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The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway.The district straddles a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road westward to Barker Cypress Road and extends south along Eldridge Parkway to Briar Forest Drive.
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 ...
The purchase of the Two Westlake Park gave the firm a total of 1,700,000 square feet (160,000 m 2) of Class A office space in Houston. [2] The 20 story Three Westlake Park, which contains 428,000 square feet (39,800 m 2) of space, was completed in 1983. A 1,247 car parking garage is located next door to Three Westlake Park. [1]
Originally called the Houston Yacht & Powerboat Club, [4] [5] its name was changed to Houston Yacht Club in 1927, when its current Spanish-style clubhouse was built, [6] [7] which has been declared an historic landmark in the Galveston Bay area of the Gulf Coast. The 27,000 square-foot clubhouse has amenities for boating enthusiasts of all ages ...
Lakewood Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Seabrook, Texas, and is a member of the Gulf Yachting Association. The club sits on 38 acres of land, housing six sheds and seven docks. The facilities include over 250 covered slips for power boats and there are an additional 200+ open slips on fixed and floating piers.
Houston rapidly became established as the main commercial center in the area for the oil industry. The Clear Lake Area became an attractive recreational destination for the new class of wealthy oil businessmen. Much of the area was developed as retreats for the wealthy including a large ranch estate owned by Houston businessman James West. [15]
PDF maps of the City of Houston - City of Houston official website Full map of city limits Archived 2019-05-23 at the Wayback Machine; Printable map of Houston city limits, limited purpose annexation, and extraterritorial jurisdiction "Super Neighborhoods Map." (." City of Houston. "Annexations in Houston Or How we grew to 667 square miles in ...
Addicks is an area of Houston that was formerly its own community. Addicks, a railroad stop for the Bear Creek community, was named after its original postmaster, Henry Addicks, in 1884. [1] The original town site was located just south of the intersection of Patterson Road and Highway 6. The Addicks Bear Creek Cemetery contains the graves of ...