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The building was originally constructed to house the federal district court, a post office, and other federal offices. The increasing number of federal offices in Houston necessitated the 1931 addition. The courthouse operated in the building until 1962, the same year that the post office vacated a portion of the space originally allocated to it.
Windermere is located 14 miles (23 km) northeast of downtown Austin. According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the CDP had a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km 2 ), all land. Prior to the 2010 census, parts of the CDP were annexed to Pflugerville and Round Rock cities and additional area was lost, reducing the total area to 0.53 ...
The Post Office appeared on a 1951 map with an L-configuration, though a 1960 map shows an expansion of the building footprint. [1]: 17 The Barbara Jordan Post Office was closed on May 15, 2015. The post office employed over 2,000 workers who processed mail overnight.
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 ...
Lakes on Post Oak. Lakes on Post Oak is a commercial complex located in Uptown Houston, Texas, United States. The complex includes the 19-story 3000 Post Oak Boulevard, the 22-story 3040 Post Oak Boulevard, and the 17-story 3050 Post Oak Boulevard. Each building has a dedicated parking garage. [1]
Residents are zoned to Houston Independent School District schools. [8] Roberts Elementary School [9] Pershing Middle School [10] with Pin Oak Middle School as an option [11] Lamar High School [12] In 1999 Katherine Feser of the Houston Chronicle said that the zoning to Roberts was one of the "selling points" of the Windermere community. [3]
Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1]: Rank Company name 12: ExxonMobil: 48: Phillips 66: 60: Sysco: 105: Enterprise Products Partners: 106: Hewlett Packard Enterprise: 127: Plains GP Holdings
Post Oak Central consists of the three striped buildings in this image. Post Oak Central is a skyscraper complex in Uptown Houston, Texas, United States. [1]The 17-acre (69,000 m 2) Philip Johnson-designed complex includes three 24-story buildings, 1 Post Oak Central (2000 Post Oak Boulevard), 2 Post Oak Central (1980 Post Oak Boulevard), and 3 Post Oak Central (1990 Post Oak Boulevard), and a ...