NEIGHBORHOOD POINTS OF INTEREST:

• The Menil Collection (1515 Sul Ross St.)
  The Rothko Chapel and Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk Statue (1520 Yupon @ Sul Ross)
  The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum (3900 Yupon @ Branard)
  The Cy Twombly Gallery (1501 Branard St.)
  The Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall (1500 block of Richmond Ave.)
• The University of St. Thomas
  The Link-Lee Mansion (corner of West Alabama and Montrose Blvd.)
  The boyhood home of Howard Hughes (Corner of Yoakum Blvd. and Branard)
  Campus and Chapel of St. Basil designed by Philip Johnson
  The Cross at the entrance to the Campus on W. Alabama and Montrose – Philip Johnson’s last design before his death
• Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church and School (north of W. Alabama on Yoakum Blvd.)
• The High School for Performing and Visual Arts (corner of West Main and Stanford)
• The Waldo Mansion (corner of Garrott St. and Westmoreland St.) – home moved to the neighborhood in the early 1900’s from downtown
• The Museum of Fine Arts (corner of Montrose Blvd. and Binz)
  The Contemporary Arts Museum (opposite corner of Montrose Blvd. and Binz from the Museum of Fine Arts)
  The Cullen Sculpture Garden (across Binz from the Museum of Fine Arts)
• The Mecom Fountain (intersection of Montrose Blvd. and Main St.)
• Rice University (6100 block of Main Street)
• Houston Museum of Natural Science (One Hermann Circle Drive in Hermann Park)
  The Butterfly Exhibit
  IMAX
• Houston Zoo (Hermann Park)
• Houston Children’s Museum (1500 Binz)
• Texas Medical Center

Distance to AREA ATTRACTIONS

High School for Visual & Performing Arts -1 block

Menil Collection Complex - 3 blocks

University of St. Thomas - 2 blocks

Museum of Fine Arts Complex -3/4 mile

Museum of Natural Science Complex - 3/4 mile

Rice University - 3/4 mile

Holocaust Museum -3/4 mile

Houston Zoo - 1 mile

Texas Medical Center - 1 mile

Hermann Golf Course -1 mile

Downtown/Theater district - 4 miles

Galleria Post Oak Area - 5 miles

Hobby Airport - 12 miles

Bush Intercontinental Airport -25 miles

Johnson Space Center - 30 miles

Galveston - 45 miles

Shopping, nightlife, art galleries, antique & resale shops, parks, fountains, monuments, and over 30 restaurants are within 15 blocks.