Bull Market Quadriptych

Texas Longhorns in Waco TX - Waco is hardly the most famous place around, but, boy, does it reflect the face, the popular image of Texas. Situated between Austin and Dallas, Waco was located on the important Chisholm Trail, the north-south route used to transport cattle from ranches in Texas to railheads in Kansas.

The Waco Suspension Bridge is the centerpiece of Waco's downtown. The old bridge features the 'Branding the Brazos Cattle Drive Sculpture' - bronze sculptures commemorating the crossing where cowpunchers paid a toll of five cents per head of longhorn cattle to cross the Brazos River. The statues are a part of the Waco Chisholm Trail Heritage sculpture project, a work in progress, as more sculptures are coming, paying homage to Waco's role along the historic cattle-drive trail, where many herds of Texas Longhorns from deep south Texas made their Brazos River crossing over this bridge.

Waco and the Heart of Texas have deep ties to Texas history. Little Waco, 22nd in population with only 125,000 souls within its city limits, is the perfect destination to get the feel of this legendary place called Texas.

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Continental Center I Houston TX

Also known as: Continental Airlines Building - Formerly: 1600 Smith

Continental Center I, 51-story, 732ft office tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, is a slender sliver of pockmarked stone climbing into the sky, a wide grid of strength, challenging the other buildings for dominance of Power Corner.

The tower stands as a postmodern-style building. It is currently the 8th-tallest building in Houston. The structure's asymmetrical shape allows it to look different from different angles, and its final geometry is subject to interpretation. Though it may appear sparse from some sides, the exterior landscaping contains a sunken fountain and picnic area, as well as some interestingly done sculptures integrated into the sidewalk along Smith Street, known as the "rolled up sidewalks". In 2010, Continental Airlines and United Airlines announced that they would merge and that the headquarters of the combined company would be in the Chicago Loop in Chicago.

1600 Smith may look chunky, but it is refreshingly different, and the garage for the former Continental Airlines Building has a cool view of the futuristic looking pedestrian skywalks of Chevron's buildings.

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Esperson Buildings Houston, TX

Once, this was the crown jewel of Houston's skyline, and today Esperson Buildings is the only full-blown example of Italian Renaissance architecture in Houston downtown. It was the tallest building in Texas when built. Because of its history, this structure is properly referred to in the plural. The lit cupola crowning the building, along with the Gulf Building, defined the Houston skyline for three decades.

Esperson Buildings is wonderfully detailed with a gold-leaf tower topped by an elaborate grand tempietto similar to the one built in 1502 in the courtyard of San Pietro in Rome. Roof gardens grace the 17th, 22nd, 25th and 29th floors. The keystones on the lower floors look somewhat like Texas longhorns, but are actually Roman ox skulls. The interior retains some of their 1930s detail - terra cotta urns, terraces, bronze elevator doors, arabesque obelisks, and extensive use of imported Roman marble. Mellie Esperson had the building constructed for her husband, Niels, a Texas real estate and oil tycoon. His name is carved on the side of the building in large letters at street level. The name "Mellie Esperson" is carved on her accompanying structure, known as the Mellie Esperson building. It is really just a 19-story annex to the originally building, and the reason the two are termed collectively.

The ghost of Mellie Esperson is said to roam the "Mellie" building. The elevator malfunctions, and employees say they feel "watched." The Esperson buildings have the curious habit of popping up when you least expect it in the city's skyline. Because of its central location and lack of any taller next-door neighbors, this architectural ghost of the Espersons is able to haunt millions of people daily from its lofty perch.

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