A sign marking Braeswood Place

Braeswood Place is a group of subdivisions in Houston, Texas. City nickname: Space City Location Location in the state of Texas Government Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 601. ...

Braeswood Place is a mainly single-family neighborhood inside the 610 Loop, east of the city of Bellaire, south of the cities of Southside Place and West University Place, west of the Texas Medical Center and the neighborhood of Old Braeswood, and north of the Brays Bayou and the neighborhoods of Linkwood and Knollwood Village. Braeswood Place was built during the 1950s.[1] Interstate 610 is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ... Bellaire is a city located in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. ... Southside Place is a city located in Harris County, Texas. ... West University Place, often called West University or West U in short, is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area and Harris County. ... The Texas Medical Center is the largest and one of the most famous groups of medical institutions worldwide. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby boom from returning...

Braeswood Place once had the Link Valley Apartments, which was seen as a haven of crime. The Apartments were demolished, and a community center was built in its place. The community center consists of the McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library, the Weekley Family YMCA, a field for the West University Little League, and an Alzheimer's treatment center. Next door are two Houston Independent School District schools, Mark Twain Elementary School and Pershing Middle School. The original Mark Twain campus, which was built in the 1950s, was demolished to make way for a brand new campus scheduled to open in 2005. Pershing Middle School is also slated to be demolished, with a replacement campus scheduled to open in 2007. The Rice School, a magnet public school, is located in the eastern part of Braeswood Place. Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ... YMCAs in the United States and Canada use this logo. ... Alzheimers disease (AD) or senile dementia of Alzheimers type is a neurodegenerative disease which results in a loss of mental functions due to the deterioration of brain tissue. ... The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. ... John J. Pershing Middle School is a secondary school located at 7000 Braes Boulevard in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77025. ...

The Weekley Family YMCA

Pershing Middle School

A pair of houses in Braeswood. One is under construction and one is already built. Large two story houses have been built in Braeswood since Tropical Storm Allison

The neighborhood was devastated by Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 [2]. Before Allison, the neighborhood mostly consisted of 1950's style ranch homes. After the flood, many of the ranch homes were demolished and replaced with two-story Colonial, Tudor, and Stucco houses with high foundations. Many upper middle class families moved into the newly-built houses. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1656x585, 151 KB) Summary Image is public domain Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1656x585, 151 KB) Summary Image is public domain Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... YMCAs in the United States and Canada use this logo. ... John J. Pershing Middle School is a secondary school located at 7000 Braes Boulevard in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77025. ... Storm path Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in 2001. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Parts of Braeswood north of the Brays Bayou (including Braes Heights and Ayrshire) are zoned to Twain Elementary. Parts south of the bayou (including Braes Terrace) are zoned to Longfellow Elementary. All parts of Braeswood Place are zoned to Pershing Middle. Pupils east of Stella Link (including Braes Heights) are zoned to Lamar High School in Upper Kirby while students west of Stella Link (including Ayrshire and Braes Terrace) are zoned to Bellaire High School. Mirabeau B. Lamar High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77098. ... Upper Kirby is a commercial district in Houston, Texas. ... Bellaire High School Bellaire High School is a secondary school located at 5100 Maple Street in Bellaire, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77401. ...

Subdivisions

Subdivisions that are covered by the Braeswood Place Homeowner's Association include Ayrshire, Braes Heights, Braes Manor, Braes Oaks, Braes Terrace, and Southern Oaks.

The John P. McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library

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External link

• Braeswood Place Homeowner's Association

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"Island" cities	Bellaire | Bunker Hill Village | Hedwig Village | Hilshire Village | Hunters Creek Village | Piney Point Village | Southside Place | Spring Valley | West University Place

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