Re: Fw: Downtown Waterfront Walking Tour

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I am going! I want to make this an official field trip.

Downtowns Historic Waterfront
Walking Tour
2 p.m., Sunday, January 13, 2008
Meets at Allens Landing Park, 1001 Commerce
$10 ($7 for students)

Let me know if you are going. We may get a carpool going.

Hailey

On 1/8/08, Farrel Sharp <fsh...@mindspring.com> wrote:
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> Hey..wow...feels like it's been a while. You guys good?
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> The walking tour sounds cool. I'm gonna go.
> You guys?
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> Oh, and what about the faith tour?
> Talk to me.
> F#
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> Downtown's Historic Waterfront
> Walking Tour
> 2 p.m., Sunday, January 13, 2008
> Meets at Allen's Landing Park, 1001 Commerce
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> Explore Houston's historic downtown waterfront during Greater Houston
> Preservation Alliance's 90-minute guided walking tour at 2 p.m., Sunday,
> January 13. GHPA and Buffalo Bayou Partnership are cooperating on this
> program to focus attention on the bayou's crucial role in Houston's
> development
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> Tour participants will hear little-known stories about Civil War-era
> Houston, including the history of a Confederate prison compound and the tale
> of two brothers killed by a bomb in the wreckage of a Confederate gunboat
> and entombed on the banks of the bayou. The tour also includes the surviving
> elements of Houston's first port and remnants of the Houston Ice & Brewing
> Company complex.
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> Tickets are $10 per person ($7 for GHPA members and students with valid
> ID). Children 11 years old and under are admitted free. Tickets go on sale
> at 1:30 p.m. on the day of the tour in Allen's Landing Park, 1001 Commerce
> at Main [map]. The tour begins at 2 p.m.; the last tour group leaves at 2:10
> p.m. Reservations are not required. Tickets may be charged to VISA,
> MasterCard or American Express.
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> Parking is free on downtown streets on Sundays. Paid parking is available
> in nearby lots. There are no public restrooms along the tour route.
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> GHPA is supported in part by grants from the City of Houston through the
> Houston Arts Alliance.
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