Morningside Place, Houston

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Morningside Place is a group of subdivisions located in Houston, Texas, United States.

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The subdivision is not to be confused with Morningside Place, a development in southern unincorporated Harris County, Texas outside Beltway 8 which uses "Houston" addresses.

Harris County, Texas County in the United States

Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, located in the southeastern part of the state near Galveston Bay. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 4,092,459, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, the largest city in Texas and fourth largest city in the United States. The county was founded in 1836 and organized in 1837. It is named for John Richardson Harris, who founded the town of Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou in 1826. According to a July 2017 Census estimate, Harris County's population had grown to 4,652,980, comprising over 16 percent of Texas's population.

History

The subdivision began in September 1999 when the Bliss Court, Brantwood, Carolina Place, Wessex, and Windermere subdivisions joined into one organizational entity. [1]

In 2001 the civic association received $5,000 matching grant funds from the Matching Grant Program of the City of Houston Planning and Development Department. The funds were used to install a decorative lighting system on Morningside Street, consisting of several wrought iron, old-style light poles. The association obtained the poles from Houston Lighting & Power for $12,000. Patrick Reynolds of the Houston Chronicle said "[t]he globes will cast a soft, frosted glow onto Morningside." [2]

Houston Lighting & Power

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<i>Houston Chronicle</i> newspaper in Houston, Texas, USA

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Cityscape

The community, located east of Kirby Drive, [3] is located between Southgate and the City of West University Place. It is in proximity to the Texas Medical Center, Rice University, [4] and Rice Village. [3] In 1999 Katherine Feser of the Houston Chronicle said that the location was one of the "selling points" of the Windermere community. [4]

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West University Place, Texas City in Texas, United States

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Texas Medical Center Business district and neighborhood of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States

The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is a 2.1-square-mile (5.4 km2) medical district and neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288. Over sixty medical institutions, largely concentrated in a triangular area between Brays Bayou, Rice University, and Hermann Park, are members of the Texas Medical Center Corporation—a non-profit umbrella organization—which constitutes the largest medical complex in the world. The TMC has an extremely high density of clinical facilities for patient care, basic science, and translational research.

The constituent communities are Bliss Court, Brantwood, Carolina Place, Condon Oaks, Hamlet T/H Condo, McClendon/Pinnacle, Royal Oaks at Kirby, Village T/H Condo, Wessex, and Windermere. [1]

Windermere

In 1999 Windermere had 183 houses, including bungalows, brick cottages, Colonial revival houses, and some duplexes; Feser said that the variety of housing in Windermere was "eclectic." [4] Wooden windows and arched inside doorways are featured that are common in Windermere houses that had been constructed in the 1930s and 1940s. Many traditional single-family houses and older townhouses, and also some houses that were converted to house small businesses are located in the portion of Windermere between Rice Boulevard and University Boulevard. In 1999, Feser said that few houses had been built in Windermere in the preceding several years. During that year, Sonia Tersigne, a Greenwood King Properties real estate agent, said that homeonwers in Morningside Place usually renovated their houses instead of tearing them down. Common renovations included updating kitchens and bathrooms to modern standards, installing sunrooms, and adding guest quarters over garages. [4]

In 1999, a "tear down" house, or a house to be purchased so it could be torn down and replaced with new development, typically had a price of $150,000 ($220355.57 in current money), a recently built house typically had a price around $600,000 ($881422.29 in current money), and other varieties of houses were priced in between those extremes. In the portion between Rice Boulevard and University Boulevard, house prices were from $175,000 ($257081.50 in current money) to $300,000 ($440711.15 in current money). Area duplexes had monthly rent rates between $1,000 ($1469.04 in current money) and $1,500 ($2203.56 in current money). In 1999 Feser said "Like many close-in neighborhoods, values have risen sharply in the last few years and houses sell quickly, often with back-up offers." [4]

Government and infrastructure

The Morningside Place Civic Association governs Morningside Place. [2]

Morningside Place is a part of the University Place Super Neighborhood Council. [5]

It is within Houston City Council District C. [6]

Houston Fire Department Fire Station 37 Braes Heights is located at 3828 Aberdeen Way. Houston Fire Department Station 33 Medical Center is near the Texas Medical Center at 7100 Fannin @ South Braeswood .

The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department's South Central Patrol Division .

Morningside Place is in Texas's 7th congressional district .

Education

Public schools

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Roberts Elementary School

Residents are zoned to Houston Independent School District schools. [7]

In 1999 Katherine Feser of the Houston Chronicle said that the zoning to Roberts was one of the "selling points" of the Windermere community. [4]

Private schools

St. Vincent de Paul School, a K-8 Roman Catholic school operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is in the area.

St. Nicholas School Medical Center Campus, a K-8 private school, is in the area.

Saint Anne Catholic School, a K-8 Roman Catholic school operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is in the area.

Public libraries

The McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library is near the neighborhood.

Media

The Houston Chronicle is the area regional newspaper.

The West University Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community.

The Village News and Southwest News is a local newspaper distributed in the community.

Community information

The Weekly Family YMCA is located near Morningside Place

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "About." Morningside Place. Retrieved on July 27, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Reynolds, Patrick. "Southwest Houston groups receive improvement grants."[ dead link ] Houston Chronicle . Thursday September 27, 2001. Retrieved on October 23, 2012. Available from the Houston Public Library newspaper site, accessible with a library card number and its PIN.
  3. 1 2 Feser, Katharine. "Southgate has great location, traditional feel."[ dead link ] Houston Chronicle . Sunday January 6, 2002. Business 6. Retrieved on October 23, 2012. Available from the Houston Public Library newspaper site, accessible with a library card number and its PIN.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Feser, Katherine. "Windermere has eclectic mix of homes."[ dead link ] Houston Chronicle . Sunday October 31, 1999. Business 8. Retrieved on October 23, 2012. Available from the Houston Public Library newspaper site, accessible with a library card number and its PIN.
  5. ↑ Galloway, Melissa Bech. "Neighborhood making strides / University Place council targets traffic woes, security."[ dead link ] Houston Chronicle . Thursday October 11, 2001. ThisWeek 17. Retrieved on October 22, 2012. Available from the Houston Public Library newspaper site, accessible with a library card number and its PIN.
  6. ↑ City of Houston, Council District Maps, District C Archived 2012-12-24 at the Wayback Machine .." City of Houston. Retrieved on November 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ "mapGraphic.gif." (Archive) Morningside Place. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Roberts Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine .." Houston Independent School District .
  9. ↑ "Pershing Middle Attendance Zone Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine .." Houston Independent School District .
  10. ↑ "Pin Oak Middle School." The Southwest District. Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 7, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Lamar High School Attendance Zone Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine .." Houston Independent School District .

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