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City Park is a master-planned community in Houston, Texas, United States, that encompasses the subdivisions of City Park, City Park West, and City Oaks. [1] It is within the Five Corners District and has 475 acres (192 ha) of space.
West Oaks is a small subdivision in Houston, Texas. It is east of, [1] and in close proximity to, Tanglewood proper. [2] Mimi Swartz of National Geographic wrote that compared to River Oaks, West Oaks is "more nondescript". [3] Beginning in the 1990s, George H. W. Bush became a resident of the neighborhood.
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
West Oaks Mall is a regional shopping mall located in the Alief area of the west side of Houston, Texas, USA, that opened in 1984. [2] With a trade area serving far western parts of Houston including a business clientele in the Energy Corridor and suburban neighborhoods west of George Bush Park in the Greater Katy and Fulshear areas, the mall is located at Texas State Highway 6 and Westheimer ...
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]
Memorial Drive runs through the park, heading east to downtown Houston and west to the 610 Loop. A small portion of land west of the 610 Loop bordered by Woodway Drive and Buffalo Bayou is also part of the park. I-10/U.S. 90 borders the park to the north. The park was originally designed by landscape architects Hare & Hare of Kansas City, Missouri.
Westchase is located in Houston City Council district F. [51] Two Houston Fire Department stations, Station 69 Westchase and Station 83 Royal Oaks, serve Westchase. [52] Both stations are a part of Fire District 83. [53] Station 69, located on Beltway 8, opened in 1980, after rapid area development stressed existing emergency infrastructure. [54]
Westheimer Road and Westheimer Parkway are named after Mitchell (Michael) Louis Westheimer, [13] a prosperous German Jewish immigrant and flour salesman who had settled in Houston in 1859. [14] [15] He purchased a 640-acre (260 ha) farm west of Houston's city limits at the time, where Lamar High School and St. John's School are currently ...