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University of Houston

The University of Houston (UH) is a state research university and the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 41,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of Houston–University Park from 1983 to 1991. The Carnegie Foundation classifies UH as a Tier One research university. The U.S. News & World Report ranks the university No.

Located at 29.7189, -95.3392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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University of Houston System

The University of Houston System is a state university system in Texas, encompassing four separate and distinct universities. It has two system centers, which operate as off-campus and distance learning sites for its universities. The UH System owns and holds broadcasting licenses to a public television station and two public radio stations. The fourth-largest university system in Texas, the University of Houston System has over 65,000 students from the four separate universities.

Located at 29.7204, -95.3437 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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The Orange Show

Jeff McKissack, a mail carrier in Houston, Texas, transformed a small suburban lot near his wood frame house into The Orange Show in honor of his favorite fruit. Between 1956 and 1980, when he died, McKissak used common building materials and recycled junk such as bricks, tiles, fencing, and farm implements to transform his home into an architectural maze of walkways, balconies, arenas and exhibits decorated with mosaics and brightly painted iron figures.

Located at 29.7177, -95.3243 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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University of Houston Libraries

The University of Houston Libraries is an academic library system of the University of Houston (UH) serving students, faculty, and the general public. The main general collection library of the system is the M.D. Anderson Library. The system has three other branches—all of them existing on-campus at UH. Two additional libraries, the Conrad N. Hilton Library and Archives and the John O'Quinn Law Library, are managed and maintained by their home colleges.

Located at 29.721, -95.3426 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roy G. Cullen Building

The Roy G. Cullen Building (dedicated as Roy Gustav Cullen Memorial Building) is the oldest building on the present-day campus of the University of Houston. It is believed to be the first building on a campus of higher education in the United States with air conditioning. Construction for the building began in 1938, and was completed the following year.

Located at 29.72, -95.3448 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cullen Performance Hall

Cullen Performance Hall is a concert hall located on the campus of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. The hall, comprising the eastern half of the E. Cullen Building, was named in honor of Ezekiel W. Cullen, a former congressman for the Republic of Texas. The facility seats 1,544, and hosts music, opera, dance, theatrical events, and public lectures. Opening in 1950, the facility was designed by Alfred C. Finn.

Located at 29.7203, -95.3431 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ezekiel W. Cullen Building

The Ezekiel W. Cullen Building, usually shortened in pronunciation as the E. Cullen Building, is a building that serves as the main administrative headquarters of the University of Houston and the University of Houston System. It is named in honor of Ezekiel Wimberly Cullen, a former congressman of the Republic of Texas, and grandfather of building financier Hugh Roy Cullen. The building was designed by Texas architect Alfred C. Finn in the Art Deco style, and opened in 1950.

Located at 29.7204, -95.3437 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Pine Valley, Houston

Pine Valley is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, located at the crossing of I-45 and the 610 South Loop and ends at Long Drive. It is the 3rd Biggest Super-Neighborhood Of Southeast Houston. It is divided into two territories by a railroad located at Griggs St. and by two notourious gangs: Pine Valley Crips (PVC) and Puro Vatos Locos (PVL). The southern-most part being controlled by the Crips and the northern-most part by PVL.

Located at 29.7085, -95.3181 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Houston, Texas