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The former city hall of Magnolia Park. Magnolia Park (Spanish: Parque Magnolia) is an area of the East End, [1] Houston, Texas, located near the Houston Ship Channel.One of the oldest Hispanic neighborhoods in the City of Houston, Magnolia Park was formerly incorporated as the City of Magnolia Park in eastern Harris County.
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On March 19, 1983, the numbering plan area was divided: the immediate Houston area retained 713, while the northern, eastern and western portions became area code 409. On November 2, 1996, area code 713 was split, with most of Houston's suburbs switching to 281. The dividing line roughly followed Beltway 8. Generally, most of Houston itself and ...
In 1927 it was annexed by the City of Houston. [8] Jewish families moved to Riverside Terrace in the 1920s and 1930s since they were not allowed to settle in other wealthy Houston neighborhoods, [5] including River Oaks. [9] Therefore it became known as the "Jewish River Oaks". At the time most residents of Riverside Terrace were Christian. [10]
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.
West Oaks is a small subdivision in Houston, Texas. It is east of, [1] and in close proximity to, Tanglewood proper. [2] Mimi Swartz of National Geographic wrote that compared to River Oaks, West Oaks is "more nondescript". [3] Beginning in the 1990s, George H. W. Bush became a resident of the neighborhood.
North Shore is a community in east side of Harris County, Texas with a small portion inside the city of Houston, Texas.The area includes subdivisions such as Songwood, Holiday Forest, Wood Bayou, Cimarron, Home Owned Estates, Woodland Acres, Hidden Forest, Pine Trails, Woodforest, Woodforest North, New Forest, and New Forest West, as well as newer neighborhoods near Highway 90 and Beltway 8 ...
Lynn Cook of the Houston Business Journal described this as "an astonishing number for the size of Andersen Consulting's lease." [2] In 1999, realty firm Cushman & Wakefield moved its Houston office into the America Tower from the Wells Fargo Tower of Four Oaks Place in Uptown Houston. As of 1999 the building was 99% leased. [13]