a terrace off a lower penthouse on the 17th floor
Jesse Jones, one of the few billionaires in the first half of the 20th century & architect of modern Houston, built this for his Texas Commerce Bank in 1928
he also served as Secretary of Commerce for FDR & was an architect for the New Deal
Jones Hall honors him as a founder & supporter of the Houston Symphony, stealing Leopold Stokowski from the Philadelphia Orchestra and Aunt Lil, which still upset her when I last visited this sweet lady at her Florida retirement digs
saw him conduct three times in Philly with her