Ya Ya Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Russia http://www.rusconshouston.org/eng_main.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Russia http://www.rusconshouston.org/eng_main.htm The Mexican consulate is just under 59 from the Fiesta. I have invaded Mexico before by stepping onto their property. I have also invaded China at the Chinese consulate on Montrose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I thought it was cool when the World Trade Center was built, and all +40 consulates Houston had at the time were located there.I don't think that is true. (all of Houston's consulates being in the World Trade Center Building). The Directory of Tenants when the building opened in 1962 shows only three consulates in the building: Great Britain, Belgium, and Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 The Australian consulate used to be in the Post Oak Towers, but it looks like they're on Feagan now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 VNA 22/08/2009 - A Vietnamese mission, led by Le Dung, former spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, has arrived in Houston city of Texas state, the US, to prepare for the opening of another Vietnamese general consulate in the country. Dung, who has been appointed as the head of the Vietnamese General Consulate in Houston city, met with the US Department of State representative in Houston, Betty Mc Cutchan, shortly after his arrival to ask for the representative’s coordination in the preparations. Dung said the Vietnamese General Consulate in Houston is likely to be inaugurated no later than September. The new general consulate in Houston, Vietnam second after another in San Francisco in California, will mark a new step forward in Vietnam-US relations. It is expected to boost the economic, trade, investment, cultural and education relations between Vietnamese and US partners. The opening of a general consulate in the biggest city of Texas, home to many Vietnamese-American people, will also create a direct link between the overseas Vietnamese community in the US with the homeland, as well as provide more favourable conditions for dealing with issues related to overseas Vietnamese in Texas and the US./.http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/nr040807104143/nr040807105001/ns090824095639 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 You can bet there will be protests wherever they put this consulate. Most, if not all, Vietnamese in Houston fled from the current government of Vietnam. I suspect, though, that the reason this is coming here isn't the large Vietnamese population but to establish closer ties with oil firms exploring in the South China Sea off Vietnam's coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I think I remember someone saying that Houston has the second-most consulates in the US after Washington D.C. Seems like we might be behind NYC as well, though. I can think of many here, Mexico and China being the two most prominent noticeable ones. Sometimes when I'm riding my bike down Montrose I'll go step on the porch of the Chinese consulate and "invade" China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Here's a list of foreign embassies and consulates in the U.S. and in which cities: http://www.embassiesabroad.com/embassies-in/UnitedStates 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Wow, we do have a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I think I remember someone saying that Houston has the second-most consulates in the US after Washington D.C. Seems like we might be behind NYC as well, though. I can think of many here, Mexico and China being the two most prominent noticeable ones. Sometimes when I'm riding my bike down Montrose I'll go step on the porch of the Chinese consulate and "invade" China. DC would have the embassies and other cities consulates. I thought Houston was second in consulates but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 (edited) I love the look of the Chinese one: LinkCool, I've never seen it from the backside: Link Edited August 25, 2009 by kylejack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) DC would have the embassies and other cities consulates. I thought Houston was second in consulates but I could be wrong.Third, behind New York and LA. According to the Greater Houston Partnership, we have 90 (and their list does not include Viet Nam, so I guess we now have 91.FWIW, it looks like LA has 98. Edited September 5, 2009 by Houston19514 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Here's a list of foreign embassies and consulates in the U.S. and in which cities: http://www.embassiesabroad.com/embassies-in/UnitedStatesIt only shows the Mexican embassy in Washington D.C. and a consulate in Phoenix, but I know that there's a Mexican consulate in Houston located adjacent to US 59 in the Museum District. Perhaps it isn't a complete list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 It only shows the Mexican embassy in Washington D.C. and a consulate in Phoenix, but I know that there's a Mexican consulate in Houston located adjacent to US 59 in the Museum District. Perhaps it isn't a complete list.Appears to be a pretty bad list. There are about a dozen Mexican consulates just in Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I remember years ago, we got a call from a building manager (in the Galleria area). He stated that a sewer line must be broken and that we should come take a look around and fix it. Tenants were complaining, he said. We assumed it to be a plumbing vent that someone had apparently forgot to cap, so up into the building we went. We traced the smell to an asian consulate's office (I won't tell you the country). The stench was so bad that my apprentice almost hurled. It appeared that the consulate was harboring some family and the members were cooking up dinner at night and heating it up again for breakfast. When the building air handlers kicked on each morning it would take the smell to all floors. What these people were cooking was eye watering to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I remember years ago, we got a call from a building manager (in the Galleria area). He stated that a sewer line must be broken and that we should come take a look around and fix it. Tenants were complaining, he said. We assumed it to be a plumbing vent that someone had apparently forgot to cap, so up into the building we went. We traced the smell to an asian consulate's office (I won't tell you the country). The stench was so bad that my apprentice almost hurled. It appeared that the consulate was harboring some family and the members were cooking up dinner at night and heating it up again for breakfast. When the building air handlers kicked on each morning it would take the smell to all floors. What these people were cooking was eye watering to say the least. If it smelled like a broken sewer line then they might have been eating a popular southeast asian fruit called durian. My wife and her family love the stuff, but to me it smells like roadkill in mid-July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 True, durian stinks on ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Where's the Korean Consulate located in what part of Houston ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Let me Google that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 On 6/11/2017 at 7:54 AM, Houston19514 said: Let me Google that for you. There's been discussion of opening up the Philippine Consulate General's Office in Houston again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 On 2/19/2009 at 4:43 AM, rsb320 said: The Australian consulate used to be in the Post Oak Towers, but it looks like they're on Feagan now. It's only an honorary consulate - no actual consul general. I think the original consulate general closed in the 1990s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) On 2/18/2009 at 2:43 PM, rsb320 said: The Australian consulate used to be in the Post Oak Towers, but it looks like they're on Feagan now. 11 hours ago, VicMan said: It's only an honorary consulate - no actual consul general. I think the original consulate general closed in the 1990s. According to Australia's embassy website, it's still on Post Oak Blvd (3009) and it's still a Consulate General. http://usa.embassy.gov.au/whwh/HoustonCG0315HoustonCG0315.html Edited October 16, 2017 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 In that case they reopened it in 2015! Holy cow! http://aacc-houston.org/new-australian-consulate-general-in-houston/ Now we just need the Netherlands and Switzerland back. Nigeria would be a good one too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 10/16/2017 at 8:03 AM, VicMan said: In that case they reopened it in 2015! Holy cow! http://aacc-houston.org/new-australian-consulate-general-in-houston/ Now we just need the Netherlands and Switzerland back. Nigeria would be a good one too. What about the Thai Consulate General Office ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 The Philippine Consulate General office in Houston will be reopened later this year according to Noemi Frias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Denmark is opening a Consulate General in Houston. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/bizfeed/article/Denmark-opens-Consulate-General-in-Houston-12893668.php?src=hp_totn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Just heard on Ch 13 ABC that the Mexican Consulate by Midtown/Museum District is closing this month and moving to Richmond St on the west side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, hindesky said: Just heard on Ch 13 ABC that the Mexican Consulate by Midtown/Museum District is closing this month and moving to Richmond St on the west side. Looks like they're going to be at Richmond and Rogerdale, just outside the beltway. Down the street a little ways is the Indonesian consulate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Correct. Richmond and Rogerdale. TxDOT swapped about 3 acres of state-owned land at this location in exchange for Mexico's current property, which will be demolished for the NHHIP. I'm sad to see the Mexican Consulate move outside the Loop (and Beltway), and wish a different solution could have been found. But excited this part of the highway project continues to progress. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 https://abc13.com/mexican-consulate-houston-new-building-relocation/10687580/ The New Mexican Consulate has opened in the Westchase area according to ABC13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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