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Washington Avenue is a road in Houston, Texas, United States. It is named for Washington County, as it is part of the original route from Houston to Brenham, the seat of Washington County. [1] U.S. Highway 90 was routed along Washington Avenue prior to the opening of the Katy Freeway.
3620 Washington Ave Houston, TX 77007-5939: ... In 1979, Sanford and Susan Criner opened Rockefeller's to serve as a performance space for Houston's music scene.
Walter's (formerly Walter's on Washington) was a music venue in the Northside Village neighborhood of Houston, Texas. Originally opening in 2000 at 4215 Washington Avenue, the venue permanently moved to 1120 Naylor Street on December 25, 2011. [2] The club hosted both local and touring musical acts.
Before the development of the interstate system in the mid-20th century, there was an area at the eastern terminus of Washington Avenue named "Vinegar Hill." The writer Sigman Byrd, active from the late 1940s until the early 1960s, wrote about it, and the writings were published in Sig Byrd's Houston. [11]
The Houston Heights is a natural buffer to the north. The official boundaries of West End are Durham Drive to the west, Washington Avenue to the south, I-10 to the north and Yale St. to the east. [1] The parts of this area that were the worst affected by neglect, poverty, and the Houston crack epidemic have been completely redeveloped.
Glenwood Cemetery is located in Houston, Texas, United States. Developed in 1871, the first professionally designed cemetery in the city accepted its first burial in 1872. Its location at Washington Avenue overlooking Buffalo Bayou served as an entertainment attraction in the 1880s. The design was based on principles for garden cemeteries ...
Pearl Bar is a lesbian-specific LGBTQ+ bar located on Washington Avenue between the Heights and Montrose neighbourhoods of Houston, Texas. [1] [2] [3] It is the only lesbian bar in Houston, one of only two in the state of Texas, and fewer than 25 in the United States.
David Walter, a Rice Military resident quoted in the Houston Chronicle, said that one could travel to Downtown Houston from Rice Military in five minutes. [1] The boundaries of the Rice Military neighborhood are Washington Ave on the north, the Buffalo Bayou on the south, Shepherd Drive on the east, and Westcott Street on the west. [2] [4]