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Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated the Ripley Health Center in the East End for the ZIP codes 77003, 77011, 77012, and 77023. Martin Luther King Health Center is designated for ZIP code 77087. [24] In 2000 Ripley was replaced by the Gulfgate Health Center. [25]
The ramp from eastbound Allen Parkway to southbound I-45 was known by long-time Houston residents as one of the most difficult in the Houston area, with a blind merge into the far left lane. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] However, this ramp was relocated to enter I-45 south from the right as of January 2017.
Magnolia Park is in Houston City Council District I. [10] Fire Station 20, 1976. The City of Houston operates the Magnolia Multi-Service Center. [11] The Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated the Ripley Health Center for the ZIP codes 77011 and 77012. [12] In 2000 Ripley was replaced by the Gulfgate Health ...
Location of River Oaks in the City of Houston. Located within the 610 Loop and between Downtown and Uptown, River Oaks spans 1,100 acres (450 ha).The community is located in a region bounded on the north by Buffalo Bayou, on the east by South Shepherd Drive, on the west by Willowick Road, and on the south by Westheimer Road.
Westheimer Road and Westheimer Parkway are named after Mitchell (Michael) Louis Westheimer, [13] a prosperous German Jewish immigrant and flour salesman who had settled in Houston in 1859. [14] [15] He purchased a 640-acre (260 ha) farm west of Houston's city limits at the time, where Lamar High School and St. John's School are currently ...
The area's location close to Garden Oaks - a primarily working-class white neighborhood in the 1960s and 1970s- birthed racial tensions in north Houston during the racial equality movement of the time. Annexation began in 1971. [2] In 1988 the Acres Homes War on Drugs Committee made anti-drug dealing campaigns focused on Andrew Winzer Park.
Houston Community College Alief Campus, opened in 2007, is located along Westheimer in Westchase. [58] In 2017, the West Houston Institute, a STEM-focused facility, opened adjacent to HCC Alief. [59] American InterContinental University, a for-profit institution, operates its Houston campus in the district. [60]
Willow Park, a park operated by the City of Houston, is located at 10400 Cliffwood, adjacent to Red Elementary School . The large park features a playground, picnic facilities, a softball/soccer field, tennis courts and a small parking lot. It is the central spot of the neighborhood. A new sand volleyball court was added to the park in 2008.