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After natural reserves of drinking water were discovered in Houston, the Waterworks company out-competed local wells. [3] T. H. Scanlan and Associates acquired the Houston Water Works Company and its franchise in 1884. New ownership made capital improvements — including a new boiler, pumps, and a reservoir — increasing the daily capacity to ...
Lower Westheimer is an area in Houston, Texas, United States. It is centered on Westheimer Road, and is considered to be East of Shepherd, and West of Midtown. Several historic neighborhoods are partially or completely located within the area including Montrose and Hyde Park. Lower Wertheimer is known for its hipster culture, nightlife, arts ...
River Oaks Garden Club Forum of Civics is a building at 2503 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the "Forum of Civics." The building is located south of the River Oaks neighborhood in the Upper Kirby district.
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
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."
Harris County Precinct Four Commissioner - Lesley Briones [1] George Bush Park is a county park in Houston, Texas , United States , located on the far west side of the city. Situated entirely within Barker Reservoir , a large flood control structure, the park covers 7,800 acres (32 km 2 ), most of which is undeveloped forest used for the ...
More than 350,000 customers in Harris County, where Houston is located, were without power as of 3:30 a.m. local time Saturday, according to tracking website poweroutage.us.
River Oaks is within Harris County Precinct 4. [88] As of 2020, R. Jack Cagle is the precinct's County Commissioner. [89] River Oaks is in Justice of the Peace/Constable Precinct One. As of 2012 Alan Rosen is the constable. [90] River Oaks is located in District 134 of the Texas House of Representatives and represented by Ann Johnson, a ...