texas911 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Anyone have insights on living in Breas Heights? Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstown Bill Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Was that Braes Heights? Was were the cross streets? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 Yea sorry, Braes Heights. South of Holcombe and North of Breaswood between Buffalo Speedway and Stella Link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE_ugh Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Actually its called Braeswood Place and it's a very nice established community with many ranch style homes still standing. Although closer to the bayou there are some new homes with some more "interesting" architecture. I has a YMCA and Poe and Pershing schools right in the center of the nieghborhood so it is excellent for children. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Generally nice neighborhood. You may want to also look south of Braeswood down to the South Loop. There are some nice neighborhoods there, but less so as you approach Main or Stella Link. Braes Heights has been very proactive in improving the area. At one point the YMCA was some terrible apartments that really hurt the neighborhood. Braes Heights has some nice mid-centuries. There's probably some teardown activity however. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) Actually, Twain Elementary School is located in Braeswood. Poe is in Boulevard Oaks.Twain has been rebuilt and is now being landscaped. Pershing will be rebuilt too. The other zoning choice, Pin Oak Middle School, was built in 2002.Braes Heights is zoned to Twain Elementary School, Pershing Middle School (with Pin Oak Middle School as an option), and Lamar High School.Again - zoned schools:* Twain Elementary School ( http://es.houstonisd.org/marktwaines/ or http://www.marktwainpto.org/)* Pershing Middle School ( http://www.pershingms.org) or Pin Oak Middle School ( http://www.pinoak.us)* Lamar High School ( http://hs.houstonisd.org/lamarhs/)Profiles:* http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Twain_ES.pdf* http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Pershing_MS.pdf* http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/PinOak_MS.pdf* http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Lamar_HS.pdf Edited August 25, 2006 by VicMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 Are there any deed restrictions? How powerful is the HA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 It's tear-down central. And some streets saw some serious floooding, so the new McMansions are built up about 10 feet. Starting to look a little odd, but it's still a neat area. http://www.westurealestate.com/demographicsBRAESHEIGHTS.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Been looking in the area and its crazy! The builders are buying everything and driving the prices up. I noticed that they are redoing all the streets and sewer lines, which is great. Don't know if it will fix the flooding but it definitely makes the neighborhood look nicer. Lots of new construction, most McMansions but a few contemporaries hidden here and there. There is a nice one on Gramercy right behind the Shell research campus. Looks like a mini West U but still very mixed income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 braes heights is becoming depressing i noticed alot of the sewer lines were replaced (upgraded?) near another tract where these larger, more expensive, stucco, box-like houses were built...is it just a coincidence, or do these people with five bathrooms actually produce more crap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Yea funny how that happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 They finally finished Phase 1 of the storm sewer upgrade/street repave and it looks great! I can see how property values are going to go up with the new streets/curbs and new sidewalks. Has that fresh concrete look to it. Surprisingly, part of Phase 1 includes Knollwood, just south of Braes Bayou. I guess it was originally part of Braes Heights. The second Phase is on Academy. Don't know when that's going to start though. Supposedly going out to bid this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Bought some property in Braes Heights, actually in Ayshire. Hope to do something with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 (edited) Bought some property in Braes Heights, actually in Ayshire. Hope to do something with it.what type of house did you end up purchasing?There is a nice one on Gramercy right behind the Shell research campus.i *think* you were writing about the Houck house (streamline style).if so, it's long gone, and the land has been subdivided and put up FSBO Edited July 6, 2007 by sevfiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 Tear down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) Tear down. nice. there were a few houses recently sold in ayrshire - i think on falkirk and drummond, maybe merrick, and prestwick that might get what they least deserve soon. the prestwick home looked kinda neat - the demolition permit has already been issued, though Edited July 10, 2007 by sevfiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 The new Braes Heights fire station is finally going up. And from the look of the steel frame, its very contemporary. I'm glad. We don't need another stupid spanish colonial piece of crap life fire station 1. Its on Stella Link just south of Bellaire across from Pershing. That corridor is really shaping up to be a nice neighborhood. Only a few run down businesses remain. Nevermind, here is the rendering, its not as contemporary as I had imagined. Another fake red brick fire station. Looks like David Weekly designed it. Terrible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 The old station may be small and a little blah, but maybe the rendering will be like the site says: "The actual station may not appear exactly like this graphic."Another fire station I like is #33 on Fannin at Braeswood - the one HFD sold/abandoned to build the new one a little ways down the road. Bleh.I'll start a new topic on this one though:http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...showtopic=19495 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) I would think that the design would blend with the Library, YMCA and the Alzheimer Day Care Center, as well as Pershing. Certainly, they wouldn't build something that stuck out like a sore thumb.When HFD responded to a false fire alarm at my house one time, one fireman told me that this station was one of the few remaining 'neighborhood' fire stations. Edited March 4, 2009 by rsb320 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Well it's sure nicer than the fire house it's replacing. What a dump. I knew firefighters that worked there and the old station 33 and they were a disgrace. Bum's living in downtown missions had better living conditions than those firefighters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 Pershing is very contemporary. The Y is an abomination Spanish colonial, complete with red tile roof. The Mcgovern Library is a beautiful piece of architecture, with a butterfly roof, that pays homage to all the mid century modern houses that surrounds it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 When HFD responded to a false fire alarm at my house one time, one fireman told me that this station was one of the few remaining 'neighborhood' fire stations.What did they mean by that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 The location was right in the neighborhood. I just an extra lot the developer had. Not on a major street and at the time not around any businesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 What did they mean by that?I'm guessing he meant that many of the smaller stations consolidated to larger stations, serving larger areas and located on major thoroughfares. I'm curious when the new station is built and occupied, if it will have a larger area of protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIREhat Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 (edited) When they say the neighborhood fire stations are disappearing they're referring to a trend in fire station placement and design. In the 1910s, '20s, and '30s it was common in cities to build bungalow fire stations that blended in with the neighborhood. Often the bays that held the engines and trucks looked just like slightly oversized garages. Austin was and is king of this design in Texas, and many of their fire stations are still bungalow style. An example: Houston didn't get into this style so heavily, but they did and do have a lot of stations built on standard-sized lots within neighborhoods, 37's (Braes Heights) being a perfect example. Fire stations, like fire apparatus, have gotten much bigger in the last couple of decades and no longer fit on regular lots. Two major drivers are truck sizes and NFPA standards. The National Fire Protection Association standard on station construction now forbids back-in bays, requiring a drive allowing vehicles to pull through the station. NFPA standards now forbid poles so new two-storey stations have all but disappeared. Trucks are a lot bigger too; here are two Baytown engines, one from 1947 and one from 2008: Before the '40s trucks were even smaller, about the size of full-size pickups of today. Southside Place's Fire Truck Park has raped converted Southside's first fire engine into playground equipment, but you can still see the size difference. This is a 1936 Seagrave Suburbanite on a REO chassis: So a lot of these stations that were built up into the '50s could stand to be a lot smaller. Now they have to be so big that they can't fit on standard lots and the trucks are so heavy that many residential streets can't handle them. As a consequence they have to move out onto major thoroughfares in commercial areas. Thirty-seven's is a perfect example. Edited March 15, 2009 by FIREhat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 What is the  construction at the Braes Heights shopping center? Tenant build out perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Construction (staging?) area  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Just a shopping center exterior remodel. Added some additional ADA parking spots and then this  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Molina's knocked down a wall and placed glass instead. Looks nice. Lots of natural light for a bar atmosphere though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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