Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Florentine Gardens was a nightclub in Hollywood, California, at 5955 Hollywood Boulevard, opened on December 28, 1938, by restaurateur Guido Braccini. [1] The building was designed by architect Gordon B. Kaufmann [2] and featured a European garden motif. Manager and emcee Nils Granlund. Nils Thor Granlund (known as N.T.G.) had been a radio ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 06:26, 18 November 2020: 4,952 × 7,693 (4.94 MB): Cbl62: Uploaded a work by Advertisement prepared on behalf of Guido Braccini, owner of Florentine Gardens from Los Angeles Times, Dec 27, 1938, p. 7 with UploadWizard
HCM # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Date designated [2] Locality [2] Neighborhood Description [3]; 12: Hollyhock House: April 1, 1963: 4800 Hollywood Blvd. Little Armenia: House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a residence for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall; built 1919–1921
East Houston: Northeast North of Highway 90 Alternate and east of East Houston Road 50 Settegast: Northeast North of Interstate 610 between Wayside Drive and East Houston Road 51 Northside Village: North Enclosed by Interstate 10, Interstate 45, Interstate 610, and Elysian Street 52 Kashmere Gardens: Northeast
One of Houston's oldest public parks, Hermann Park was created on acreage donated to the City of Houston by cattleman, oilman and philanthropist George H. Hermann (1843–1914). The land was formerly the site of his sawmill. [7] It was first envisioned as part of a comprehensive urban planning effort by the city of Houston in the early 1910s. [4]
While away from Houston, Bush's legal residence was The Houstonian Hotel, in the Tanglewood area. [32] To resolve the IRS dispute, [ 31 ] in April 1985 Bush signed an affidavit that served as an agreement for him to build his retirement home on a lot in West Oaks , [ 5 ] [ 33 ] outside of the Tanglewood subdivision limits, [ 34 ] but within the ...
The Houston Heights, one of the earliest planned communities in Texas, is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Downtown Houston.A National Geographic article says "stroll the area's broad, tree-canopied esplanades and side streets dotted with homes dating from the early 1900s and you may think you've landed in a small town."