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Downtown Houston - Hermann Square

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The front of the Houston City Hall building steps down to a small park, Martha Hermann Square, which is dominated by a reflecting pool.

This was at one time the homestead of George H. Hermann, for whom Hermann Park in the Museum District is named.

Although not fancy, Hermann Square has a simple elegance and is regularly used for festivals, protests and concerts. To accommodate larger events, the reflecting pool is planked over and tents and kiosks are often erected.

According to urban legend, people are allowed to sleep in the park. Officially, however, the Parks Department says that people are not permitted to sleep there.

Nevertheless, the city attorney's office went on record as recently as 1987 in a Houston Chronicle article stating that the police are not to arrest anyone sleeping in the park.

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  Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
  
  901 Bagby St.
  Smith and Bagby
  Houston, TX 77002
  
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03/10/13	24th Annual AIDS Walk Houston Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
12/08/12- 12/14/12	4th Annual Gingerbread Build-Off (and Exhibition) Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
11/17/12- 11/18/12	Houston Via Colori® Street Painting Festival Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/27/12	2012 Great Pumpkin Fun Run Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/20/12	Energy Day 2012 Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/13/12- 10/14/12	41st Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
06/09/12	2012 Houston Beer Fest Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/29/11	2011 Annual Great Pumpkin Fun Run Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/22/11	5th Annual Puerto Rican & Cuban Festival Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/15/11	Energy Day 2011 Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/08/11- 10/09/11	40th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
06/11/11	2011 Houston Beer Fest Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
11/06/10- 11/07/10	4th Annual Turkic Cultures & Children's Festival Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/30/10	2010 Great Pumpkin Fun Run Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/23/10	2010 Puerto Rican & Cuban Festival Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/09/10- 10/10/10	Seeking Six Sparkling Strands: Several Dancers Core - Bayou City Art Festival Performance Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/09/10- 10/10/10	39th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
07/18/10	1st Colombian & Venezuelan Festival Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
12/10/09	NEW DATE The Mayor's 2009 Holiday Celebration Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
11/07/09- 11/08/09	3rd Annual Turkic Cultures & Childrenâ€™s Festival Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
10/31/09	2009 Great Pumpkin Fun Run Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
07/19/09	Colombian Festival 2009 Downtown Houston - Hermann Square
06/20/09	World Beat Music Festival Downtown Houston - Hermann Square