30 Facts About Downtown Houston

Downtown Houston has been the city's preeminent commercial district since its founding in 1836.

Downtown Houston is a major public transportation hub, lying at the center of the light rail system, park and ride system, and the metropolitan freeway network; the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is headquartered in the district.

Geographically, Downtown Houston is bordered by East Downtown Houston to the east, Third Ward to the south, Midtown to the southwest, Fourth Ward to the west, Sixth Ward to the northwest, and Near Northside to the north.

Relocation of the Texan republic's capital to Downtown Houston required a significant political campaign by the Allen brothers.

In 1840, Downtown Houston adopted a ward system of municipal governance, which, at the time, was considered more democratic than a strong-mayor system and had already been adopted by the United States' largest cities.

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The boundaries of the original four wards of Downtown Houston radiated out from the intersection of Main and Congress streets; the First Ward was located to the northwest, Second to the northeast, Third to the southeast, and Fourth to the southwest.

Downtown Houston became a wise choice, as only the most powerful storms were able to reach the city.

Areas which are now considered part of Downtown Houston were once within Third and the Fourth wards; the construction of Interstate 45 in the 1950s separated the areas from their former communities and placed them in Downtown Houston.

Downtown Houston began to rebound from the oil crisis by the mid-1990s.

In 2003, the types of firms with operations in Downtown Houston typically were accounting firms, energy firms, and law firms.

In June 2019 Dianna Wray of Houstonia wrote that Downtown Houston had an increased amount of pedestrian traffic and residents compared to the post-oil bust 1980s.

Hotel operators in Downtown Houston reacted favorably, predicting that the move would cause an increase in occupancy rates in their hotels.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has its Downtown Houston operations headquartered in the JPMorgan Chase Building .

Downtown Houston is divided between Harris County Precinct 1 and Harris County Precinct 2.

Much of Downtown Houston is located in District 147 of the Texas House of Representatives.

Some of Downtown Houston is located in District 148 of the Texas House of Representatives.

Downtown Houston is within District 13 of the Texas Senate; as of 2016 Rodney Ellis represents that district.

Joe Kegans Unit, located in Downtown Houston, is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for men.

The building, named after Barbara Jordan, was designed by the architects who designed the Downtown Houston Astrodome, opened in 1962 and received its current name in 1984.

Downtown Houston contains fifteen public parks, varying from linear parks along Buffalo Bayou to block parks and plazas.

Buffalo Bayou's route through Downtown Houston contains multiple parks which segue together to form a continuous greenway.

Downtown Houston is one of only five cities in the United States with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing art disciplines of opera, ballet, music, and theater.

Shops in Downtown Houston Center, located within the Downtown Houston Center complex, is an enclosed shopping mall.

Several restaurants in Downtown Houston are in the Tunnel system, only open during working hours.

Downtown Houston's added that the popularity of business-related lunches and dinners resulted in steakhouses in Downtown becoming successful.

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The Downtown Houston YMCA provided dormitory space beginning in 1908, and continued to do so in its 1941 building, but the new YMCA to open in 2010 was not to have any.

Magazine Houston Downtown was a Downtown-oriented magazine published by Rosie Walker.

Houston Downtown was closed before Clear could develop a new magazine.

Grade-school children of Downtown are served by the Houston Independent School District .

In 1905 the parish sought and received approval from the state to start a high school; in January 1907 Saint Agnes Academy, outside of Downtown Houston, opened and high school students were transferred to St Agnes.