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The restored building was converted to apartments and re-opened in February 2017 as "The Star", a reference to Texaco's start-shaped logo. [2] The luxury building holds 286 one- and two-bedroom apartments, ranging from 730 to 1,730 square feet, and 21,000 square feet of street-front retail space.
The Stages Repertory Theatre has resided in the building since 1985, and the Children's Museum of Houston resided there until 1992. [5] The building became the subject of controversy in 1992 when then-owner 3201 Allen Parkway Ltd. indicated its intent to evict the Stages Theatre and the Children's Museum in order to develop the building into loft condominia in partnership with developer Gross ...
Southern Star Amphitheatre [1] was an amphitheatre located at AstroWorld in Houston, Texas.It opened in the southeast corner of the theme park in 1985. The venue was frequented by notable performers including The Beach Boys and Kansas.
During the Houston Astros' 2004 NLCS run (playoffs), the top of the building was crowned by hundreds of tiny blue lights while an enormous Astros star (logo) made of white lights was hung on the south side of the building. [8] In 2011 the company announced they would relocate all employees in the building to a new ExxonMobil office in Spring. [9]
Star was founded in 1912 [4] by three men who pooled their resources to buy a horse and buggy to deliver furniture in Houston, Texas. Russian immigrant Boris Wolff bought a ¼ interest in the store in 1924, and by 1950, Star had six stores. Boris passed the company on to his two children Melvyn Wolff and Shirley Wolff Toomim.
The first opened section was the Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge in the east quadrant of the road system. From 1982 to 1994, the bridge, which was originally named in honor of local politician and entrepreneur Jesse H. Jones, was maintained by the Texas Turnpike Authority (now North Texas Tollway Authority). As of February 26, 2011, the Sam ...
Prior to July 1, 2013, [38] the North Forest Independent School District (originally Northeast Houston Independent School District) served the community. [5] When Northeast Houston ISD was segregated, Settegast had its own high school. [5] A grade 1-8 school called Settegast High School opened in 1951 to serve black students. It had a student ...
Through a partnership with the YMCA of Greater Houston TUTS brings creative drama based residencies to after school programs throughout the city. Theatre Under The Stars merged with The River Performing and Visual Arts Center in 2010, creating a barrier free arts education model for non-profit musical theatre performing arts organizations.