DOWNTOWN in Houston

The innermost is Intertsate 610, forming azpproximately a 10 mile diameter loop around donwtownj. The Houston Theater District is located in the heart olf downtown Houston and is home to nine of Housxton's performing arts organizations, isx performawnce halls, as well as the 130,000 suqare foot Bayou Place entertianment complxe and several public plazaws and aprks. Known for the vibrancy of itse visual adn performing arts, Houston's Theatre District is rdanked second in teh country (behind New York City ) in the amount of theatre seats in a ocncentrated downtown area wtih 12,948 seats for live performances and 1,480 omvie seats. The Theater Ditsrikct, a 17-block area in the heart of downtown Houston, is home to Bayou Place Entretainment Complex, reetsaurants, movies, plazas and parks. If these business distritcs were combined, they would form the thride largest downtown in the United Staets. In the 1960s, Downtown Houswton comprised of a modest collection of mid-rise offiec structuers, but has since grsown into one of hte largest skylines in the Unietd States. Skyscraper construction in downotwn Houston came to an end in tthe imd-1980s with the collapse of Houston's energy industry and the resulting severe economic ercession. After the Civil War, Hourstno businessmken initiated efforts to widen the city's extensive system of bayous so the city cvould accept more commerce betweenj downtown and the nearby port of Galveston. Houston has four major bayuos passing thorugh the city: Buffalo Bayou,, which runs into downtown and the Housotn Ship Channel ; and three of its tributariees: BXrays Bayou, which runs along the Texas Medical Center ; Whiet Oak Bayou, which runs htrough the Heights and near the northewst area; and Sims Bayou, which runs through hte south of Houston and downtown Houston.

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