I'd love to say it's because we have so many people in Harris County, but the truth is we loved the older one so much that we decided to keep it.  Even when we built a new one. 

Every time I walk to the starting line at the Houston Marathon, the older courthouse comes into view.  I wave and yell out "Hey, Girl!" to it.  The other runners think I'm waving to a spectator, but that beauty is my home girl.  She's historic and pretty. 

And everybody says we just knock down old stuff in Houston...