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Forum Park is a community in Houston, Texas. It is bounded by Texas State Highway Beltway 8, U.S. Route 59 (Southwest Freeway), and Bissonnet Road. [1] A portion of the community resides in the Greater Sharpstown district. [2] The community includes many large apartments and townhouses with high population densities. [3]
Hillcroft Avenue is an arterial road in western Houston, Texas, United States.The street spans 8 miles (13 km) and is between Beltway 8 and Westheimer Road.To the south Hillcroft has a wide boulevard, and many single family homes surround Hillcroft; some subdivisions use fences and shrubs as a barrier between Hillcroft and the houses.
Bissonnet Street is a major arterial road in Houston, Texas, United States.Bissonnet begins at Main Street in the Museum District of Houston and travels 19.4 miles (31.2 km) west-southwest through West University Place, Bellaire, Gulfton, Sharpstown, and Alief before terminating in unincorporated Fort Bend County near Mission Bend.
In 2005 Houston City Council Member Mark Goldberg and Jim Myers, head of the nonprofit group Southwest Houston 2000 Inc., lobbied the state government, asking the state to create what was originally called the Fondren Ranch Management District. [6] In June 2005 the 79th Texas Legislature created the Brays Oaks Management District in the area. [7]
A more fanciful theory is that the name is a humorous reference to the fact that it crosses Bissonnet Street. The need for a "bison net" at this location is explained by the name Buffalo Speedway. Some road signs refer to it as Buffalo Spdwy or Buffalo Spwy, with speedway taking the place of other designations like road or street. [citation needed]
Southwest Schools is an operator of state charter schools headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States. [1] The school operates several campuses, including: Bissonnet Elementary; Mangum Elementary; Discovery Middle School; Nehemiah Middle School; Empowerment High School; Phoenix School; Young Learners; Former [2] Southwest High School (Houston)
Broadacres is a subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States, within the Boulevard Oaks community. [1] It is located north of Bissonnet Street, south of U.S. Route 59, west of the Houston Museum District, and east of other subdivisions of Boulevard Oaks.
The church grew along with the city of Houston, and in the late 1920s, members launched a campaign to raise money for new and larger facilities. Jesse H. Jones, Walter Fondren Sr., and James Marion West Sr. each contributed $150,000, and the church hired noted architect Alfred C. Finn to design a new building at the corner of Main and Binz ...