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62-620: 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 neighborhoods of Linkwood and Knollwood Village . Braeswood Place consists of approximately 2,200 homes and includes seven subdivisions: Ayrshire, Braes Heights, Braes Oaks, Braes Manor, Braes Terrace, Emerald Forest, and Southern Oaks. The Braeswood Place Homeowners Association

124-685: A Barnes & Noble bookshop anchor the center. Cheryl P. Rose of the Houston Chronicle stated in 2013 that the proximities to Downtown and the TMC are "appealing" to residents who work in those areas. Braeswood Place is within the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Next door to McGovern Park are two HISD schools, Mark Twain Elementary School and John J. Pershing Middle School . The original Mark Twain campus, which

186-410: A residents' committee ; these are subdivided into residents' small groups of fifteen to forty families. In most urban areas of China, neighbourhood , community , residential community , residential unit , residential quarter have the same meaning: 社区 or 小区 or 居民区 or 居住区 , and is the direct sublevel of a subdistrict ( 街道办事处 ), which is the direct sublevel of a district ( 区 ), which

248-560: A 60-foot (18 m) baseball field, a full court tennis court, a trail system, two playgrounds, and a picnic pavilion. The park is slightly less than 5 acres (2.0 ha) in size. It was named after Karl Young, a Houstonian who was killed when an oil field exploded. In the 1990s a woman named Judy Siverson, a community service volunteer in Houston City Council District C, and her neighbors raised $ 300,000 to improve Young Park. Helen's Park, named after Helen Dallerup Williams,

310-581: A food blog, Gastronaut. When the magazine launched, food critic Robb Walsh became an employee. In May 2013 Katharine Shilcutt, a food critic for the Houston Press , announced she was going to leave the Press and begin working for Houstonia . The magazine also recruited Catherine Matusow from the Houston Press and Sarah Rufca from the Houston Chronicle . In sales, Marianna Dubinsky and Diane Caplan joined

372-541: A gymnasium, an outdoor pool, an outdoor field, and a weight room. The Southwest YMCA opened in 1951. Linkwood Park and Community Center is in Braes Manor Section 1. Members of the community place their children in the West University Little League [1] (of the city of West University Place ). Originally the community had its own little league team called the " Braes Bayou Little League ." The team

434-796: A high level of regulation of social life by officials. For example, in the Tang period Chinese capital city Chang'an, neighbourhoods were districts and there were state officials who carefully controlled life and activity at the neighbourhood level. Neighbourhoods in preindustrial cities often had some degree of social specialisation or differentiation. Ethnic neighbourhoods were important in many past cities and remain common in cities today. Economic specialists, including craft producers, merchants, and others, could be concentrated in neighbourhoods, and in societies with religious pluralism neighbourhoods were often specialised by religion. One factor contributing to neighbourhood distinctiveness and social cohesion in past cities

496-501: A landscaped backdrop for several community activities. The facilities now located on the $ 42 million Stella Link Park community service corridor site include the neighborhood library, the Weekley YMCA , and the national headquarters for The Sheltering Arms senior citizens facility. The neighborhood was deeply impacted by Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 which flooded about 500 of the community's 2,200 houses, which amounts to about 20% of

558-441: A median age of 45. Online demographics skew younger and more male: 47% male, 53% female, with an average household income of $ 100,000 and a median age of 34. Houstonia also hosts editorial interns year-round. Information on internships can be found here . In 2017 publisher Diane Caplan left to start her own company, and former senior media manager Stevi Maytubby replaced her as publisher. The magazine's front-of-the-book section

620-457: A residential area, opened in 1955. The current Station 37 building, on the new site, opened on September 24, 2009. The grand opening ceremony for the station was held at 11 AM on October 16, 2009. The station features artwork at the main entrance and at the rear door. The front door "stained glass look" artwork resembles a water hose spraying water, and the back door artwork portrays a squirrel in an outdoor environment. The back door artwork ties into

682-420: A small area within a town or city. The label is commonly used to refer to organisations which relate to such a very local structure, such as neighbourhood policing or Neighbourhood watch schemes. In addition, government statistics for local areas are often referred to as neighbourhood statistics, although the data themselves are broken down usually into districts and wards for local purposes. In many parts of

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744-547: A story of firefighters at the original Station 37 feeding a "station" squirrel. The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department 's Southwest Patrol Division, headquartered at 4503 Beechnut Street. Harris County Precinct One, headed by Commissioner Rodney Ellis , serves Braeswood Place. Patrol services are privately contracted to the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Office. Braeswood Place

806-490: A unit of analysis. In mainland China , the term is generally used for the urban administrative division found immediately below the district level, although an intermediate, subdistrict level exists in some cities. They are also called streets (administrative terminology may vary from city to city). Neighbourhoods encompass 2,000 to 10,000 families. Within neighbourhoods, families are grouped into smaller residential units or quarters of 100 to 600 families and supervised by

868-522: Is a magazine about Houston and Greater Houston , Texas , United States. It is published by SagaCity Media. The magazine's first issue released in April 2013, titled 250 Reasons to Love Houston . As of January 2016, the magazine is distributed at 800 locations in Greater Houston, including newsstands, retail outlets, and grocery stores. The president of SagaCity, Nicole Vogel , and her brother Scott,

930-481: Is called Ice House while others offer similarly-Houston-themed titles and Houston-centric coverage: Clutch City features local designers and decor; Bayougraphy profiles interesting Houstonians from Hakeem Olajuwon to Mireille Enos ; and The Drawl captures the city's zeitgeist in illustrated form on the last page of the book. The magazine also includes a dining section, On the Table, and an arts & entertainment section, On

992-497: Is headquartered in Suite #112 at 4010 Blue Bonnet Boulevard. The association has six officers, with each serving one or two years, and twelve area directors, each serving three years. A nominating committee selects candidates and members of the homeowners association cast ballots to elect the members. Area directors select "block captains" for each block. A block captain delivers the Sentinel ,

1054-548: Is in 2019. The Houston Chronicle is the area regional newspaper. The West University Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community [3] Archived 2008-06-01 at the Wayback Machine . The Village News and Southwest News is a local newspaper distributed in the community. In the mid-20th century the community newspaper Southwestern Times served the Braeswood area and surrounding communities. The paper

1116-592: Is in Braes Manor Section 1. All parts of Braeswood Place are zoned to Pershing Middle. Any student zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School 's (of the city of Bellaire ) regular program. Pupils east of Stella Link (including Braes Heights, Braes Oaks) are zoned to Lamar High School in the Upper Kirby district of Houston while students west of Stella Link or south of Brays Bayou (including Ayrshire and Braes Terrace) are zoned to Bellaire High School in

1178-459: Is in proximity to the Texas Medical Center and Rice Village . Braes Heights, located west of Buffalo Speedway, consists of 13 sections, numbered 1 through 13. Blocks 1 and 2 of Section 1 are in the City of Southside Place. As of 1995 Braes Heights has 896 houses. Katherine Feser of the Houston Chronicle said that Braes Heights had "a broader range of properties" than Southern Oaks. Braes Heights

1240-615: Is in the community. The park, a part of a $ 42 million project, houses Sheltering Arms, a senior services facility built for $ 9 million. The center opened on Saturday July 21, 2001, with 60 employees. The community houses the Weekley Family YMCA , which replaced the previous Southwest Branch YMCA in West University Place . The groundbreaking of the original $ 3.5 million facility occurred in September 2001. It houses office spaces,

1302-787: Is located in District 134 of the Texas House of Representatives and represented by Ann Johnson . Braeswood Place is within District 17 of the Texas Senate . Braeswood Place is within Texas's 7th congressional district . As of 2018, the representative is Lizzie Fletcher . Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO) operates bus services in Braeswood Place. Bus routes 2 Bellaire, 4 Beechnut, 8 South Main, and 68 Brays Bayou Crosstown serve

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1364-577: Is the direct sublevel of a city ( 市 ). (See Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China ) The term has no general official or statistical purpose in the United Kingdom, but is often used by local boroughs for self-chosen sub-divisions of their area for the delivery of various services and functions, as for example in Kingston-upon-Thames or is used as an informal term to refer to

1426-446: Is well documented for historical Islamic cities. In addition to social neighbourhoods, most ancient and historical cities also had administrative districts used by officials for taxation, record-keeping, and social control. Administrative districts are typically larger than neighbourhoods and their boundaries may cut across neighbourhood divisions. In some cases, however, administrative districts coincided with neighbourhoods, leading to

1488-505: The Houston Chronicle said that the central location of Braes Oaks, the trees, and the large lots made Braes Oaks "prime". Southern Oaks has two sections, numbered 1 and 2. In Southern Oaks, lot sizes tend to be 10-15% larger than in other subdivisions in Braeswood Place. Southern Oaks has 248 houses. The original houses were built in the 1950s. Most houses are located on dead-end streets and had two car garages. Many featured built-in fireplaces, large bedrooms, closets small by standards in

1550-496: The Houston Press ranked the center the "Best Strip Mall - 2012" due to its abundance of small businesses that made the editors feel nostalgic. The editors said "In many ways, Braes Heights seems more like Rice Village than Rice Village" because many iconic small businesses had left Rice Village by 2012. Vanderbilt Square, a shopping center located in a nearby area in Houston, had been built by 1995. A Randall's Food Markets store and

1612-500: The Houston Public Library is located at 7405 Stella Link Road. The library, named after physician John P. McGovern , opened on January 8, 2005. The Houston Business Journal awarded the library a Landmark Award for Community Impact in 2006. In 2007 and 2010 the Houston Press ranked the branch the "Best Public Library Branch." The McGovern Library closed after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in 2017. Its tentative reopening

1674-595: The buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." In

1736-559: The 1900s, Clarence Perry described the idea of a neighbourhood unit as a self-contained residential area within a city. The concept is still influential in New Urbanism . Practitioners seek to revive traditional sociability in planned suburban housing based on a set of principles. At the same time, the neighbourhood is a site of interventions to create Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC) as many older adults tend to have narrower life space. Urban design studies thus use neighbourhood as

1798-467: The 2002 Rebuild Houston school bond program, was under construction. Its cost was $ 14 million and it was scheduled to open in 2005. 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. Mark's Episcopal School in the city of West University Place is also nearby. The McGovern-Stella Link Branch of

1860-500: The City of Houston-defined Braeswood (Place) Super Neighborhood had 21,835 residents. 61% were non-Hispanic white, 15% were non-Hispanic Asians, 12% were Hispanics, 10% were non-Hispanic blacks, and 2% were non-Hispanic others. In 2000 the super neighborhood had 18,797 residents. 68% were non-Hispanic white, 12% were non-Hispanic Asians, 11% were Hispanics, 7% were non-Hispanic blacks, and 2% were non-Hispanic others. The homeowners association, Braeswood Place Homeowner's Association (BPHA),

1922-450: The Town, which focuses on current shows and events in the city. Throughout all of the departments, a drawing of a native bird, the grackle , is seen messing up the design up and causing havoc in the pages. In addition to offering print content to buy, Houstonia also publishes a collection of weekly blogs and articles, some featured in the magazine, others website-only. These include Gastronaut,

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1984-553: The UK wards are roughly equivalent to neighbourhoods or a combination of them. In the United States and Canada , neighbourhoods are often given official or semi-official status through neighbourhood associations , neighbourhood watches or block watches. These may regulate such matters as lawn care and fence height, and they may provide such services as block parties , neighbourhood parks and community security . In some other places

2046-494: The addition of expensive houses in the wider area increased the prices of Southern Oaks real estate values. The prices of Southern Oaks houses in good condition ranged from $ 190,000 ($ 336162.32 in current money) to $ 300,000 ($ 530782.61 in current money). The price per square foot ranged from $ 100 ($ 176.93 in current money) to $ 140 ($ 247.7 in current money). Homeowners in Southern Oaks are required to buy flood insurance . In 2015,

2108-460: The city government, asking for a cleanup of the Link Valley area. As a result, police evicted criminal elements from Link Valley in a 1989 raid. In the 1990s a group of community-minded residents spearheaded the effort to purchase dilapidated apartments and commercial businesses in a four-block area. The Stella Link Redevelopment Association (SLRA) emerged from the early efforts and further organized

2170-405: The city of Bellaire. The Rice School , a magnet public school, is located just east of Braeswood Place. The original campus of Twain was a red brick building. Originally Twain's magnet program was focused on after-school programs. In the 1980s parents in the area considered Twain to be an undesirable school. In 1986 a group of parents at Bethany United Methodist Weekday School decided to organize

2232-499: The community. Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated Martin Luther King Health Center in southeast Houston for ZIP code 77025. The nearest public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the Texas Medical Center . Karl Young Park, a park operated by the City of Houston, is located in the community. It includes three full court basketball courts, three half court basketball courts,

2294-435: The early 2000s, Community Development Corporations, Rehabilitation Networks, Neighbourhood Development Corporations, and Economic Development organisations would work together to address the housing stock and the infrastructures of communities and neighbourhoods (e.g., community centres). Community and Economic Development may be understood in different ways, and may involve "faith-based" groups and congregations in cities. In

2356-531: The equivalent organization is the parish , though a parish may have several neighbourhoods within it depending on the area. In localities where neighbourhoods do not have an official status, questions can arise as to where one neighbourhood begins and another ends. Many cities use districts and wards as official divisions of the city, rather than traditional neighbourhood boundaries. ZIP Code boundaries and post office names also sometimes reflect neighbourhood identities. Houstonia (magazine) Houstonia

2418-546: The founding editor of Houstonia, were born and raised in Houston. The magazine was nominated for a City and Regional Magazine Award by the CRMA (City and Regional Magazine Assoc.) in 2014. It was further nominated for four CRMA awards in 2015: Reporting, Excellence in Design, Excellence in Writing, and Arts & Culture Writing; the magazine won the latter award that year. In 2016, the magazine

2480-403: The fund-raising endeavors. SLRA was successful in its attempts and the apartments and commercial buildings were purchased and torn down. New deed restrictions were put into place, two streets were closed and the area was developed into a neighborhood asset. SLRA created a master plan for the area and worked with the City of Houston and other independent entities to turn the once-blighted blocks into

2542-459: The group Friends of Mark Twain to call for an improvement in Twain and lobbied on its behalf. The school's reputation improved and, according to former principal Joyce Dauber, by 1996 75% of the parents of students lived in the school's neighborhood. In 1995 Jim Ainsworth, a resident quoted in the Houston Chronicle , said "There's been a real resurgence in the schools. The biggest problem that we found

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2604-585: The homeowner's association newsletter, and communicate with area residents. Most of Braeswood Place is in the Houston City Council District C, while a portion south of the Brays Bayou is in District K. Houston Fire Station #37 Braes Heights of the Houston Fire Department , at 7026 Stella Link, is in Fire District 21. The original Station 37, located on developer-donated land at 3828 Aberdeen Way, in

2666-490: The houses. Before Allison, the neighborhood had been in a slow transition from mostly 1950s style ranch homes to two-story Colonial , Tudor , and Stucco houses. With the razing of many houses flooded by Allison, the transition pace quickly accelerated. Many upper-middle-class families moved into the newly built houses. In 2004 Anjali Athavalley of the Houston Chronicle said "Established areas like Braes Heights, Braes Terrace and Weslayan Plaza have performed solidly over

2728-431: The neighbourhood as a small-scale democracy , regulated primarily by ideas of reciprocity among neighbours. Neighbourhoods have been the site of service delivery or "service interventions" in part as efforts to provide local, quality services, and to increase the degree of local control and ownership. Alfred Kahn, as early as the mid-1970s, described the "experience, theory and fads" of neighbourhood service delivery over

2790-425: The newer houses were two story pier and beam foundation houses. The newer houses were priced around $ 630,000 ($ 1067211.84 in current money) around 2002. The houses range in size from 3,800 square feet (350 m) to 4,000 square feet (370 m). After Tropical Storm Allison , which flooded several Braes Oaks houses, some homeowners decided to tear down their houses, while others decided to rebuild. Katherine Feser of

2852-737: The original houses were being demolished and replaced with stucco and brick two-story houses. A real estate agent quoted in a 2013 Houstonia article, Linda Marshall, stated that the lots are larger in Braes Heights than in West University Place, and that the prices are 30% lower in Braes Heights than in West University. Braes Oaks has three sections, 1, 1A, and 2. Braes Oaks has lots that are larger than average and many trees that provide shade. As of 2002 Braes Oaks has 131 houses. The original houses consisted of ranch-style houses. Most o

2914-493: The past five years. But real estate agents say the chances of finding a bargain in those areas are slim." In 2008 the Houston Press named the Stella Link Road area by Pershing Middle School as the "best hidden neighborhood." Braeswood Place consists of approximately 2,200 homes and includes seven subdivisions: Ayrshire, Braes Heights, Braes Oaks, Braes Manor, Braes Terrace, Emerald Forest, and Southern Oaks. The community

2976-613: The presence of social neighbourhoods. Historical documents shed light on neighbourhood life in numerous historical preindustrial or nonwestern cities. Neighbourhoods are typically generated by social interaction among people living near one another. In this sense they are local social units larger than households not directly under the control of city or state officials. In some preindustrial urban traditions, basic municipal functions such as protection, social regulation of births and marriages, cleaning and upkeep are handled informally by neighbourhoods and not by urban governments; this pattern

3038-571: The prior decade, including discussion of income transfers and poverty. Neighbourhoods, as a core aspect of community, also are the site of services for youth, including children with disabilities and coordinated approaches to low-income populations. While the term neighbourhood organisation is not as common in 2015, these organisations often are non-profit, sometimes grassroots or even core funded community development centres or branches. Community and economic development activists have pressured for reinvestment in local communities and neighbourhoods. In

3100-486: The subdivisions in Braeswood Place, most of the demolition older houses occurred in Braes Heights. By 2000 120 new houses had been constructed in Braeswood Place. In Braeswood Place, a lot described by Feser as being in a "prime corner" would have a price from $ 190,000 ($ 336162.32 in current money) to $ 210,000 ($ 371547.83 in current money) while an interior lot would have a price from $ 175,000 ($ 309623.19 in current money) to $ 180,000 ($ 318469.57 in current money). By 2013 many of

3162-400: The team in 2014. Houstonia uses some recurring annual issues to provide readers with current material in subjects such as real estate, dentistry, and dining. One of the best selling issues is the annual Best Restaurants cover. On ts website, houstoniamag.com, the magazine states that its readership is composed of 35% male, 65% female, with an average household income of around $ 194,000 and

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3224-426: The words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford , "Neighborhoods, in some annoying, inchoate fashion exist wherever human beings congregate, in permanent family dwellings; and many of the functions of the city tend to be distributed naturally—that is, without any theoretical preoccupation or political direction—into neighborhoods." Most of the earliest cities around the world as excavated by archaeologists have evidence for

3286-402: The year 2000, hardwood floors, and 1950s-style glass doorknobs. In 2000 most homeowners decided to restore their older houses instead of tearing them down. Usually restorations involved adding master bedroom and bath suites and adding kitchens with finishes and luxury appliances. In 2000 Steve Anton, a real estate broker of Hallmark Properties, said that a general trend of increasing lot prices and

3348-548: Was built in the 1950s, was demolished to make way for a new campus in 2006. The original Pershing Middle School campus was also demolished, replaced with a new campus that opened in January 2007. Parts of Braeswood Place north of the Brays Bayou (including Braes Heights, Braes Oaks, and Ayrshire) are zoned to Twain Elementary. Parts south of the bayou (including Braes Manor and Braes Terrace) are zoned to Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow

3410-489: Was charted in 1951. On September 19, 1988, a group of robbers murdered 66-year-old Gloria Pastor in her Braeswood Place house. Police traced the first suspect to an apartment in the Link Valley area, less than 2 miles (3.2 km) away. The apartments were nicknamed "Death Valley" due to drug-related crime . The Pastor murder led to members of the Braeswood Place community and other nearby communities into putting pressure on

3472-551: Was dedicated in October 2000. Williams was the wife of Myron Williams, a man who died in 1990. In his will Myron Williams stated that his remaining funds would be used to build a park with a fountain "of outstanding beauty, composed of lovely colors." The Myron Williams Trust maintains the park. The John P. McGovern Campus Park is located along Underwood Street. The site of the 20-acre (8.1 ha) park previously included apartment complexes known for criminal activity. Stella Link Park also

3534-665: Was developed from 1947 to 1952. The original houses were ranch style houses. By April 23, 1995, over 100 newer houses had been built, mostly in the northern part of Braes Heights. In 1995, the original houses had a price rage from $ 130,000 ($ 259943.22 in current money) to $ 250,000 ($ 499890.81 in current money), while the "tear-downs" (houses to be purchased and demolished so new construction can be built) were priced from $ 90,000 ($ 179960.69 in current money) to $ 135,000 ($ 269941.04 in current money) and newer houses were priced from $ 275,000 ($ 549879.89 in current money) to $ 450,000 ($ 899803.45 in current money). In 2000 Feser said that in terms of all of

3596-588: Was headquartered in Rice Village . Elementary schools: See also: List of companies in Houston See: List of colleges and universities in Houston Neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger city , town , suburb or rural area , sometimes consisting of a single street and

3658-606: Was merged into the West University Little League in 2005 [2] ; players of the Braes Bayou Little League living in the ZIP codes of 77035 and 77096 were redirected to the Westbury Little League. Many of the businesses serving area residents are along West Holcombe Boulevard. The Braes Heights Shopping Center, a two-story, mid-century modern shopping center, is located in the nearby City of Southside Place . In 2012

3720-558: Was nominated once again for Photography and Excellence in Design in the upcoming CRMA awards to be held in May. In addition, Houstonia was given an AMA Marketer of the Year award for media. The magazine's circulation is upwards of 70,000, while its average monthly readership is over 510,000 and houstoniamag.com generally receives approximately 400,000 views per month. The magazine first appeared in newsstands in April 2013. The Houstonia website has

3782-414: Was perception because of a lack of a peer group for both kids and parents. That has changed a lot and is continuing to change as more kids go to the school." In 2013 Houstonia stated that "Parents, in particular, praise the area’s schools" including Twain and Pershing. By 2004 the original Twain building was razed. Students at Twain were put in temporary buildings while a new school building, financed by

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3844-482: Was the role of rural to urban migration. This was a continual process in preindustrial cities, and migrants tended to move in with relatives and acquaintances from their rural past. Neighbourhood sociology is a subfield of urban sociology which studies local communities Neighbourhoods are also used in research studies from postal codes and health disparities , to correlations with school drop out rates or use of drugs. Some attention has also been devoted to viewing

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