Houston Skyline District

Sky Line, Houston, Texas (postcard, circa 1923)

Skyline District of Downtown

The Houston Skyline District is a geographic area encompassing severral blocks of downtown Houston, Texas, USA.

Houston Sky Line Business District (postcard, trifold, circa 1912)

The term 'Skyline District' originated when downtown Houston was divided into a number of smaller districts: the Main Street Corridor, the Market Square Historical District, and the Houston Theater District.

The collection of skyscrapers in this district creates one of the largest skylines in the United States. Most of Houston's major modern buildings can be found in this district, including the two tallest buildings in both Houston and Texas: the JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston) and Wells Fargo Bank Plaza. These buildings are home to the headquarters of various multinational businesses and financial institutions.

Most of the buildings in the Skyline District are connected by the Houston Downtown Tunnel System.

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Houston Skyline District map

Downtown Houston

Areas

Education

Primary & Secondary Schools	Houston Independent School District Incarnate Word Academy

Colleges and universities	University of Houston–Downtown South Texas College of Law Houston Community College (closest campus is Midtown)

Libraries	Houston Public Library (Jones Building, Julia Ideson Building, and HPL Express Discovery Green)

Skyscrapers and complexes

Parks

Other landmarks

METRORail stations

This list is incomplete.

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Houston Skyline District

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