Washington Avenue (Houston, Texas)
Length | 4.5 mi (7.2 km) |
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Location | Harris County, Texas |
West end | Hempstead Road |
Major junctions | I-10 |
East end | I-45 |
Washington Avenue is a road in Houston, Texas, United States. It is named for Washington County, as it is part of the original route from Houston to Brenham, the seat of Washington County.[1]
U.S. Highway 90 was routed along Washington Avenue prior to the opening of the Katy Freeway.
Ralph Bivins stated in a newspaper article published by the
Entertainment district
Around 2009 the area became a popular entertainment area due to its location near Downtown Houston and the Houston Heights, a community within Houston that forbids the sale of alcohol within its boundaries. By May 2009, the Washington Avenue area gained expensive town houses and condominiums, restaurants, and bars.[4] John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press argues that the spread-out nature of Washington Avenue could cause issues that lead to the decline of the Richmond Strip, a popular party-going district in the 1990s.[5] To alleviate the issue, the clubs on Washington Avenue added jitneys and similar tools to ferry people between clubs.[5]
Craig Hlavaty said "Most Houstonians look at Washington as a destination for Outer Loopers (people living outside of the
In 2012, Katharine Shilcutt of the Houston Press said that the entertainment "scene" began moving to Midtown and the East End. As a result, many restaurants in the corridor began to increase the quality of the food and many of the clubs had closed. Shilcutt argued that it was more likely that Washington Avenue would become a restaurant-focused area than become a decrepit area like the Richmond Strip.[7]
In his 2010 article, Hlavaty said that Washington Avenue's main area extended for 3 miles (4.8 km), from TC Jester to Houston Avenue, "plus one block (give or take) to the north and south."
In December 2012 administrators of the city government planned to seek approval to install
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References
- ^ "WashingtonAveHouston.com :: Your Online Guide to Washington Avenue's Bars and Restaurants". www.washingtonavehouston.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
- ^ Bivins, Ralph. "CLOSE-IN HOUSING PROJECT TO PROVIDE JUMP-START FOR AGING HOUSTON THOROUGHFARE THAT HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES." Chicago Tribune. 5S Real Estate. July 9, 1995. Retrieved on March 22, 2009.
- ^ Swartz, Mimi. "Street Smarts: Washington Avenue, Houston." Texas Monthly. January 1, 2009. Retrieved on March 25, 2009.
- ^ Ghahremani, Yasmin. "In Houston, a Party Corridor." The New York Times. May 31, 2009. Retrieved on May 30, 2009.
- ^ KIAH-TV. October 8, 2010. Retrieved on May 27, 2012. "[It was] firearms, autos and alcohol in too great of concentration I think," said John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press."
- ^ a b Hlavaty, Craig. "Washington Life." In: Hlavaty, Craig, Shea Serrano, and Mike Giglio. "Wild on Washington." Houston Press. February 9, 2010. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Shilcutt, Katharine. "Top 10 Restaurants on Washington Avenue." Houston Post. Tuesday October 23, 2012. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.
- ^ Martin, Betty L. "RICE MILITARY/WOODCREST / Realtors, builders look to neighborhood for continued growth." Houston Chronicle. Thursday April 17, 2008. ThisWeek 7. Retrieved on October 21, 2012.
- ^ RMCC By-Laws. (Archive) Rice Military Civic Club. Last accessed September 24, 2006.
- ^ Miller, Doug. "Parking meters may soon pop up on Washington Avenue." KHOU. December 3, 2012. Retrieved on February 5, 2013.
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