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• 11 September 2001 – The Capitol is closed to the public when terrorists attack the Pen-
tagon.
• 15 October 2001 – Tours of the capitol are suspended after an anthrax-laden letter
shows up in a Senator's office. Several people are infected.
• 8 December 2001 – Tours of the U.S. Capitol have resumed. They were suspended in
September 2001 after the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, but the House and
Senate Galleries remained open. Security has been tightened and only guided tours are permit-
ted. Gone are the days when a long-haired teen with a backpack and a disc camera could wan-
der the halls for hours and marvel at the institution, as the Glass Steel and Stone editor did in
his youth. Among the items that are verboten: backpacks along with cans, bottles, and any kind
of sprays from mace to Redi-Whip to fix-a-flat.
• 27 December 2001 – In a show of sympathy and solidarity, the United States Congress
plans to convene in New York City in 2001. The last congressional held in New York was from
1789 to 1790 when New York was still the capital of the nation. It’s the first time congress has
left the Capitol in Washington, DC since the British burned it down during the War of 1812.
• 21 March 2003 – Tours of the U.S. Capitol are suspended because of the war in Iraq.
• 25 April 2003 – Tours of the U.S. Capitol resume.
HILTON AMERICAS-HOUSTON
This building is the central pivot in a plan to bring new life to the east side of downtown.
Previously, the area was little more than one surface parking lot after another. With the expan-
sion of the convention center, and the construction of the downtown basketball and hockey
arena, this new hotel was a must.
It is actually physically linked with the convention center via two skywalks, and is across the
street from the arena. It is a rare punctuation in the neighborhood skyline, which previously
ended with the Houston Center several blocks away. There has been little debate over the
look of this hotel.
While some projects like the Calpine Center and 1500 Louisiana became the center of furi-
ous discussion, the Hilton Americas-Houston, with it's bland appearance and wicker-basket fa-
cade, managed to slide under the aesthetic radar. That may be because it was caught up in a po-
litical spider web. The city has needed this hotel for decades. Large conventions wouldn't con-
sider the Bayou City without it, and because of that, millions of convention dollars went else-
where.
For 30 years, people tried to get it built, but with so much greed swirling around the cham-
bers at City Hall, it seemed like every politician wanted a piece of the pie. In fact, several were
caught on videotape during an FBI sting taking a bribe in connection with the hotel. Council-
men Ben Reyes, John Castillo, John Peavy Junior, and Michael Yarbrough, and Port Commis-
sioner Berri Maldonado were indicted. Reyes and Maldonado were convicted.
• The hotel has 1,200 rooms. The hotel has 62 suites.
• The hotel has two Presidential suites.
• The hotel has two ballrooms, and 30 meeting rooms.
• At the time of its opening, the hotel had the largest ballroom in Houston – 40,000 square
feet.
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