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Near Northside is a historic neighborhood located in Northside, Houston, Texas. [1] Near Northside is primarily occupied by people of Hispanic descent. [2]In a 70-year period until 2015 the community had been majority Hispanic after initially being made up of German American and Italian American immigrants who settled in the period 1900-1940.
It encompasses approximately 2000 homes in the 77009 ZIP code and is bounded on the north by Pecore Street, on the west by Studewood Street, on the east by I-45, and on the south by I-10. When platted in 1907 by William A. Wilson , the neighborhood was a 20-minute streetcar ride north of downtown via Houston Avenue.
Marathon Oil Tower is a skyscraper in Uptown Houston. The building rises 562 feet (171 m) in height. [1] It contains 41 floors, and was completed in 1983 and construction only took 22 months. [2] First City Tower currently stands as the 20th-tallest building in the city.
The Houston Heights, one of the earliest planned communities in Texas, is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Downtown Houston.A National Geographic article says "stroll the area's broad, tree-canopied esplanades and side streets dotted with homes dating from the early 1900s and you may think you've landed in a small town."
CenterPoint Energy Tower (formerly Houston Industries Plaza) is a 741 feet (226 m) tall building in downtown Houston. The original building, finished in 1974, stood at 651 feet (198 m), but a 90-foot (27 m) extension was added as part of a 1996 renovation.
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. It was established in 1977. [4]In August 2009 the Memorial Hermann Hospital System announced that it planned to sell its Southwest Hospital to the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), which had plans to make the hospital its third general hospital. [5]
The TC Energy Center is a highrise that represents one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture construction in downtown Houston, Texas.The building has been formerly known as the RepublicBank Center, the NCNB Center, the NationsBank Center, and the Bank of America Center.
Heritage Plaza is a postmodern skyscraper located in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, Texas. Standing at 762 feet (232 m), [1] the tower is the 5th-tallest building in Houston, the 8th-tallest in Texas, and the 60th-tallest in the United States. The building, designed by Houston-based M. Nasr & Partners P.C., was completed in 1987, and ...