This is the most active thread on anything Houston, so I'm going to post it here.
Three Gentlemen, One Ghost, and a Skyscraper
Before some formidable Houstonians could erect the tallest building in Texas, an even more formidable ghost had to be laid to rest.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/article...-a-skyscraper/
This story is from Texas Monthly’s archives. We have left it as it was originally published, without updating, to maintain a clear historical record.
Like pilgrims entering a shrine, seven men clutching scrolls and sketchbooks filed past the stone colonnades, past the art deco frescoes depicting the history of Texas, and into the vaulted cathedral of the Texas Commerce Bank lobby. To the bank employees who arrived early on this chilly December morning in 1977, the seven must have seemed an unremarkable group. Dressed in the muted blues and grays of business couture, the strangers could have been a contingent of pension-fund managers or, for that matter, the directors of a sausage company coming in for a loan.