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Sterling Plumbing is the brand-name of a line of plumbing products manufactured by Kohler Co.The company designs and manufactures a diverse selection of product for the kitchen and bath, including faucets, toilets, sinks, whirlpool tubs, shower doors and bathroom accessories.
A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located. The Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District) defines it as being roughly bounded by Redding Rd and Gessner Rd to the East, Westpark Dr to the North, Beltway 8 to the West, and Beechnut St to the South. [1]
Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1]: Rank Company name 7: ExxonMobil: 15 Chevron 26: Phillips 66: 54: Sysco: 90: Enterprise Products Partners: 92: Plains GP Holdings: 106: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
One homeowner found out about the plan and asked to have the house sold for $350,000. At the time it was a lot of money for a house that was small. The company paid the money so it could secure the tract the house sat on. The grand opening took place in 1973. Schnitzer said that Greenway Plaza would become a "second downtown". [6]
In the 1930s, Cantonese immigrants moved to the former Houston Chinatown, then a part of the Third Ward area, from Downtown Houston in an effort to find more inexpensive land. The Cantonese opened several businesses, including grocery stores and restaurants, and held Chinese New Year celebrations. Immigrants from other East Asian countries ...
Chinese bathhouses have thousands of years of history and consist of numerous variations. The Chinese word for bathhouses in general is zǎotáng (澡堂); in the stricter sense, this may refer to traditional, low-cost Chinese bathhouses, to contrast with modern, upmarket Chinese bathhouses known as xǐyù zhōngxīn (洗浴中心) or just xǐyù (洗浴).
Mykawa is located south of the Sims Bayou.The center of the Mykawa area is the intersection of Mykawa Road and Almeda-Genoa Road. As of 1951 the Mykawa School and the Mykawa Railroad Station were located there, and the Pearland water tower and Houston Municipal Airport (William P. Hobby Airport) were visible from this location.
The Houston Heights was platted in 1891, while the Woodland Heights was platted more than 15 years later. During that period, American architecture had undergone a transition from the larger and more ornate Victorian -style homes of the late 19th century to the smaller, simpler and more modest bungalow style of the early 20th century Arts and ...