Originally Posted by
ClimbGuy
Galveston, TX's beachfront San Luis Hotel (owned by the same folks who parlayed the old Landry's resturant name into a big chain) is built atop an old Coast Artillery Bunker (for a 12' gun IIRC) lifting it another 40' or so above the Seawall, and certainly helping to protect the structure from the storm flow of "Ike".