Never been to Downtown Houston's underground tunnel system? Here's what to know about its...
Sandra Lord, affectionately referred to as"the Tunnel Lady," has led walking tours of Houston and the underground tunnel system since 1991.into the chic, modern collection of shops and culture it is now.
The tunnels' origins begin in the early 1900s, and was nothing like the hive that exists today. In the early 1930s, a tunnel was built connecting two ofSterling owned both the Houston Post-Dispatch in the 1920s,and the Sterling Building, which was completed in 1931. The tunnel connecting the two was beneath Fannin Street and spanned between both Texas Street and Capitol Street.
Will Horwitz' first theater purchase was the 1913 Travis Theater at 614 Travis St. in 1919 for $150, renamed the Iris Theater after his daughter Ruth Iris. It is now the site of 75-story JP Morgan Chase Tower. He then opened the Texan theater in 1925 at 814 Capitol St., and began building the Uptown Theater at 805 Capitol St. 10 years later., which would require digging holes in the basements.
It would include shops and restaurants upstairs along with a penny arcade and a German wine tavern downstairs., the Texan Theater closed down Sep. 8, 1953, was demolished and the tunnels sat abandoned for years."It's fascinating because he made the tunnel system more interesting as I brought in more people through walking tours," Lord said about the parallel in the tunnel's growth during this time."I called it the"new tunnel.
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