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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places that are located in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston. The "Houston Heights" neighborhood borders are, approximately, Interstate 10 on the South, I-610 on the North, Interstate 45 on the East and Durham on the West.
The City of Houston annexed Sunset Heights in 1927. [1] By 2001 gentrification occurred in the area, with some smaller houses being torn down in favor of newer ones. [2] East Sunset Heights Association was established in March 2002. By October of that year, there were 97 members. [3] In 2006 Sunset Heights homeowners signed a petition to the ...
The Melrose Building is a building in downtown Houston, Texas, United States. [1] Completed in 1952 as Houston's first International Style skyscraper, the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] Following a major renovation and restoration, the building opened as Le Méridien Houston Downtown in September 2017.
The Houston Heights, one of the earliest planned communities in Texas, is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Downtown Houston.A National Geographic article says "stroll the area's broad, tree-canopied esplanades and side streets dotted with homes dating from the early 1900s and you may think you've landed in a small town."
Around 2009 the area became a popular entertainment area due to its location near Downtown Houston and the Houston Heights, a community within Houston that forbids the sale of alcohol within its boundaries. By May 2009, the Washington Avenue area gained expensive town houses and condominiums, restaurants, and bars. [4]
When it opened the mall had 600,000 ft² (56,000 m²) of retail space. The original skylights — which graced among other things a large, floor-level, ice rink, open year-round - had three hanging chandeliers. A connected 400-room hotel was opened in September 1971, the Houston Oaks Hotel (now The Westin Oaks Houston). [12]
Melrose Place originally ran on Fox from 1992 to 1999 and was launched as a spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210. The show followed the hot young residents of a Los Angeles apartment complex with ...
Hyatt Regency Houston was a host hotel for the 1992 Republican National Convention, the 16th G7 Economic Summit in 1990, and the 1998 World Energy Congress. [8] The hotel completed a $40 million renovation in 2008 that included all 947 guestrooms, a redesigned lobby bar, 64,000 square feet (5,900 m 2 ) of meeting space, and the addition of the ...