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The Edward A. Thomas Building, [2] or 1200 Travis, is a 28-story building in Downtown Houston, Texas that is currently occupied by the Houston Police Department as its current headquarters. At one time it was known as the Houston Natural Gas Building. [3] The building houses HPD's administrative and investigative offices. [4]
Houston Center was one of the largest private development projects ever, however only a small portion of the plan was realized, leaving a large swath of downtown Houston covered in parking lots and vacant land. [6] Panhandle Eastern Corporation acquired Houston Center when Texas Eastern was sold to Panhandle for $2.5 billion in stock in June 1989.
Farm to Market Road 2206 (FM 2206) is located in Gregg County. Known locally as Harrison Road, it runs from SH 42 near White Oak east to Loop 281 in Longview. FM 2206 was designated on October 28, 1953, along its current route. On June 27, 1995, the route was redesignated Urban Road 2206 (UR 2206). [15]
The 1200 Jail, the headquarters of the Harris County Sheriff's Office. The 1200 Jail (located at 1200 Baker Street) opened on January 23, 2003. [12] The 1200 Jail has the administrative offices of the Sheriff's Department. The building has 603,000 square feet (56,000 m 2) of space, and it has a 100,000 square feet (9,300 m 2) parking garage ...
Downtown Houston encompasses the original townsite of Houston. After the Texas Revolution, two New York real estate investors, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, purchased 6,642 acres (2,688 ha) of land from Thomas F.L. Parrot and his wife, Elizabeth (John Austin's widow), for US$9,428 (equivalent to $261,584 in 2023). [6]
FM 1201 was designated on July 14, 1949, running from FM 1200 northward at a distance of 4 miles (6.4 km). On February 6, 1953, the highway was extended to US 82 (absorbing the southernmost 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of FM 1200) and was extended 6.7 miles (10.8 km) northwest; FM 1201 was extended to Sivells Bend later that year on October 28.
Three of the four buildings of Four Oaks Place. Four Oaks Place is a complex of skyscrapers in Uptown Houston, Texas, United States.Managed by CBRE, the complex includes the 420 ft (128 m) 1330 Post Oak Boulevard (sometimes referred to as the Aon Building [1]), the 25-story 351 ft (107m) BHP Billiton Tower (1360 Post Oak Boulevard), Wells Fargo Tower (1300 Post Oak Boulevard), and the Interfin ...
Shenandoah, the first subdivision in the area, opened in the mid-1950s on former greenfield. Shenandoah had 16 blocks of ranch-style homes. [1] The Shenandoah Civic Association opened in 1956; since the City of Houston has no zoning, the Shenandoah Civic Association's main goal is to enforce deed restrictions which regulate construction of housing and prevent businesses being operated from homes.