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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The Beer Can House, Houston

Houston, Texas ~ February 3, 2011
The Beer Can House, 222 Malone Street, Houston, Texas

Barbara took us around to see some of the unique sights of Houston. I had no idea we'd find such bizarre and amusing sights. If you have ever been to Houston and found it uninteresting, or if you've been told that it's boring with nothing to see, I guess you just need a good tour guide. By the way, the downtown area of the city itself is beautiful with fun things to do. The outskirts (miles of them) are just about like any other big city in the U.S.A. If we had seen only that, we might as well have gone to L.A., which is closer. Stay tuned for more pix of surprising Houston.


Detail of the construction. . . . Although many whole beer cans are used in the house, the "fringes" seem to be made of cut cans. You can read more about it on the official Beer Can House web site.


Who would do something like this, you ask? Check it out at http://www.beercanhouse.org/.

For more Houston, check out Houston Daily Photo.

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7 comments:

Pat Tillett said...

Very creative!
I've never seen or even heard of this house in my life. Now I've seen two blog posts photos in two days. That place looks like one giant wind chime!

tapirgal said...

Hey, where was the other one? I looked up "Things to do in Houston" before we left and found something. It was the first I'd heard about it.

Raksha said...

Uhhhh...yeah...okay. At the moment I'm at a loss for words, but I'll take a look at their website as soon as I recover...which could take some time.

Cezar and Léia said...

The decoration in the facade is so different.I think it's very interesting but I'm not sure if it's my kind of "decoration".Anyway the place is cool and I would love to visit as well!
So nice that you have this opportunity and thanks for sharing!
Hugs
Léia

Unknown said...

This is fantastic! How very cool! I definitely needed a good guide as I was there against my will... LOL! The truth is I was coming from Central America and got stuck in Houston for three days because of a big snow storm in NY, airports were closed...

Halcyon said...

I've been to Houston quite a few times and never seen this. Too funny!!

Francisca said...

How funky!