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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 ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
A marker indicating Midtown with Downtown Houston's skyline in the background. Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown.Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45 (the Pierce Elevated), Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
From the 1920s onward the neighborhood was a hub of activity. Insurance maps housed in the Houston Metropolitan Research Center show a bustling neighborhood full of homes, grocery stores, bars and other small businesses. Cottage Grove Grocery Store, 1919 Detering (Demolished during I-10 Construction)
The Houston Heights is also home to the ArtCar Museum, a tourist attraction. River Oaks is the city's most affluent area, often compared to Beverly Hills. Beyond Houston, it is the wealthiest neighborhood in the entire state and is home to many celebrities and political figures.
YuShan Chang, author of Newcomer's Handbook Neighborhood Guide: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin, said that Eastwood is in proximity to "the city's major sports venues, fine arts district, and nightlife." [7] At a later point, Eastwood was "characterized by graffiti, abandoned buildings, and blight". [7]
1913 map of the six wards of Houston. In the 1800s much of what was Third Ward, the present-day east side of Downtown Houston, was what Stephen Fox, an architectural historian who lectured at Rice University, referred to as "the elite neighborhood of late 19th-century Houston."
Lockhart Elementary School Energy Institute High School building on the site of the former Lockhart Elementary School building. The neighborhood is zoned to schools in the Houston Independent School District. [9] The community is within Trustee District IV, represented by Paula M. Harris as of 2009. [11] [39]