PHOTOS: Iconic KHOU letters removed from Allen Parkway tower

The iconic KHOU letters were removed from the tower at 1945 Allen Parkway Friday. As you know, we were forced out of our studios on Allen Parkway by Hurricane Harvey and the letters are coming with us. (Derek Felton)

The letters were a Houston landmark for more than half a century. (Christine Di Stadio photos)

(Christine Di Stadio photos)

Millions of Houstonians passed by the iconic letters through the years. (Christine Di Stadio photos)

The iconic KHOU letters were removed from the tower at 1945 Allen Parkway Friday. As you know, we were forced out of our studios on Allen Parkway by Hurricane Harvey and the letters are coming with us.

They have been a landmark just west of downtown Houston for more than half a century and many of you have passed by them over the years, some daily.

The KHOU letters have been a landmark just west of downtown Houston for more than half a century and many of you have passed by them over the years, some daily. (Jason Miles)

The KHOU letters were a landmark for more than half a century. (Bill Bishop)

The KHOU letters have been a landmark just west of downtown Houston for more than half a century and many of you have passed by them over the years, some daily. (Billy Stone)

The KHOU letters have been a landmark just west of downtown Houston for more than half a century and many of you have passed by them over the years, some daily. (Frank McBride)

The KHOU letters have been a landmark just west of downtown Houston for more than half a century and many of you have passed by them over the years, some daily. (Jason Miles)

They have been a landmark just west of downtown Houston for more than half a century and many of you have passed by them over the years, some daily.

The iconic KHOU letters were removed from the tower at 1945 Allen Parkway Friday. As you know, we were forced out of our studios on Allen Parkway by Hurricane Harvey and the letters are coming with us. (Derek Felton)

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