SPORTS + OUTDOORS

Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) presents a Buffalo Bayou Walking Tour, Saturday, February 5 at 10am.  Meet at Market Square Park, 301 Milam St.

Explore the city from a vantage point most people don’t see: the waterway that gave Houston life and has been its backbone for 175 years. Architecture Center Houston (ArCH), with the cooperation of Buffalo Bayou Partnership, invite you to a stroll along Buffalo Bayou Parkway for an overview of downtown Houston’s history and architecture from its beginnings in 1836 to the efforts to revitalize the central city today.

The tour showcases the innovative bayou reclamation efforts of the City of Houston, Harris County, and Buffalo Bayou Partnership, while topically discussing history and preservation, contemporary architecture, the bayou, and adjacent parkland.

Selected landmark structures along the tour route:
A Allen’s Landing Park and Main Street Viaduct, (pictured) B San Jacinto Jail, C University of Houston Downtown: One Main Building, D Historic warehouses on Commerce Avenue, E Remnants of Houston Ice & Brewing Co. complex, F Buffalo Bayou bridge complex, G U.S. Post Offic,e H Preston Avenue Bridge and Sesquicentennial Park Commons, I Wortham Theater Center, J Sesquicentennial Park promenade and entrance, K Bayou Place, L Downtown Aquarium, M Sabine-to-Bagby Promenade, N Hobby Center, O City Hall P Bob Casey Federal Building.

About Architecture Center:
Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) houses offices of the American Institute of Architecture, Houston Chapter, the Architecture Center Houston Foundation, a gallery for rotating architecture-related exhibitions, meeting rooms, and a terrace overlooking Buffalo Bayou. ArCH aims to promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the ways in which architecture and urban design influence and enhance the quality of life in our community.

For general inquiries, please call 713.520.0155, or visit www.aiahouston.org  online.

About Buffalo Bayou Partnership:
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership is a non-profit organization that oversees Buffalo Bayou improvements. The Partnership coordinates the integration of major amenities into the Bayou greenbelt and seeks ways to increase community involvement through pedestrian, boating and biking amenities, permanent and temporary art installations, and other natural and built attractions.

For general inquiries, please call 713.752.0314, or visit the Partnership online at www.buffalobayou.org.