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  2. Culture of Houston - Wikipedia

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    The city has various YMCAs under the YMCA of Greater Houston. [58] Additionally there is a YWCA, the Gateway Branch. [59] The YWCA opened the Masterson YWCA in 1981. It had 50,000 square feet (4,600 m 2) of space. [60] Located near the Houston Heights, it was named after a

  3. Corinthian Pointe, Houston - Wikipedia

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    It is near U.S. Highway 90A, southwest of NRG Park. John Nash, a resident quoted in a 2006 Houston Chronicle article, said that Corinthian Pointe's location is "ideal" due to proximity to the Texas Medical Center, The Galleria, and Beltway 8. [4] It is located between the ZIP codes of 77085 and 77045. It was built on former pastureland. [1]

  4. Third Ward, Houston - Wikipedia

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    The Houston Texans YMCA, serving the Third Ward, is located in Palm Center. [131] The previous YMCA facility in the Third Ward was the South Central YMCA, between the two universities. [132] This YMCA, in the era of de jure racial segregation, was open to African-Americans. Civil rights activist Quentin Mease found a previous facility and ...

  5. Palm Center (Houston) - Wikipedia

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    The Houston Business Development, Inc. (HBD) and the Business Information Center (BIC) are in Palm Center. [19] Over 40 small businesses are in the complex. [18] The Houston Texans YMCA was built on 5-acre (2.0 ha) of land, [20] on the site of a previous building that had been abandoned; this building had the original Palms Center sign. [18]

  6. Texas Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    The Weekley Family YMCA is in the area. It opened in 1951 as the Southwest YMCA, [61] in West University Place. The current facility in Braeswood Place, Houston broke ground in 2001. [62] In 2023, Helix Park opened as part of the Texas Medical Center complex with six parks shaped around a double-helix and a campus collaboration building.

  7. YMCA - Wikipedia

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    YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]

  8. Downtown Houston - Wikipedia

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    The Downtown Houston business occupancy rate of all office space increased from 75.8% at the end of 1987 to 77.2% at the end of 1988. [20] By the late 1980s, 35% of Downtown Houston's land area consisted of surface parking. [18] In the early 1990s Downtown Houston still had more than 20% vacant office space. [21]

  9. West University Place, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Weekley YMCA in Houston, the current YMCA facility, includes West University Place in its service area. [75] It opened in 1951 as the Southwest YMCA. [76] The current facility in Braeswood Place, Houston broke ground in 2001. [77] Colonial Park, at 4130 Byron Street, has a park and a recreational center.