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River Oaks is a residential community located in the center of Houston, Texas, United States. Located within the 610 Loop and between Downtown and Uptown, the community spans 1,100 acres (450 ha). [1] Established in the 1920s by brothers Will Hogg and Michael Hogg, the community became a well-publicized national model for community planning ...
The Fourth Ward lost prominence due to its inability to expand geographically, as other developments hemmed in the area. [1] Mike Snyder of the Houston Chronicle said that local historians traced the earliest signs of decline to 1940, and that it was influenced by many factors, including the opening of Interstate 45 and the construction of Allen Parkway Village, [3] a public housing complex of ...
In 2009, the church was sold to the City of Houston. Soon thereafter, the city erected steel supports and a concrete floor to preserve the building. [3] The city purchased the church, one of the oldest in Houston, for $350,000 of special tax increment re-investment zone money. The city planned for the restoration project to take two years.
The American General Center is a complex of several office buildings in Neartown Houston, Texas located along Allen Parkway. [1] [2] It is the global headquarters for Corebridge Financial, formerly American General. The America Tower is a 590 ft (180m) tall skyscraper. It was completed in 1983 and has 43 floors.
Archer would never drop below 79% of the vote as the 7th district, now stretching from the prosperous west side of Houston, including such neighborhoods as River Oaks, Tanglewood, Briargrove, the Energy Corridor and the Memorial Villages, to fast-growing suburbs in the Cypress-Fairbanks and Katy areas and along FM 1960, became reckoned as the ...
Tanglewood is an affluent neighborhood in western Houston, Texas, [1] located off San Felipe Road. [2] Tanglewood is located just outside the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in the Uptown Houston area. Tanglewood was developed by the Tanglewood Corporation. Today the neighborhood is managed by the Tanglewood Homes Association.
In 2010 the Houston Press ranked Oak Forest one of the "Five Most Underrated Neighborhoods In Houston." [7] 226 house sales occurred during that year. [5] In 2011 Jason Light, the owner of the real estate firm Light Group, was quoted in the Houston Chronicle referring to Oak Forest as the "new West University". [5]
Houston Fire Station #37 Braes Heights of the Houston Fire Department, at 7026 Stella Link, [25] is in Fire District 21. [26] The original Station 37, located on developer-donated land at 3828 Aberdeen Way, in a residential area, opened in 1955. [27] The current Station 37 building, on the new site, opened on September 24, 2009.