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SHEPHERD DR Cemetery Cemetery buffalo BAYO U E ORIAL DR Carruth Overlook Carruth STUDE ONT ST Bridge E ORIAL DR Green Tree to Sixth Ward Nature Area 0.40 M.D. Anderson Buffalo Bayou has been a focal point in Houston’s Foundation Stairway Cleveland Park Fonde history since the Allen brothers founded the city in 0.42 Rec. Center (weekends and evenings a er 1836. Today, the bayou is once again the centerpiece Houston Police Tapley 5pm only) Hamill Foundation Stairway Officers’ Memorial Tributary St Sabine of its development. Rosemont Bridge Rusk St » St. Thomas High School 0.18 Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) is the non-profit organiza- 0.80 0.56 Shepherd Gateway Scurlock Foundation Overlook L DR ORIA Lee & Joe Jamail Hobby Center tion revitalizing and transforming Buffalo Bayou from a gi from the Radoff Family E Sabine Promenade Jackson Hill Bridge Skatepark Bridge Shepherd Drive to the Port of Houston Turning Basin. From to Memorial Park 0.39 Jane Gregory spearheading capital projects such as the 160-acre Buffalo E ORIAL DR Hobby 1.14 Garden Center 0.45 Bayou Park to constructing hike and bike trails, operating Neumann Family Barbara Fish Daniel comprehensive clean-up and maintenance programs and Wortham Foundation Stairway Nature Play Area Waugh Grove offering thoughtful programming, Buffalo Bayou Partnership Bat Colony ALLEN PKWY Brookfield Bridge « Walker St is reclaiming Houston’s unique waterfront. JOHNNY STEELE Federal Reserve Bank City Hall Tranquility Park Bud Light Amphitheater Crosby McKinney St » Annex
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Council Member and civic activist, Eleanor Tinsley. With its I I Visit buffalobayou.org to learn more about Buffalo Bayou Feldman Gateway St Rochow DOWNTOWN signature Bud Light Amphitheater lawn and Nau Family Pavilion, Partnership and how you can support our work. 0.72 KIRBY DR the area is one of Houston’s most popular outdoor spaces for « D’Amico St Dallas St » Lamar St Kathrine and recreation and relaxation. Other points of interest are: sand John P. McGovern WAUGH BAT COLONY JOHNNY STEELE DOG PARK volleyball court, Eleanor Tinsley Garden and the nearby Jane Cascade Every evening at sunset, more than 250,000 Mexican free-tailed Named by a special group of donors in honor of Johnny Steele, Gregory Garden. bats emerge from crevices in the Waugh Drive Bridge. A large a highly regarded Houston landscape architect, this two-acre portion of the bat colony remains through the winter months, dog paradise features the Kinder Pond and washing areas. Pet THE WATER WORKS AT SABINE ST GROVES MEADOWS AND WOODLANDS Hike and Bike Trail DUNLAVY ST providing viewing opportunities on warm nights. Stop by and owners can watch their furry friends have fun from the Graham ARTWORK Information witness this amazing sight, and learn more about the bats The Water Works is a major park entry point made possible (bike accessible) Family Overlook and Friends of Johnny Overlook. Hildebrand Foundation Meadow through interpretive signage found at the viewing platform. by reclaiming a four-acre abandoned City of Houston water Tolerance, Jaume Plensa, 2011 Restrooms Planned Hike and Bike Trail system site. The Wortham Insurance Visitor Center and Terrace Morris Family Meadow a gift from Ellen S., William D., Edward and Henry Morris 0.1 miles house restrooms and a bike rental facility, while an entry court Spindle, Henry Moore, 1969 As a non-profit organization, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) relies on support Drinking Fountain Kinder Footpath WORTHAM FOUNDATION GROVE HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS’ MEMORIAL hosts food trucks. The Brown Foundation Lawn and Hobby Meredith and Cornelia Long Meadow from individuals like you for the ongoing enhancement and enjoyment of Buffalo (no bikes, rollerblades) BUFFALO BAYOU PARK Affectionately known as the “Dandelion,” the Gus S. Wortham Jesus Bautista Moroles, 1991 Shady Grove, Tim Bailey, 2002 Family Pavilion are popular for performances and events. With Bayou. Donations allow for the continued care of green spaces including Buffalo Food Memorial Fountain’s brass starburst of pipes sprays joggers, Pay your respects to more than 113 policemen whose lives were Bridge Stairs the Barbara Fish Daniel Nature Play Area nearby, The Water Works is one of the Susan Vaughan Foundation Meadow Open Channel Flow, Matthew Geller, 2009 Bayou Park; development of hike and bike trails; clean-up of the waterway; and the cyclists and walkers offering a cool respite from the heat. Points of lost in the line of duty. Shaped like a pyramid, the sculpture park’s most popular destinations. presentation of tours, events, volunteer activities and recreational opportunities Parking interest at this favorite meeting spot include: Cullen Foundation symbolizes a royal tomb. The Police Memorial and surrounding Hawkins Meadow Fondren Foundation Meadow Green Tree Footpath LOST LAKE AT ALLEN PARKWAY Down Periscope, Donald Lipski, 2015 that attract tens of thousands of visitors each year. To make a donation, text (no bikes) Overlook; John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Overlook; and the grounds, guarded 24 hours a day, are the site of an annual BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN Boat Launch Lost Lake is on the site of a former pond that was lost in the Tolerance Meadow Ed Wulfe Grove BUFFALOBAYOU to 41444. Fountain Gardens a gift from River Oaks Garden Club. procession and wreath-laying ceremony. a gift from Linda and Barry Hunsaker Portrait of Houston: It Wasn’t a Dream, It was a Flood, 0.45 Trail Segment Distances 1970s when its dam across a natural ravine broke. The pond funded by The Brown Foundation 6 am–11 pm (except as posted) 7 am–8 pm The Cistern was one of the City of Houston’s early underground Sandy Reed Grove John Runnels, 2014 Overlook (approx. mileage) was restored and is situated near a visitor center housing Wolff Family Grove GREEN TREE NATURE AREA TAPLEY TRIBUTARY drinking-water reservoirs. Built in 1926, it provided decades of restrooms; kayak/canoe rentals; and The Dunlavy restaurant. Terry Hershey Grove Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015, Tennis Court B-cycle Station Green Tree Nature Area is located just south of Memorial Drive Houston landscape architect Charles Tapley designed this service until it was decommissioned. The 87,500-square-foot Apache Corporation Additional points of interest include: Lost Lake Gardens a gi located at six unexpected locations in park Dawn to Dusk from The Garden Club of Houston, H-E-B Cascade and The at Waugh Drive. The heavily forested trail is a nature-lover’s inspirational site in the late 1970s featuring a bayou tributary, expanse includes 25-foot tall concrete columns set row upon row, Native Woodland Hines Meadow Visitor Center, Pavilion METRORail Station 7 am–8 pm Robert & Janice McNair Foundation Terrace. delight. On any given day, you will find birds, squirrels and even riparian plantings, granite steps and seating areas. BBP later hovering over water on the reservoir’s floor. In addition to tours BBP depends on dedicated volunteers to keep Buffalo Bayou’s parks and trails a rabbit or two. added a wetland, native Texas prairie, footbridge, the Vale-Asche highlighting the history and architecture of this unique industrial site, the Cistern Johnson Family Meadow Mithoff Family Grove LUNAR CYCLE LIGHTING clean, healthy and beautiful. Lend a hand and help with weeding, removing litter Audio Tour METRORail Lines For visitor center hours and bike or kayak/canoe rental Foundation Spring and the Charles Tapley, FAIA Overlook. also houses periodic art installations presented by Buffalo Bayou Partnership. For a Caven Family Grove Houston Chronicle Meadow Designed by L’Observatoire and Stephen Korns, Buffalo Bayou’s signature lighting and debris, and other maintenance activities. To volunteer as an individual (ages 9 (download at buffalobayou.org) information, visit buffalobayou.org or call 713.752.0314. tour schedule and tickets, visit buffalobayou.org. transitions from white to blue as the moon waxes and wanes. and up) or if you are interested in bringing a group, please visit buffalobayou.org. Swiney Prk to White Oak Park Cline St Girard St 0.3 University of St McKee
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Grove St HISTORIC GAZEBO Bayou St Bayou Preston St » Houston—Downtown Foote St St Emile fb.com/buffalobayou Bagby St Travis St » Decommissioned over 20 years ago, much of the Northside Perhaps the finest example of textured concrete artistry in ArCH « Prairie St Market Commerce St Swiney St Dick St Square Park US @buffalobayou Main St Sewage Treatment Facility’s infrastructure remains. Aeration Houston, Hidalgo Park’s gazebo was completed in 1934. Vidal Smith St Bayou Place HIRSCH DR and settling tanks, compressor rooms as well as original pipes Lozano, its designer and builder, fashioned concrete columns Texas Ave » and valves are intact. Buffalo Bayou Partnership plans to Fannin St and railings to look like tree timbers, the roof to represent The Buffalo Bayou Guide app is available on the App Store for BAYO U « Capitol St 0.21 0.30 Jones Plaza 1.07 redevelop the site into a major, regional destination. shingles, and the ceiling thatch. The gazebo is a landmark in La Branch St Runnels St 0.81 iPhone® and for Android™ devices using the Google Play™ Milam St Rusk St » LOCKWOOD DR the Buffalo Bayou landscape. Crawford St » Jones San Jacinto St » Japhet Creek Store app. App developed by Pariveda Solutions. Tranquility Park Hall Talento Bilingue Caroline St de Houston « Walker St Travis St » JENSEN DR Gravel Silos YOLANDA BLACK NAVARRO to George R. Brown Convention Center Austin St » TURNING BASIN Printed October 2019 Design by CORE Design Studio Main St Brick Smokestacks BUFFALO BEND NATURE PARK In 1837, the Allen brothers arranged for the Constitution, a Cover photos by Tom Fox/SWA, Katya Horner, Jonnu Singleton/SWA City Hall McKinney St » Buffalo Bend Nature Park is a 10-acre site that offers Guadalupe 150-foot steamboat to visit Houston to dispel doubts about Smith St N Nagle St 0.67 educational opportunities about wetland ecosystems. The the bayou’s navigability. Not being able to turn around once it Plaza Park Harvey Wilson Dr to Discovery Green park features ponds, native plantings, interpretive displays Louisiana St » reached its destination, the boat backed down the bayou until N Live Oak St and trails. it reached a wide enough bend. Dubbed Constitution Bend,
ALLEN’S LANDING N Velasco St Tony Marron the site is now the Port of Houston Turning Basin. Park As Houston’s founding place and original port, Allen’s Landing NAVI ATION BLVD Armour Dr has unique historical significance. Buffalo Bayou Partnership N YORK ST revitalized the park, adding an entry plaza, wharf and public Canal St 0.1 miles text art designed by local artist team ttweak. John Runnels’ DOWNTOWN stainless steel boats also grace the entrances and the Lunar Cycle Lighting system adds to the splendor of this historic area. Northside SewageTreatment Facility SABINE PROMENADE SUNSET COFFEE BUILDING The 23-acre waterfront park spearheaded by BBP features hike LOCKWOOD DR and bike trails, lush landscaping, boat landing, Four Seasons Hotel In cooperation with its partner Houston First, BBP renovated ST N d
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his successful wholesale grocery and cotton trading business. St 69th In 1899, Mayor Sam Brashear purchased 20 acres of property Historical Marker displayed in the park officially designates S S T ACARIO ARCIA DR on the edge of downtown to create Sam Houston Park. Frost Town as an historic site. The park is named for the late Landscaped into a Victorian village, the park included an old James Bute, a Houston entrepreneur and nearby park resident. mill, rustic bridge, stream and even a zoo. Today, the park is EAST SECTOR home to The Heritage Society, an organization devoted to GUADALUPE PLAZA PARK BRICK SMOKESTACKS NAVI ATION BLVD Avenue V Buffalo Bend preserving and interpreting the park’s historic structures. Traveling east along Buffalo Bayou’s hike and bike trails, visitors enter the East End, Mariachi and salsa music, ballet folklorico and seasonal festivals Located halfway between Jensen Drive and North York Street, Nature Park one of our city’s most historic areas. In 1914, the Houston Ship Channel opened to Avenue U are among the sights and sounds that fill Guadalupe Plaza Park. you will come across two brick chimneys. These are the Engel St SESQUICENTENNIAL PARK deep water navigation. The channel, in combination with the railroads, transformed Besides a performance area, the park includes hike and bike remnants of a City of Houston incinerator built in 1925. Port of Houston the East End into the industrial heart of our city. Buffalo Bayou Partnership will Avenue T Turning Basin This 22-acre park is the centerpiece of downtown’s Theater trails, splash pad and a boat dock. Located nearby is Talento be implementing a major master plan along Buffalo Bayou’s east sector that will Bilingue de Houston, a performing arts organization. District and commemorates Houston’s 150th birthday in 1986. Sam Houston continue the organization’s legacy of transformative parks and trails. Avenue S Public art in the park includes artist Mel Chin’s stainless steel Boat Tour Turkey Bend Terminal St pillars Seven Wonders and Dean Ruck’s ceramic history photos, N 70th St J W Peavy Dr sound installation and Big Bubble. Travel up on the Mosbacher MCKEE STREET BRIDGE GRAVEL SILOS TONY MARRON PARK Bridge, press the red button and see the bubble emerge in the Painted aquamarine, purple and lavender, McKee Street Bridge Several remnants of the East End’s industrial past can be found Named after East End activist Tony Marron, this 19-acre Cesar Chavez Blvd Avenue Q Phelps St bayou’s waters. The 8-foot-tall bronze statue of former Secretary of State James adds a splash of color to the bayou landscape. Local artist Kirk along the hike and bike trails. Just east of Jensen Drive you will multi-use park is comprised of soccer and baseball fields, J W Peavy Dr Canal St Farris is responsible for transforming the bridge that was built Engel St Baker gazes across Buffalo Bayou at a similar statue of former President George discover massive concrete gravel silos owned by BBP. These children’s playground, fountain plaza, picnic area and hike and Avenue P in 1932 into a piece of public art. H.W. Bush. Both statues were created by North Carolina sculptor Chas Fagan. tall structures not only are important interpretive landscape bike trails. N WAYSIDE DR NAVI ATION BLVD elements, but the canvas for imaginative public art events. Avenue O
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