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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.
East of Main Street and Interstate 69, south of Interstate 45, and west of Texas State Highway 35 (Spur 5) International Management District: Alief and Little Saigon: Westpark Tollway to the north, Beltway 8 to the east, Bissonnet Street and Bellfort Street to the south, Texas State Highway 6 to the west Memorial Management District Memorial 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 ...
A sign indicating the Westbury neighborhood. Westbury is a neighborhood in the Brays Oaks district of Southwest Houston, Texas, United States.It is located east of Bob White Road, north of U.S. Highway 90 Alternate (South Main Street), and west of South Post Oak Road, adjacent to the Fondren Southwest and Meyerland neighborhoods, just west of the southwest corner of the 610 Loop.
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]
The city of Houston changed to a commission form of government. In November 1915, a newly passed city ordinance officially abolished the wards. [2] On city maps, the wards continued to be used as geographic reference points until 1928. After 1928 other landmarks such as Memorial Park and River Oaks appeared in place of the wards as reference ...
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]