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Hyde Park is a historic community located in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston, Texas.Its southeast boundary is the intersection Montrose Boulevard and Westheimer.The neighborhood was established in the late 1800s on the summer farm of the second President of the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau Lamar.
Sign indicating the Woodland Heights. The Woodland Heights neighborhood is one of the oldest and most historic in Houston, Texas.It encompasses approximately 2000 homes in the 77009 ZIP code and is bounded on the north by Pecore Street, on the west by Studewood Street, on the east by I-45, and on the south by I-10.
Greenspoint is located at the junction of two major regional highways, Interstate 45 (the North Freeway) and Texas State Highway Beltway 8.The district is only 6 miles (9.7 km) west of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH).
The former city hall of Magnolia Park. Magnolia Park (Spanish: Parque Magnolia) is an area of the East End, [1] Houston, Texas, located near the Houston Ship Channel.One of the oldest Hispanic neighborhoods in the City of Houston, Magnolia Park was formerly incorporated as the City of Magnolia Park in eastern Harris County.
Remington Ranch is a master-planned community located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas. The development, with 2,100 single-family houses, is located between Interstate 45 and the Hardy Toll Road. It is north of Greenspoint Mall and in proximity to George Bush Intercontinental Airport. [1]
In 2005 Houston City Council Member Mark Goldberg and Jim Myers, head of the nonprofit group Southwest Houston 2000 Inc., lobbied the state government, asking the state to create what was originally called the Fondren Ranch Management District. [6] In June 2005 the 79th Texas Legislature created the Brays Oaks Management District in the area. [7]
Sharp donated a 300-foot-wide strip of land through the development to the state of Texas for construction of the Southwest Freeway (Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59).This routing ensured easy access from Downtown Houston to homes in the neighborhood, as well as to PlazAmericas (formerly Sharpstown Mall and Sharpstown Center) (1961), Houston's first air-conditioned, enclosed shopping mall.
Glenbrook Valley was developed from 1953 to 1962. [1] Hare and Hare, architects from Kansas City, Missouri, designed the community for Fred McManus, the developer. [2]The first section opened in 1954; the original six homes were featured in the 1954 "Parade of Homes," a program sponsored by the Greater Houston Builders Association.