees, and the adjacent Hobby Family Meredith and Cornelia Long Meadow Food These creatures are non-migratory and call the bayou home JOHNNY STEELE DOG PARK inspirational site in the late 1970s featuring a bayou tributary, Bridge Stairs Pavilion are popular for performances and events. With the Barbara Fish Daniel year-round. Learn more about the bats through interpretive Named by a special group of donors in honor of Johnny Steele, a riparian plantings, granite steps and seating areas. BBP later Susan Vaughan Foundation Meadow Shady Grove, Tim Bailey, 2002 signage found at the site. Stop by any night and view this Nature Play Area and Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark nearby, The Water Works is Parking Green Tree Footpath highly regarded Houston landscape architect, this two-acre dog added a wetland, native Texas prairie and a footbridge. Nearby LOST LAKE AT ALLEN PARKWAY amazing sight from the Jerry and Nanette Finger Family Seating improvements include the Vale-Asche Foundation Spring and one of the park’s most popular destinations. Hawkins Meadow Open Channel Flow, Matthew Geller, 2009 (no bikes) paradise features ponds; washing areas; KHOU-TV Portal; Allen Boat Launch Lost Lake is on the site of a former pond that was lost in the Circle or the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation Alcove. Family Entry Court; and Lulu, Sophie and Friends’ Meadow. Pet the Charles Tapley, FAIA Overlook. BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN 1970s when its dam across a natural ravine broke. The pond Tolerance Meadow Down Periscope, Donald Lipski, 2015 0.45 Trail Segment Distances owners can watch their furry friends have fun from the Graham Overlook was restored and is situated near a visitor center housing funded by The Brown Foundation a gift from Linda and Barry Hunsaker (approx. mileage) WORTHAM FOUNDATION GROVE Family Overlook and Friends of Johnny Overlook. ELEANOR TINSLEY PARK The Cistern was one of the City of Houston’s early underground Portrait of Houston: It Wasn’t a Dream, It was a Flood, restrooms; kayak/canoe rentals; The Dunlavy, a private event Wolff Family Grove Sandy Reed Grove Jim Mozola Memorial 6 am–11 pm (except as posted) 7 am–8 pm Affectionately known as the “Dandelion,” the Gus S. Wortham Named in honor of the late City Councilmember and civic drinking-water reservoirs. Built in 1926, it provided decades of John Runnels, 2014 space; and The Kitchen at The Dunlavy, a grab-and-go food HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS’ MEMORIAL Disc Golf Course First Tee counter offering breakfast and lunch daily. Additional points of Memorial Fountain’s brass starburst of pipes sprays joggers, activist, Eleanor Tinsley, this park is one of Houston’s most service until it was decommissioned. The 87,500-square-foot Johnson Family Meadow Hines Meadow Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015, interest include: Lost Lake Gardens a gi from The Garden Club of Houston, H-E-B cyclists and walkers offering a cool respite from the Houston Jesus Bautista Moroles, 1991 popular outdoor spaces for recreation and relaxation. Recent expanse includes 25-foot tall concrete columns set row upon Caven Family Grove Mithoff Family Grove located at six unexpected locations in park Tennis Court B-cycle Station Dawn to Dusk Cascade, The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation Terrace, Emma’s Embankment, heat. Points of interest at this favorite meeting spot include: Pay your respects to more than 113 policemen whose lives were improvements include the signature Bud Light Amphitheater row, hovering over two inches of water on the reservoir’s floor. 7 am–8 pm Cullen Foundation Overlook; John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation lost in the line of duty. Shaped like a pyramid, the sculpture lawn, the Nau Family Pavilion and a trail providing a direct In addition to public tours highlighting the history and architecture of this unique BBVA Compass Boardwalk and the Ann Lents and David Heaney Stairway leading Fondren Foundation Meadow Houston Chronicle Meadow LUNAR CYCLE LIGHTING Visitor Center, Pavilion METRORail Station to a boat launch. East of Lost Lake, the 345-foot long Jackson Hill Bridge soars Overlook; Fountain Gardens a gift from River Oaks Garden symbolizes a royal tomb. The Police Memorial and surrounding connection to Sabine Promenade. Other points of interest industrial site, the Cistern also serves as a canvas for nationally and internationally For visitor center hours and bike or kayak/canoe rental 40 feet above the bayou. Park users can rest at the bridge’s Powell Foundation Club; and Locke Lord LLP and The Kayser Foundation Garden grounds, guarded 24 hours a day, are the site of an annual are: sand volleyball court, Eleanor Tinsley Garden and Jane significant environmental art, with periodic installations presented by Buffalo Bayou Ed Wulfe Grove Apache Corporation Designed by L’Observatoire and Stephen Korns, Buffalo Bayou’s signature lighting Audio Tour (info on back) METRORail Lines information, visit buffalobayou.org or call 713.752.0314. Landing or Sterling-Turner Foundation Landing. Seating Area. procession and wreath-laying ceremony. Gregory Garden. Partnership. For a tour schedule and tickets, visit buffalobayou.org. Native Woodland transitions from white to blue as the moon waxes and wanes. Swiney Prk
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of downtown’s Theater District. Among the outstanding are among the sights and sounds that fill Guadalupe Plaza Park. Historic Gazebo St 75th N YORK ST Park Avenue P Harbor Dr Play™ Store app. features located in the park, which commemorates Houston’s Besides a performance area, the park includes hike and bike Hidalgo Park Sunset 150th birthday in 1986, are: 24-foot promenade, amphitheater, EAST SECTOR trails and a boat dock. Located nearby is Talento Bilingue de Rail Trail
W Hedrick St 250-foot boat dock and gardens. Public art in the park includes Houston, a performing arts organization. E Hedrick St artist Mel Chin’s stainless steel pillars Seven Wonders and Traveling east along Buffalo Bayou’s hike and bike trails, visitors enter the East End, one of our city’s most historic areas. In 1914, the Houston Ship Channel opened to 0.1 miles Dean Ruck’s ceramic history photos, sound installation and Big Bubble. Travel up Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., on the Mosbacher Bridge, press the red button and see the bubble emerge in the deep water navigation. The channel, in combination with the railroads, transformed GRAVEL SILOS JAPHET CREEK registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of the East End into the industrial heart of our city. Apple Inc. Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google Inc. bayou’s waters. The 8-foot-tall bronze statue of former Secretary of State James This tributary is being restored to provide Fifth Ward Several remnants of the East End’s industrial past can be found Northside Sewage Treatment Facility Baker gazes across Buffalo Bayou at a similar statue of former President George Buffalo Bayou Partnership has purchased property and developed hike and bike along the hike and bike trails. Just east of Jensen Drive you will neighborhood residents access to Buffalo Bayou. Volunteers DOWNTOWN H.W. Bush. Both statues were created by North Carolina sculptor Chas Fagan. trails that eventually will extend all the way to the Port of Houston. Also underway discover massive concrete gravel silos. These tall structures not from Japhet Creek Civic Association have worked tirelessly are the development of parks, boating activities and other open space amenities. only are important interpretive landscape elements, but the to remove trash and debris from the creek while planting canvas for imaginative public art events. wildflowers and native trees. Eventually paths on both sides SABINE PROMENADE ALLEN’S LANDING 1019 Commerce Street, Suite 200 of the tributary will be created. LOCKWOOD DR The 23-acre waterfront park features hike and bike trails, lush As Houston’s founding place and original port, Allen’s Landing Houston, TX 77002 landscaping and a pedestrian bridge. The unique blue and has unique historical significance. Buffalo Bayou Partnership MCKEE STREET BRIDGE t 713.752.0314 f 713.223.3500 white Lunar Cycle Lighting corresponds with the phases of the has revitalized the park with an entry plaza, wharf and public Painted aquamarine, purple and lavender, McKee Street Bridge BRICK SMOKESTACKS NORTHSIDE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY HIDALGO PARK buffalobayou.org moon and was designed by New York artists Hervé Descottes text art designed by local artist team ttweak. John Runnels’ adds a splash of color to the bayou landscape. Local artist Kirk Located halfway between Jensen Drive and North York Street, Decommissioned over 20 years ago, much of the Northside Built in 1932, Hidalgo Park is a popular East End site for (L’Observatoire International) and Stephen Korns. Stainless steel stainless steel boats also grace the entrances and the Lunar Farris is responsible for transforming the bridge that was built you will come across two brick chimneys. These are the Sewage Treatment Facility’s infrastructure remains. Aeration Sunday picnics, birthday parties and baseball games. boat sculptures by Houston artist John Runnels greet visitors Cycle Lighting system adds to the splendor of this historic area. in 1932 into a piece of public art. remnants of a City of Houston incinerator built in 1925. and settling tanks, compressor rooms as well as original pipes Neighborhood children also enjoy the park’s creative at major park entrances. A boat landing serves as the launch site for pontoon boat and valves are intact. Buffalo Bayou Partnership plans to wooden playground and water play station. Among the [email protected] tours led by Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Sabine Promenade has been recognized SUNSET COFFEE BUILDING redevelop the site into a unique ecological park. park’s treasures is a statue of Father Miguel Hidalgo, a gift fb.com/buffalobayou with 13 international and local awards since it opened in 2006. In cooperation with its partner Houston First, BBP renovated from the government of Jalisco, Mexico. @buffalobayou the historic Sunset Coffee Building at Allen’s Landing. The JAMES BUTE PARK TURNING BASIN SAM HOUSTON PARK building houses BBP’s offices, a rooftop terrace and a bike Steeped in Houston history, James Bute Park is the original TONY MARRON PARK BUFFALO BEND NATURE PARK HISTORIC GAZEBO Looking north from Hidalgo Park you will see a beautiful section Special thanks to these generous donors In 1899, Mayor Sam Brashear purchased 20 acres of property and kayak/canoe rental facility. A café operated by Houston site of Germantown and Frost Town, two early immigrant Named after East End activist Tony Marron, this 19-acre site Buffalo Bend Nature Park is a 10-acre site that offers educa- Perhaps the finest example of textured concrete artistry in of Buffalo Bayou. In 1837, the Allen brothers arranged for the on the edge of downtown to create Sam Houston Park. First will open in the near future. The Sunset Coffee Building neighborhoods. In the 1970s, Houston artist Kirk Farris is comprised of soccer fields, children’s playground, fountain tional opportunities about wetland ecosystems. Learning Houston, Hidalgo Park’s gazebo was completed in 1934. Vidal Constitution, a 150-foot steamboat to visit Houston to dispel Landscaped into a Victorian village, the park included an old was built in 1910 by merchant William D. Cleveland to house transformed the once abandoned site into a park. A Texas plaza, picnic area and hike and bike trails. stations, exhibits and interpretive displays are strategically Lozano, its designer and builder, fashioned concrete columns doubts about the bayou’s navigability. Not being able to turn mill, rustic bridge, stream and even a zoo. Today, the park is his coffee roasting operations and as an annex to the 1880s Historical Marker displayed in the park officially designates located throughout the park. and railings to look like tree timbers, the roof to represent around once it reached its destination, the boat backed down the home to The Heritage Society, an organization devoted to William Cleveland and Son’s building that housed his successful Frost Town as an historic site. The park is named for the late shingles, and the ceiling thatch. The gazebo is a landmark in bayou until it reached a wide enough bend. Dubbed Constitution Printed October 2016 Design by CORE Design Studio preserving and interpreting the park’s historic structures. wholesale grocery and cotton trading business. James Bute, a Houston entrepreneur and nearby park resident. the Buffalo Bayou landscape. Bend, the site is now the Port of Houston Turning Basin. Cover photo by Jonnu Singleton/SWA