Uptown Houston
Uptown is in Houston, though nobody in Houston has used that term since about 1970 - it's generally referred to as "The Galleria", or to motorists at I-610 and U.S. 59 as the highway to avoid.Photo: Hequals2henry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Agsftw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district in Houston, Texas, USA
- Also known as: “Uptown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Galleria and Williams Tower.
The Galleria
Shopping center
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The Galleria is an upscale mixed-use urban development and shopping mall located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas, United States. The development consists of a retail complex, the Galleria Office Towers complex, two Westin hotels, and a private health club.
Williams Tower
Building
The Williams Tower is a 64-story, 1.4 million square feet class A postmodern office tower located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas. The building was designed by New York–based John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson in association with Houston-based Morris-Aubry Architects.
Berachah Church
Church
Berachah Church is a Bible church founded in 1935 in Houston, Texas. It is part of the Christian Evangelistic Mission.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highland Village and Tanglewood.
Highland Village
Neighborhood
Highland Village is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. Highland Village is located inside the 610 Loop in the triangle formed by Greenway Plaza, Uptown, and River Oaks.
Tanglewood
Neighborhood
Tanglewood is an affluent neighborhood in western Houston, Texas, located off San Felipe Road. Tanglewood is located just outside the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in the Uptown Houston area. Tanglewood is situated 1½ miles northwest of Uptown Houston.
Uptown Houston
- Categories: neighborhood, gay village, and locality
- Location: Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.74556° or 29° 44′ 44″ northLongitude
-95.46136° or 95° 27′ 41″ westOpen location code
76X6PGWQ+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 12401104924OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7899434
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Uptown Houston” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “休斯頓上城商务区”
- Dutch: “Uptown Houston”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوپتوون هوستون”
- Urdu: “اپ ٹاؤن ہیوسٹن”
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