Houston landmarks according to you

The Bayou City's expansive sprawl has produced several skylines across the area, including downtown, the Galleria and the Texas Medical Center. The Energy Corridor is another area that holds the potential to become a fourth skyline to rise up from Houston's expanse.

For many responses, these three skylines were starting points of Houston's key landmarks. Within each of these are more specific landmarks, some of which are listed below.

Discovery Green and the GRB

Within downtown is the George R. Brown Convention Center and Discovery Green. The greenspace of Discovery Green offers newcomers and residents a well-planned portion of Houston. The several-block area is a city planner's dream with greenspace, local program offerings, walkability components, retail and restaurant fronts and hotels.

Both Discovery Green and the Convention Center transformed to host many of the Super Bowl LI special events in 2017.

Houston's sports arenas

Also within downtown are three of the four sports arenas for Houston's professional teams.

Minute Maid Park hosts the Astros, the Toyota Center hosts the Rockets and the BBVA Compass stadium hosts the men's and women's soccer teams. The only other arena that isn't in the downtown area is NRG Park, which hosts the Texans, and the no-longer-used Astrodome, both located within the 610 South Loop.

The Menil Campus, the Rothko Chapel and the Broken Obelisk

Within the Montrose area is the Menil Campus, the free and open-to-the-public art collection of about 17,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs and rare books donated by the founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil.

Nextdoor to the campus is the Rothko Chapel, which was founded in 1871 and houses some of the more famous work from the Menil collection. It's currently closed for a restoration of the chapel and an expansion of the artwork by Mark Rothko.

The Waterwall

The Williams Tower is the tallest building in the Galleria area west of downtown Houston and beside it is the Gerald D. Hines Waterwall.

The waterwall is Houston's iconic version of a waterfall and visitors around the world go to the installation to take photos, relax from the sounds, picnic or just generally enjoy the outdoors in a very urban district.

The Universities

Houston has several colleges and universities throughout the area.

Downtown hosts the University of Houston's downtown campus, off I-45 in Third Ward sit both the main campus of UH and Texas Southern University, Montrose hosts St. Thomas University and the Texas Medical Center is right across the street from Rice University. All, as well as several other colleges and community colleges, are used as landmarks throughout the vast city.

Houston's Parks

Memorial Park is known for its vast golf greens and 3-mile loop and is hard to miss while heading into town on I-10.

Buffalo Bayou Park, just like its connecting bayous, including Brays, White Oak and others, are considered the veins that run through the city. They once weren't invested in, but residents found their value and improved the bayous to what we have now: A soon-to-be-connected system of waterways used for various outdoor, recreational activities.

Similarly, Hermann Park is the center that connects the Museum District to the Medical District and Rice University. The Sam Houston statue and Mecom Fountain are the two roundabouts in this area's center that connect these areas together.

Be Someone Graffiti

The Be Someone sign is Houston's trademark graffiti. Located on the railroad tracks stretching across I-45 heading south, the signature sign makes headlines every time someone tampers with the message.

The location and message of the graffiti go hand-in-hand with each other as hundreds of thousands of workers travel to downtown every day reading the message, "be someone."

The Orange Show

This unique art installation is a tribute to oranges by a late Houston mail carrier named Jeff McKissack. In 1956 he began creating what is now a unique art installation built by scrap materials and items McKissack discovered along his mail route.

Nextdoor to The Orange Show is Smither Park, Houston's first art-inspired park. More than 300 artists contributed permanent mosaics to the park to give it its unique, colorful design.

Emancipation Park

Emancipation Park has been in existence since 1872 when two prominent black churches pooled $1,000 together to purchase 10 acres of open land to celebrate Juneteenth. During racial segregation, Emancipation Park was acquired by the city and it was the only park African-Americans could use at the time.

After undergoing extensive renovations, including a new pool, indoor and outdoor basketball courts, picnic areas, playgrounds and tennis courts, the park recently reopened on June 17, 2017.

The Reservoirs

Addicks and Barker Reservoirs are a combined 26,000 acres used as a flood control system that attempts to prevent downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou and Mayde and Bear Creeks.

The reservoirs were made in the 1940s, but were criticized on their effectiveness following the extensive damages caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Houston's Temples

The temples in the southwest portion of Houston are a perfect example of Houston's diversity.

The Buddhist Teo Chew Temple and BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir traditional Hindu temple are both examples of the religious diversity Houston hosts.

Destinations like the Hong Kong City Mall and other Asian markets also exemplify the area's diversity.

Houston Ship Channel

The Houston Ship Channel is another key landmark and locator for Houstonians, according to our followers' responses. The port is among the unique qualities of Houston both socially and economically. Much of the city's imports and exports are transferred through the Houston Ship Channel.