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Hyde Park, located at G2, shown on 1913 Map of Houston Wards Hyde Park was established in 1893 and was developed on land that was owned in the 1840s by Mirabeau B. Lamar , the second President of the Republic of Texas. [ 2 ]
River Oaks District is an openair luxury shopping complex in Houston, Texas, which opened October 1, 2015. [1] It consists of 252,000 square feet of retail space with an iPic movie theater. Anchor stores include Hermes, Dior, Cartier, Harry Winston, Van Cleef, Saint Bernard, and Zimmermann.
Briargrove is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, near Uptown Houston. Briargrove was established in the 1950s with one-story ranch homes built in the 1950s and 1960s. [1] Deed restrictions in the neighborhood were modified in 1986 to allow for 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story and two-story homes. Afterwards some of the older ranch homes were ...
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]
Harrisburg Road, Houston, Texas (postcard, circa 1910) (street car) Canal Street in Magnolia Park was originally known as "German Street." Circa 1918 it was renamed "Belgium Street" in honor of a country invaded by Germany in World War I. At a later point the name was harmonized with that of the section in the pre-merger City of Houston, known ...
Glenbrook Valley was developed from 1953 to 1962. [1] Hare and Hare, architects from Kansas City, Missouri, designed the community for Fred McManus, the developer. [2]The first section opened in 1954; the original six homes were featured in the 1954 "Parade of Homes," a program sponsored by the Greater Houston Builders Association.
Greenspoint is serviced by a special management district, the North Houston District, which was created by the Texas Legislature in 1991 to fund infrastructure, public safety, branding, and planning initiatives. [45]
The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department's Central Patrol Division, [20] headquartered at 61 Riesner. [21] The Civic Club contracts with an organization of off-duty Houston Police Department officers to patrol the neighborhood. [22] Afton Oaks is served by the Houston City Council District G and is in Texas's 7th congressional ...