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Austin High School (in East End Houston) [41] Milby High School (in East End Houston) [42] Sterling High School (southeast Houston) Prior to mid-2014 the area was zoned to Jones High School in South Park. [43] As part of 2014-2015 rezoning, areas previously zoned to Jones within East End Houston were rezoned to Sterling. [44]
Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation (also known as Fifth Ward CRC) is a community-based agency located on 4300 Lyons Ave in the Fifth Ward of Houston, TX.The Fifth Ward CRC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Texas Corporation and is classified as a public charity under sections 509(a)(1) along with 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The company “Hines” (first named Gerald D. Hines Interests) was founded in Houston in 1957 by Gerald D. Hines, an American real estate developer with a background in mechanical engineering. The company initially began as a side-business to an engineering partnership after Gerald D. Hines moved to Houston for work in 1948. [5]
Laura assisted the schooner San Felipe in the capture of the Correo. The Texas Navy also used Laura to transport troops and supplies. [1] Early in 1837, the original developers of Houston, Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen, employed the Laura to demonstrate that Buffalo Bayou was a navigable river as
Houston is located 165 miles (266 km) east of Austin, [3] 112 miles (180 km) west of the Louisiana border, and 250 miles (400 km) south of Dallas. [4] Houston County, Texas , located 100 miles (160 km) north of Houston, is unrelated to Houston.
Houston Chronicle columnist Joy Sewing, who was born and raised in Riverside Terrace, wrote, "Even the more affluent Riverside Terrace area, which was once considered the 'Jewish River Oaks' and loosely part of Third Ward, has never been given its respect. When Black professionals began moving into the area in the 1950s and '60s, white folks ...
The City of Houston Super Neighborhood #49 East Houston opened on August 24, 2000. [1] The United States Postal Service operates the East houston Post Office at 9604 Mesa Drive. [2] In July 2011 the USPS announced that the post office may close. [3]
Highland Park and River Oaks: The Origins of Garden Suburban Community Planning in Texas is a 2014 book by Cheryl Caldwell Ferguson, published by the University of Texas Press. It discusses the development of two " garden suburbs " in Texas , the River Oaks neighborhood in Houston and the Dallas–Fort Worth municipality of Highland Park ...