Portal:Houston/Selected picture archive/2007

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Many homes of the Victorian architecture style were constructed in the Heights neighborhood of Houston during the late-19th century. September 30, 2006
The Greater Houston Transportation and Emergency Management command center during a disaster drill. Several innovations developed at the state-of-the-art center are being considered for use throughout the world. [1] Credit: Eschipul, October 15, 2006
Cockrell Butterfly Center, a butterfly zoo located in the Houston Museum of Natural Science complex. Opening in 1994, the center is housed in a three-story glass building filled with tropical plants and butterflies. Credit: Judson Dunn November 3, 2006
Kellum-Noble House in Sam Houston Park
Kellum-Noble House, Houston's oldest brick dwelling, is located in Sam Houston Park near downtown. Several historic homes are located in the park. credit: little black spot on the sun. (December 1) December 2007
Spectators watch the reenactment of the Battle of San Jacinto at the 2006 San Jacinto Day Festival. February 2007
The Texas Cyclone at Six Flags AstroWorld. The theme park was demolished in early 2006. March 2007
lefy The Stewart Building on Kempner Street in Galveston, Texas. The building was originally named the Kauffmann and Runge Building, designed by Eugene T. Heiner and built 1881-82. April 2007
Bellaire Boulevard and a street car line connected Bellaire, Texas to Houston. The street car line, which ran a four mile stretch from central Bellaire to Houston's Main Street, started construction in 1909. The streetcar line consisted of one railway track and an overhead electric wire. The streetcar was nicknamed the "Toonerville Trolley". May 2007
The reflecting pool and Sam Houston statue in Hermann Park. June 2007