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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 1 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 1 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 0 miles away.
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Blaffer Gallery

Blaffer Art Museum is the art museum of the University of Houston. It was founded in 1973 and has won several awards, including the Coming Up Taller Award as part of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. The gallery exhibits national and international works as well as artwork by students.

Located at 29.7247, -95.3425 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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University of Houston College of Technology

The University of Houston College of Technology is one of twelve academic colleges at the University of Houston. It offers eight undergraduate degrees and six graduate degrees throughout the three different departments. The college is primarily housed in three separate building complexes on campus, and is associated with four different labs. In Fall of 2006, there were 1,668 students enrolled in the college.

Located at 29.7233, -95.3427 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cullen College of Engineering

The Cullen College of Engineering, one of twelve academic colleges at the University of Houston, was established in 1941 and is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. More than 3,250 students are enrolled in engineering courses—2,569 undergraduates, 710 masters and doctoral students.

Located at 29.723, -95.341 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 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 1 miles away.
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University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is one of twelve academic colleges at the University of Houston. With nearly 10,000 students, CLASS is the largest college of the university, and was established in 2000 after the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication and the College of Social Sciences merged.

Located at 29.7222, -95.344 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 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 1 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 1 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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Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is a collaborative force based at the University of Houston. The Mitchell Center regularly invites leading visiting artists and creative thinkers from throughout the world to the UH campus to show their work, develop new projects, lead workshops, and teach courses. The Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works across the visual, performing, and literary arts.

Located at 29.7247, -95.3425 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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