Binz St and Main St
Houston,
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77006
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Neighborhoods: Binz, South Central
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The Scene – While Manhattan has Fifth Avenue's magnificent Museum Mile, the Bayou City's Museum District is equally breathtaking and increasingly important. It's also a visually stunning landscape, from the serene tranquility of the Menil's grounds to the shimmering waters of the Mecom Fountain. – – The Collection – Don't miss museums designed by two Pritzker Prize-winning architects: Renzo Piano's Menil Collection, whose graceful structure rivals Mrs. D's holdings, and the light-filled splendor of the Beck Building at the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, by Spanish…
01/12/03
Discover Museum Mania!!
by dmitchl2003
History! Fun! Culture! Educational! ...for the entire family! Is there a need to say more? Don't mistreat yourself and miss the Musuem District! Old charm in an updated environment... But perhaps the most important consideration -- You don't have to blow a wad.
- Pros: Good parking, Location, location..., Inexpensive
- Cons: Avoid rush hour..., Construction funk!!
08/14/02
free Thursdays rule!
by thirdsunrise
If you go on the right day, there isnoi admission charge. Even when there is, it's well worth it =)
07/26/02
Museums are good
by tinhtown
o.k. i'm not much for the catchy title. But the museum district is a treasure of houston everyone should see. Firstly the Architecture the Menil Colection is perhaps the greatest work of Renzo Piano one of the most influential architects of are times, he also did the Cy Twomby Gallery next door. The Bissonet/Montrose face of the MFAH is the only curved facade designed by Mies Van der rohe (one of the fouder's of modern architecture) which was ever built. The Byzantine Frescoe chapel, the Contemporary Arts Museum & the Holocaust museum are also worth the trip for their architecture alone and i running out of space to say any thing about the Rothko Chapel, Noguchi Garden, and the MFAH's new wing. Not to metion natural sciences and so on. Oh yeah, beside the architecture thay have Art and Stuff Inside.
- Pros: Architecture, Variety in area
- Cons: MFAH ain't the Met
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