Here are a few pictures in a small downtown park in Houston. It is called the George Bush Monument, which is located across the street from the Main Post Office in downtown Houston.
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| Easy to overlook small park in Downtown Houston |
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| Dedicated to the 41st President of the United States |
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| Nice view close to the statue which overlooks the bayou and the downtown business district nearby. |
This is really easy to miss when you are driving through downtown Houston. I know, because I have done it so many times before. I have lived in this city for all these years, but this is the first time that I have bothered to look at this place. It is actually quite nice, but it has the concrete jungle that has been built on top of it, so you can't see it unless you are looking for it.
By the way, for those of you not familiar with this city, Houston was founded on Buffalo Bayou. The bayou is navigable all the way to Galveston Bay, which is how Houston became a major seaport even though it is 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.
Ocean going ships no longer come into the downtown area, but as recently as about 100 years ago, they did. I don't have it here, but there is a picture of ships tied up the docks along the bayou, with recognizable buildings in the background.
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