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  2. Acres Homes, Houston - Wikipedia

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    Acres Homes Multi-Service Center. Acres Homes is a neighborhood located in northwest Houston, Texas. The 9-square-mile (23 km 2) mile area is loosely bounded by the city limits and West Gulf Bank Road to the north; Pinemont Drive to the south; North Shepherd Drive to the east; and Alabonson Drive to the west. Historically, it has been ...

  3. List of neighborhoods in Houston - Wikipedia

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    Midtown Houston Midtown [5] South of Interstate 45, west and north of Interstate 69 Near Northwest Management District Greater Inwood Tomball Parkway to the north, T. C. Jester Road to the east, Pinemont Road to the south, Hollister Road to the west North Houston District Greenspoint: Centered around the junction of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8

  4. National Museum of Funeral History - Wikipedia

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    The museum is home to "the country's largest collection of funeral service artifacts and features renowned exhibits on one of man's oldest cultural customs," according to its website. [2] For its hallmark exhibit, Celebrating the Lives and Deaths of the Popes, the museum collaborated with the Vatican to highlight the ceremonies surrounding ...

  5. Service Corporation International - Wikipedia

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    Headquarters. Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans).

  6. Oak Forest, Houston - Wikipedia

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    It is located near West 43rd Street, [5] and is between T. C. Jester and Interstate 45. [9] Richard Connelly of the Houston Press said "Oak Forest itself is a less prominent little sister to Garden Oaks " and that "Oak Forest offers everything Garden Oaks does, more or less, but at cheaper prices."

  7. Willowbend, Houston - Wikipedia

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    Willowbend is a comfortable upper middle-class residential neighborhood in southwest Houston, Texas. It has become a highly desirable neighborhood due to its low crime rate, friendly residents, and proximity downtown Houston, the Texas Medical Center, and the Interstate 610 loop. The neighborhood has hosted a number of youth sports programs ...

  8. Fourth Ward, Houston - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. River Oaks, Houston - Wikipedia

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    Location of River Oaks in the City of Houston. Located within the 610 Loop and between Downtown and Uptown, River Oaks spans 1,100 acres (450 ha).The community is located in a region bounded on the north by Buffalo Bayou, on the east by South Shepherd Drive, on the west by Willowick Road, and on the south by Westheimer Road.