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The city of Houston changed to a commission form of government. In November 1915, a newly passed city ordinance officially abolished the wards. [2] On city maps, the wards continued to be used as geographic reference points until 1928. After 1928 other landmarks such as Memorial Park and River Oaks appeared in place of the wards as reference ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
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A true-color image of Greater Houston. Astronaut photograph of Houston at night. Map of the Houston city limits. Houston, the most populous city in the Southern United States, is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston.
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A marker indicating Midtown with Downtown Houston's skyline in the background. Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown.Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45 (the Pierce Elevated), Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
The Houston Press dubbed the Old Sixth Ward the 2006 "Best Hidden Neighborhood." [7] Author and Houston's first poet laureate Gwendolyn Zepeda grew up in the Old Sixth Ward. [8] On August 1, 2007, the city of Houston approved an ordinance protecting the Old Sixth Ward and thereby prevented the demolition of over 200 buildings. [9]