Uptown Houston

Uptown Houston, or the Uptown District, is mainly centered around the the Galleria, the largest and most prestigious shopping mall in Houston. In its role as a high-end fashion and hotel district, it is approximately the Houston equivalent of San Francisco's Union Square and Los Angeles's Beverly Hills. Image File history File links UptownHoustonSkyline. ... Image File history File links UptownHoustonSkyline. ... A sign at the entrance to the Galleria the Galleria is a mixed-use urban development centrally located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas, one of the largest business districts in the country, just outside the citys I-610 inner beltway. ... Nickname: Space City Motto: Official website: www. ... Union Square is the central shopping, hotel and theater district in San Francisco. ... Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, almost entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. ...

The boundaries of Uptown are fairly well-defined. It is bounded by Woodway Drive to the north, the I-610 (West Loop) to the east, US 59 to the south, and Chimney Rock Road to the west. Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610 or in Texas IH-610) is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ...

At 23.6 million square feet (2,193,000 m²) of office space, Uptown is also known for its skyline - it is Houston's second largest business district, and the nation's 14th largest, about the size of downtown Atlanta, Denver, and Los Angeles. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Nickname: The Mile-High City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: City of Angels Motto: Official website: http://www. ...

Overview

Exterior of the western wing of the Galleria, the anchor of Uptown

A street sign in Uptown

The Uptown District has about 5 million square feet (500,000 m²) of retail space, and is the center of Houston's high-fashion scene. Around the Galleria, many trendy strip malls, eateries, and other sorts of entertainment exist in the area, which once included the only F.A.O. Schwarz in Texas. Uptown is home to many upscale boutiques, as well as many Houston-based and local high-fashion designers and stores. Uptown, which is the area with Houston's largest hotel revenue, hosts about 20 million visitors a year. Though the Galleria houses the prime of Uptown's luxury stores, there are many other upscale strip malls in this area. Stores outside of the Galleria but in the immediate area include: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A sign at the entrance to the Galleria the Galleria is a mixed-use urban development centrally located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas, one of the largest business districts in the country, just outside the citys I-610 inner beltway. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 877 KB) Summary Uptown Houston Street Signs Taken by WhisperToMe Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 877 KB) Summary Uptown Houston Street Signs Taken by WhisperToMe Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... A sign at the entrance to the Galleria the Galleria is a mixed-use urban development centrally located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas, one of the largest business districts in the country, just outside the citys I-610 inner beltway. ... F.A.O. Schwarz is the name of a toy store chain founded in New York, New York in 1870 by German immigrant, Frederick August Otto Schwarz. ...

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Architecture

Williams Tower, Houston's tallest freestanding tower

Ornamental intersections in Uptown

Williams Waterwall

The Uptown Houston district boomed along with Houston during the 1970s and early 1980s. A collection of mid-rise office buildings appeared along the Interstate 610 west (or as it is referred to by locals, "the West Loop"). The area has became one of the premiere examples of an edge city. In December of 1982 construction was completed on the 909-foot tall, Philip Johnson designed landmark Williams Tower (known as the Transco Tower until 1999). With 64 floors it was considered the world's tallest skyscraper outside of a central business district. The Williams Tower is a fine example of how energy companies, that in the early 1980's were flush with cash, used it to get developers to build impressive, monumental structures to broadcast Houston as the undisputed energy capitol of the world. Image File history File links Williams_Tower_Moon. ... Image File history File links Williams_Tower_Moon. ... Williams Tower at dusk The Williams Tower, (formerly the Transco Tower), is a skyscraper located in the Uptown District of Houston. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 858 KB)Taken by WhisperToMe File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 858 KB)Taken by WhisperToMe File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Williams_Waterwall_Houston. ... Image File history File links Williams_Waterwall_Houston. ... Picture of the Uptown Houston Skyline. ... Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610 or in Texas IH-610) is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ... Edge city is an American term for a relatively new concentration of business, shopping and entertainment outside a traditional urban area, in what had recently been a residential suburb or semi-rural community. ... Williams Tower at dusk The Williams Tower, (formerly the Transco Tower), is a skyscraper located in the Uptown District of Houston. ... The Williams Tower The Williams Tower, formerly the Transco Tower, is a building in the Uptown District of Houston. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ...

The Uptown Houston district is also home to other buildings designed by noted architects such as I. M. Pei and César Pelli among other structures also designed by Philip Johnson. Large-scale office construction in Uptown Houston, however, came to an abrupt end in the mid-to-late 1980's with the collapse of energy industry and the local economy. Uptown Houston has 23.8 million square feet (2,210,000 m²) of office space in 2001, whereas Downtown Houston has about 40 million square feet (4,000,000 m²). In the late 1990's Houston experienced a mini-boom of mid-rise and high-rise residential construction, much of it in Uptown Houston. There are about 30 high-rise apartment buildings in the immediate Uptown area. The Louvre Pyramid, Paris Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: 貝聿銘; Hanyu Pinyin: ; b. ... César Pelli (born October 12, 1926 in Tucumán, Argentina) is a noted architect known for designing some of the worlds tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. ... Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 (Cleveland, Ohio) – January 25, 2005 (New Canaan, Connecticut)) was an influential American architect. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article is about the year. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ...

Uptown Houston is a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ), which is a self-imposed taxing entity created by property owners in economically challenged areas in order to fund improvements and encourage development within the zone. Although Uptown is arguably not in need of being designated a TIRZ the area was designated as a TIRZ by city council. The Uptown District has used the funds for landscaping and mobility improvements as well as specialty street lamps, signage and stainless steel gateways and halos over major streets and intersections.

The average per capita income within a 3 mile (5 km) radius is about $65,000, higher than that of Beverly Hills and Costa Mesa, California. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... For other uses, see: Beverly Hills (disambiguation). ... Costa Mesa is a city located in Orange County, California. ...

Education

Pupils living in Uptown are zoned to schools in the Houston Independent School District. Uptown pupils are zoned to either Briargrove Elementary School (in Briargrove) or Pilgrim Elementary School, though all Pilgrim pupils living in the Uptown District will be rezoned to the new St. George Place Elementary School (in St. George Place) upon its opening in 2006. Pupils living in Uptown are also zoned to Grady Middle School and Lee High School, although students in the Lee attendance area may choose to attend Lamar High School or Westside High School. The wealthier students that stay in the public education system usually opt for Lamar, as Lee has been considered to have declined in quality. Uptown is served by the Jungman Branch of Houston Public Library. The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. ... Briargrove is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... A sign marking St. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lee High School (names after Robert E. Lee and formerly named Robert E. Lee High School) is a secondary school located at 6529 Beverly Hill in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77057. ... 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. ... Westside High School is a secondary school located at 14201 Briar Forest in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77077. ... Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ...

Uptown-area subdivisions

Uptown-area subdivisions include:

• Briargrove
• Briarcroft
• Larchmont
• St. George Place
• Tanglewood

Briargrove is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... A sign marking St. ... A sign indicating Tanglewood Tanglewood is a neighborhood out of Houston, Texas. ...

See also

• List of leading shopping streets and districts by city

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External links

• Uptown Houston Homepage

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