On Location: The Tree of Life (1100 Louisiana) Houston, Texas, United States
By Great Birds on 26-May-10. Waypoint GA2241

A bison tube hidden in an urban location. Plenty of parking. Pay careful attention to your surroundings if looking at night.

There is not much to say about this movie as it is in post production as of the publishing of the cache.

The Tree of Life stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Joanna Going, Fiona Shaw, and Jessica Chastain. Filmed at locations all over the state and employing the building at 1100 Louisiana in Houston. The area around the building is saturated with caches, so I chose a more remote location that has a good view of the building. If you look north from here you can see the prominent pink granite building featuring the "cut away" bays in the sides. The 55 story Skidmore, Owens and Merrill skyscraper stands handsomely next to the green glass Wells Fargo building. The cutaway side made room for a rather stark bank lobby and an outdoor plaza. Originally built by that great shaper of the Houston skyline, Hines Interests, to house First International bank. It has gone through a number of names as the economy has changed and is now called Enterprise Plaza after the major tenant, Enterprise Product Partners. The ultra modern former bank lobby has been converted into a home for the PageSoutherlandPage architectural firm and serves as the location where Penn's character works.

If you have a few minutes, go the few extra blocks to get a closer look. It is one of the more interesting and innovative buildings among the many great contributions that Hines made to the city skyline during the boom years.

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