 A sign in a median indicating Sharpstown Sharpstown is a master-planned community in southwest Houston, Texas. It was one of the first communities to be built as a master planned, automobile centered community. Frank Sharp, the developer of the subdivision, made provisions not only for homes but also for schools, shopping and recreation areas. While this model has been duplicated countless times in the past fifty years, at the time it was quite revolutionary, attracting national media attention. The development was dedicated with much fanfare on March 13, 1955. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 841 KB) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Nickname: Bayou City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area - City 1,558 km² (601. ...
A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ...
Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile (or motor car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ...
Frank Sharp was a land developer in Houston, United States who was responsible for creating several large post-World War II housing developments. ...
Overview The residential architecture in Sharpstown consists of post–World War II bungalows, modern and traditional homes. The materials used in building these homes were of sound quality and have withstood the wear and tear of the baby boomer generation as well as the test of time. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 837 KB) Taken by WhisperToMe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αÏχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αÏχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
A row of bungalows in Virginia A bungalow (Hindi: बà¥à¤¨à¥à¤—लोव) is a type of single story house. ...
A Baby Boomer is someone who was born during the period of increased birth rates when economic prosperity rose in many countries following World War II. In the United States, the term is iconic and more properly capitalized as Baby Boomers and commonly applied to people with birth years after...
Robindell, a small neighborhood within Sharpstown is built of homes similar to that of Memorial Bend. Robindell also has an L-shaped neighborhood swimming pool. The first pool manager was a neighbor, J.W. Puryear. College men from Georgetown University were recruited to take lifeguarding jobs at the pool each summer. The lifeguards trained the neighborhood children to be racing swimmers and took many ribbons at Houston swimming competitions.
The Baskin-n-Robbins Ice Cream store has stood at the corner of Beechnut and Bissonnet since the 1960s, at least, and is still a favorite place to get a cone on a hot summer day.
Sharp also donated a 300-foot-wide strip of land through the development to the state of Texas for construction of U.S. Highway 59. This decision ensured easy access from Downtown Houston to homes in the neighborhood, as well as easy access to Sharpstown Center (1961), Houston's first air-conditioned, enclosed shopping mall. United States Highway 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ...
Downtown Houston Downtown Houston is Houstons largest business district. ...
Sharpstown Center, or Sharpstown Mall, is the worlds first air conditioned mall located in southwest Houston, Texas within the Sharpstown development—the citys first master-planned community. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...
Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ...
A shopping mall (or simply mall), shopping center, or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain stores, and has interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store. ...
Sharpstown was affected by the Sharpstown scandal. The scandal combined with a set of apartment complexes that became run-down ensured that Sharpstown became a neighborhood surrounded by crime by the 1990s. However, with Sharpstown's close-in location, there is renewed interest in revitalizing the neighborhood. In 2005, median home prices in Sharpstown had roughly doubled since 2000. The Sharpstown Scandal was a stock fraud scandal in the state of Texas in 1971 and 1972 involving the highest levels of the state government. ...
The City of Houston instituted the current nine city council districts in 1979. Sharpstown has been districted in District F since 1980. District councilmembers elected to the Houston City Council have been past presidents of the Sharpstown Civic Association - John Goodner (1980-1993), Ray Driscoll (1994-1999), Mark Ellis (2000-2003), and M.J. Khan (2004-present).
Like most Houston neighborhoods, the diversity of its population has increased over time. It has a significant number of persons of Asian descent, especially, Chinese and Vietnamese. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Asian people. ...
Sharpstown has a little league team called "Bayland Park Little League" (formerly Sharpstown Little League). Little League is the name of a non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local childrens leagues of baseball and softball throughout the USA and the rest of the world. ...
Fire service The Houston Fire Department operates the Fire Station 51 Sharpstown at 6902 Bellaire Boulevard at Bintliff. The Houston Fire Department (HFD) is the agency that provides Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services for the City of Houston, Texas ...
Police service The neighborhood is served by two Houston Police Department patrol divisions. A typical Houston Police Department cruiser The Houston Police Department (often referred to simply as HPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of Houston, Texas, United States. ...
- Areas north and west of U.S. Route 59 are served by the Westside Patrol Division [1].
- Areas south and east of U.S. 59 are served by the Fondren Patrol Division [2].
U.S. Route 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ...
Education Sharpstown is served by several schools in the Houston Independent School District. The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. ...
Ed White, Bonham, Neff, McNamara, and Sutton Elementary Schools serve Sharpstown. Pat Morris Neff Elementary School is an elementary school in Houston, Texas located at 8200 Carvel Lane with a zip code of 77036. ...
From there, pupils progress to either Jane Long Middle School (any student zoned to Long may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's regular program) or Sharpstown Middle School, followed by Sharpstown High School. Pin Oak Middle School Pin Oak Middle School is a secondary school that is located in Bellaire, Texas. ...
Sharpstown Middle School is a middle school in Houston, Texas located at 8330 Triola Lane. ...
Shittiest High School Ever! The End. ...
Sharpview Elementary School was temporairly established at 7734 Mary Bates in order to relieve some Sharpstown-area elementary schools; Sharpview opened fall 2000 and closed in spring 2004. Plans to establish a permanent reliever elementary and/or middle school are, as of 2006, on hold [3].
Sharpstown also has three private schools. St. Francis de Sales Catholic School (grades K-8), Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and Saint Agnes Academy, are located in Sharpstown. Strake Jesuit College Preparatory is a Jesuit preparatory school for young men in southwest Houston, Texas, founded on June 21, 1960. ...
Saint Agnes Academy is a Dominican preparatory school for young women in southwest Houston, Texas. ...
The area is served by Walter Branch of Houston Public Library. The John P. McGovern-Stella Link Branch of the Houston Public Library, located in the Braeswood Place neighborhood The Houston Public Library Heights Branch Meyer Branch Eleanor K. Freed Montrose Branch Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ...
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