All photographs by Abrahán Garza 2010-2013 var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-31048963-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @houstoricproject)http://houstoricproject.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rMBUV14MFn0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>KVIE Arts Showcase </span><span>TONIGHT! At 7pm on KVIE PBS</span></p> <p><span>Discover how photographer Abrahán Garza revisits old postcard locations to create images with historic and modern elements. Enjoy a rare interview with Mel Brooks and tour Sacramento Airport’s Terminal B. Be inspired by both Jeff LaDow, a quadriplegic who continues to paint, and Michael Bise, whose drawings trace the narrative of his life.</span></p> <p><span>KVIE.org - Where California’s Central Valley & Sierra gets its PBS</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/53276464294http://houstoricproject.com/post/53276464294Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:56 -0500houstoricprojecthoustoricvideohoustoric projectabrahan garzapbskvie<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7WkzWvJrPno?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>HoustoricProject featured on </span><span>Arts InSight - HoustonPBS Channel 8</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258555567http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258555567Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:19:46 -0600houstonpbspbshoustorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f00fc3103339de4d5ec7954f3ba71c6b/tumblr_m2xten5Toi1ruwt3ho1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Allen Parkway Walkway Bridge, 1952.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258432859http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258432859Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:18:14 -0600allen parkwaybuffalo drive1952houstorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1xd7vrR1s1qfo3q8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Main Street between Texas and Prairie, 1967. The </span><em>Houston Press</em><span> newsbox is for the defunct daily.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258390007http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258390007Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:17:42 -06001967houston pressmain streethoustorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xtdioFTX1ruwt3ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>First United Methodist Church, Main Street at Clay in 1946.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258343283http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258343283Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:17:07 -0600First United Methodist Churchchurchgothicmain streethoustorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xtfnfWRd1ruwt3ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>COURTLANDT PLACE, Houston Texas in the 1950s. </span></p> <p>- Courtlandt Place is a gated subdivision between Westheimer and Hawthorne between Bagby and Taft Streets. </p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258271905http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258271905Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:16:12 -0600courtlandt p;lacemontrosehoustorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3hej3TYMQ1ruwt3ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Gillman Pontiac (now Gillman Honda) in 1965 - currently the Houston Press Building at 1621 Milam. Crazy to think that GTOs and Bonnevilles were sold in the lobby.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258234855http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258234855Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:15:43 -0600houston pressmilam streethoustorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xthwn3UK1ruwt3ho1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Across the street from Union Station stands the Ben Milam Hotel, the first hotel with air conditioning - a big deal for Houston in 1932. </span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258186330http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258186330Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:15:07 -0600ben milam hotelhoustorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xts31I311ruwt3ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>I’d trade the light rail for the Slow and Fast lanes you see here in the late 1920s anyday. - 1100 Main Street at McKinney.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258149749http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258149749Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:14:40 -0600main streethoustorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xtig7qeD1ruwt3ho1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Jones Hall, unchanged since the year it won the American Institute of Architects’ Honor Award, 1967.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258090335http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258090335Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:13:56 -0600jones hallhoustorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xtcfVmo71ruwt3ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>United States Post Office, 701 San Jacinto at Rusk in 1939.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258056296http://houstoricproject.com/post/44258056296Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:13:29 -0600houstorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b036a62179585487382dd5a6d6cd2362/tumblr_mill8qkzQc1ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Set your DVRs. The segment I filmed for </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ArtsInSightTV?group_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=474422799256704&extragetparams=%7B%22group_id%22%3A0%7D">Arts InSight</a><span> earlier this month - featuring the HoustoricProject - will air next Thursday at 7pm on Houston PBS Channel 8!</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/43686603718http://houstoricproject.com/post/43686603718Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:24:26 -0600meArtsInsighthouston PBSchannel 8houstorichoustoricprojecthoustontexashouston texas77002historyhouston historytexas historyhoustoric project<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e305a6854eca1952412ff22dfd4f33e2/tumblr_mhqce8F9Ru1ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Baytown’s Big Oak Tree</strong><br/><span>Located on Texas avenue and seen here in the 1930s, it is one of Baytown’s oldest natural landmarks. Saved from the ax by Ross S. Sterling himself in 1919, when it was threatened by a new road. He proclaimed, “It required many years for nature to produce such a beautiful thing like that and we must save it.” Price Pruett, who owned that land where the tree stood, made an agreement with the Harris County Commissioner that the tree would be allowed to stand until it died of natural causes.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332477402http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332477402Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:27:00 -0600Baytown's Big Oak Treebaytown oak treebaytown texasbaytownhoustorichoustoric projectold baytownprice pruettross sterlingross s sterling<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/607855ecea997c5974ed31d8acc07634/tumblr_mhqcbm9cDy1ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Here is another angle of the Sterling Municipal Library in 1968</strong></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332366663http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332366663Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:26:00 -0600Sterling Municipal Librarybaytownbaytown texasold baytownlibrarytexas libraryhoustorichoustoric project<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4c728fff0bf3464b0efebfd34b532837/tumblr_mhqc9kC27a1ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Sterling Municipal Library</strong><span> </span><br/><span>Located on Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks Avenue, the library building was dedicated in 1963.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332278362http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332278362Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:24:00 -0600Sterling Municipal LibraryMary Elizabeth Wilbanks AvenueMary Elizabeth Wilbanksbaytownbaytown texasold baytownhoustorichoustoric projecttexas librarylibrary<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8010e36471c60d2e8750f4ffd5149e39/tumblr_mhqc7iC8LN1ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>San Jacinto Memorial Hospital</strong><br/><span>1101 Decker Drive. Seen here before it opened in 1948. It closed its doors in the early 2000s as San Jacinto Methodist Hospital.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332191823http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332191823Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:23:00 -0600baytownold baytownbaytown texashoustorichoustoric projectSan Jacinto Memorial Hospitalsan jacintohospital<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1476447124ee399b922661dc9bb9e5f6/tumblr_mhqc5r9tq31ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan Association Bank Building</strong><br/><span>401 W. Texas Avenue. Seen here in 1968. Opened in 1960 and closed its doors in 1990. Last housed CAN! Cease Addiction Now!, a drug and alcohol rehab center.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332117432http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332117432Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:22:00 -0600baytown texasbaytownold baytownhoustorichoustoric projectCitizens of Texas Savings and Loan Association Bank BuildingArchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0ccb414b788738ffed69a4bfaed590e4/tumblr_mhqc3sUOZZ1ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>St. Joseph Catholic Church School</strong><br/><span>1811 Carolina Street. Established in 1949. Currently St. Joseph Catholic Elementary. The cross on top of the building is missing. It is on the ground leaning against the building by the door. </span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332034315http://houstoricproject.com/post/42332034315Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:21:00 -0600baytownold baytownSt. Joseph Catholic Church Schoolhoustorichoustoric projectbaytown texastexas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f2efb66c4e43ef71f00cb51d82ee439/tumblr_mhqc1iARgk1ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>St. Joseph Catholic Church</strong><br/><span>1907 Carolina Street. Originally a wooden shack, this is the second incarnation of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, which was built in 1924, seen here and above in 1968.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/42331934715http://houstoricproject.com/post/42331934715Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:20:00 -0600baytownold baytownbaytown texashoustorichoustoric projectSt. Joseph Catholic Church<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a757358f2c43332d9805fa4e07071f1/tumblr_mhqc03Zif11ruwt3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>First Baptist Church in 1940</strong><span> </span><br/><span>2728 Kentucky. The building was finished in 1940. It is currently Iglesia Bautista Bethel.</span></p>http://houstoricproject.com/post/42331875199http://houstoricproject.com/post/42331875199Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:19:00 -0600First Baptist Churchbaytownbaytown texasold baytownhoustorichoustoric project