Braeswood Place, Houston
Braeswood Place is a group of subdivisions in Harris County, Texas, United States.
[1] On September 19, 1988,[2] 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.
[4] 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 the fund-raising endeavors.
[5] 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 a landscaped backdrop for several community activities.
[7][8] Before Allison, the neighborhood had been in a slow transition from mostly 1950s style ranch homes to two-story Colonial, Tudor, and Stucco houses.
"[9] In 2008 the Houston Press named the Stella Link Road area by Pershing Middle School as the "best hidden neighborhood.
[12] Braes Heights, located west of Buffalo Speedway,[13] consists of 13 sections, numbered 1 through 13.
[17] Katherine Feser of the Houston Chronicle said that Braes Heights had "a broader range of properties" than Southern Oaks.
[17] In 2000 Feser said that in terms of all of the subdivisions in Braeswood Place, most of the demolition older houses occurred in Braes Heights.
[18] 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.
[20] In Southern Oaks, lot sizes tend to be 10-15% larger than in other subdivisions in Braeswood Place.
Many featured built-in fireplaces, large bedrooms, closets small by standards in the year 2000, hardwood floors, and 1950s-style glass doorknobs.
In 2000 Steve Anton, a real estate broker of Hallmark Properties, said that a general trend of increasing lot prices and the addition of expensive houses in the wider area increased the prices of Southern Oaks real estate values.
A block captain delivers the Sentinel, the homeowner's association newsletter, and communicate with area residents.
[26] The original Station 37, located on developer-donated land at 3828 Aberdeen Way, in a residential area, opened in 1955.
[29] Harris County Precinct One, headed by Commissioner Rodney Ellis, serves Braeswood Place.
[30][31] Patrol services are privately contracted to the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Office.
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 the community.
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.
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."
[47][48] In 2012 the Houston Press ranked the center the "Best Strip Mall - 2012" due to its abundance of small businesses that made the editors feel nostalgic.
[17] 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.
[53] Any student zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's (of the city of Bellaire) regular program.
[54] Pupils east of Stella Link (including Braes Heights, Braes Oaks) are zoned to Lamar High School[55] 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[56] in the city of Bellaire.
The biggest problem that we found was perception because of a lack of a peer group for both kids and parents.
The West University Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community [3] Archived 2008-06-01 at the Wayback Machine.
