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Houston House Apartments is a 31-story apartment complex in the Skyline District of Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The building, located in the southern portion of Downtown, has 396 apartments. Charles M. Goodman designed the building, which opened in 1966.
Cambridge Oaks, the designated family housing complex for University of Houston students, [10] opened in 1990. Campus Living Villages owns and operates the facility. It houses over 600 students from UH and other area institutions. [11] The complex has 210 units. Century Development had developed Cambridge Oaks. [12]
In February 1999, the city of Houston named Bayou Bend an official city landmark. [6] The heavily wooded 14 acres (5.7 ha) along Buffalo Bayou include eight formal gardens. Three of the gardens are named for a statue of a goddess or muse displayed in the garden, Clio, Diana and Euturpe. The other gardens are named White, East, Butterfly and ...
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 area in which Missouri City is now located holds a significant part in the history of Texas that dates back to its early days as part of the United States. In August 1853, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway (BBB&C), began operating its first 20 miles (32 km) of rail line that stretched from Harrisburg (now Houston) to Stafford's Point (now Stafford).
Howellville or Howell is an unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, United States, which has been absorbed by Greater Houston.The site is located at the intersection of Alief Clodine Road and Sugar Land Howell Road on the west side of Houston, approximately halfway between the original settlements of Clodine and Alief.
The Westin Oaks Houston. Two hotels are located directly in the Galleria complex. The 400-room Houston Oaks Hotel opened in September 1971, soon after the opening of the first wing of the Galleria. The 500-room Galleria Plaza Hotel opened on November 18, 1977, soon after the opening the second wing.
Additionally the Menil receives public funds granted by the City of Houston, the State of Texas, and the federal government through the National Endowment for the Arts. [ 2 ] The museum's holdings are diverse, including early to mid-twentieth century works of Yves Tanguy , René Magritte , Max Ernst , Man Ray , Marcel Duchamp , Henri Matisse ...