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FM 1960-A) is an east–west business route of FM 1960. It is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) long and is one of only three Business Farm to Market Roads in Texas. [7] The road begins in Houston northeast of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and continues through central Humble as Humble Westfield Road to an intersection with the I-69/US 59 freeway. It ...
Ponderosa Forest is a master-planned community developed during the late 1960s and 1970s in multiple phases by the Kickerillo Companies in Harris County, Texas, within the northern limits of the City of Houston, Texas. Kickerillo Companies is one of Houston's largest homebuilding and land development companies.
Pages in category "1960s in Houston" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
In 1994, Home Interiors and Gifts was sold to the investment firm of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in a $1 billion leveraged buyout. [1] [8] The company sold more than $850 million annually in silk and polyester flower arrangements, porcelain puppies and other decorative household items at home parties.
The Shamrock was a hotel constructed between 1946 and 1949 by wildcatter Glenn McCarthy southwest of downtown Houston, Texas next to the Texas Medical Center.It was the largest hotel built in the United States during the 1940s. [1]
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 ...
Bammel is an unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, United States.. Bammel, eighteen miles north of downtown Houston at the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1960 (FM 1960) and Kuykendahl Road in north central Harris County, was established after the neighboring towns of Klein, Westfield, and Spring.
English decorator David Hicks was an important influence on interiors in the 1960s, inspired by bright colours associated with India. [1] Hicks popularized use of " psychedelic patterns and acid-edged colors," peaking in the period 1967–1973, [ 1 ] a time when there was interest in the Hippie movement and " flower power ."