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Highland Village Shopping Center is a mixed-use shopping center on Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas. Highland Village was built in the mid-1940s by S.N. Adams and has been owned by Haidar Barbouti's Highland Village Holdings since 1991. [1] Barbouti is the center's property manager and broker. [1]
In 1939 Bill Quinn settled in Houston and established the Quinn Radio Service, a radio repair shop. After being intrigued by a home disc recorder he was asked to repair, he purchased one and began to experiment with it. In 1941 he opened a shop at 3104 Telephone Road in Houston, Texas, where he recorded personalized voice messages.
Three airplanes flying in formation, with Zimmerman piloting the lead aircraft, parachuted 1,500 pounds of food into the village. [2] [6] In 1974, Zimmerman joined Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda in Santa Monica to help lead the Indochina Peace Campaign, a national organization lobbying Congress to cut off military funding for the government of South ...
Leighton Schubert, state representative from Caldwell, Texas; former Houston resident [53] Jim Sharp, state court judge, 2009–2014; Stephen Susman (1941–2020), plaintiffs attorney and a founding partner of Susman Godfrey; Sylvester Turner, 62nd mayor of Houston; Kathryn J. Whitmire, first female mayor of Houston; served five terms
The Houston Alternative Art chronology was originally compiled by Caroline Huber and The Art Guys for the exhibition catalogue No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston, which was published by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) to accompany the group show of the same name. The exhibition was on view at CAMH from May 9-October 4, 2009.
Designed by architect Joseph Finger (who also designed Houston's City Hall), the terminal was designed to meet Houston's growing role as a center for air commerce in the late 1930s. [5] The terminal served as the only commercial air terminal for Houston until 1954, and was subsequently used by various tenants until 1978.
Memorial Bend is a historic neighborhood on the west side of Houston, Texas. It is made up of 1950s and early 1960s homes built in the modern (contemporary), ranch, and traditional styles. Memorial Bend is considered to have the highest concentration of mid-century modern homes in Houston. Modern architects who designed homes in this ...
James H. Evans (born 1954) [1] is an American photographer whose work focuses on documenting the West Texas area. His work has appeared in Texas Monthly Magazine where he works as a photography contributor. [2] [3]