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Braeswood Place is a group of subdivisions in Houston, Texas, United States. Braeswood Place is a mainly single-family neighborhood inside the 610 Loop, east of the city of Bellaire, south of the cities of Southside Place and West University Place, west of the Texas Medical Center and the neighborhood of Old Braeswood, and north of the neighborhoods of Linkwood and Knollwood Village. Braeswood Place consists of approximately 2,200 homes and includes seven subdivisions: Ayrshire, Braes Heights, Braes Oaks, Braes Manor, Braes Terrace, Emerald Forest, and Southern Oaks. ==History== The Braeswood Place Homeowners Association was charted in 1951.〔"(BPHA CONSTABLE PATROL PROGRAM )." ''Braeswood Place''. Retrieved on December 7, 2008.〕 On September 19, 1988,〔Sparrow, Malcolm K. ''Imposing Duties: Government's Changing Approach to Compliance''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. (88 ). Retrieved from Google Books on January 8, 2012. ISBN 0-275-94781-5, ISBN 978-0-275-94781-1.〕 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 away. The apartments were nicknamed "Death Valley" due to drug-related crime. The Pastor murder led to members of the Braeswood Place community and other nearby communities into putting pressure on the city government, asking for a cleanup of the Link Valley area.〔Cobb, Kim. "(Zeroing in on `Death Valley`/Shocked neighbors turning up heat on drug nest )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday October 16, 1988. C1. Retrieved on January 7, 2011. "THE MURDER of Gloria Pastor last month horrified her Braeswood Place neighbors, unaware that they lived so close to a cluster of rundown apartments police say is a magnet for drug-related crime. The 66-year-old woman was stabbed to death Sept. 19 with a butcher knife from her own kitchen. The woman apparently was asleep when her attackers broke through a rear window of her house at 3859 Tartan and gathered items to steal. "〕 As a result police evicted criminal elements from Link Valley in a 1989 raid.〔Kunerth, Jeff. "(HOUSTON CLEANS UP DRUG AREA FORMER CITY 'HOT SPOT' TODAY'S DEATH VALLEY )." ''Orlando Sentinel''. February 5, 1989. A1. Retrieved on January 7, 2012.〕 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. SLRA was successful in its attempts and the apartments and commercial buildings were purchased and torn down.〔Feser, Katherine. "(Braes Heights keeps changing with updates )." ''Houston Chronicle''. April 9, 2001. Retrieved on May 11, 2009.〕 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. The facilities now located on the $42 million Stella Link Park community service corridor site include the neighborhood library, the Weekley YMCA, and the national headquarters for The Sheltering Arms senior citizens facility.〔Stanton, Robert. "(Residents rise up in southwest Houston / Seeds of activism are taking root in community )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday August 19, 2001. ThisWeek 2. Retrieved on May 11, 2009.〕 The neighborhood was deeply impacted by Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 which flooded about 500 of the community's 2,200 houses, which amounts to about 20% of the houses.〔Kever, Jeannie. "(Post-flood fallout has residents wondering about neighborhood )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 1, 2001. Retrieved on May 11, 2009.〕〔Feser, Catherine. "(Floodwaters speed evolution of Braes Oaks )." ''Houston Chronicle''. May 28, 2002. Accessed July 12, 2008.〕 Before Allison, the neighborhood had been in a slow transition from mostly 1950s style ranch homes to two-story Colonial, Tudor, and Stucco houses. With the razing of many houses flooded by Allison, the transition pace quickly accelerated. Many upper-middle-class families moved into the newly built houses.〔 On Saturday February 22, 2003, the community held a "NeighborWoods" tree planting event, with the fees collected from the event going to benefit Karl Young Park.〔Vaughn, arol E. "(Braeswood Place residents planning for tree-planting event on Feb. 22 )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Wednesday February 12, 2003. Retrieved on October 22, 2012.〕 In 2004 Anjali Athavalley of the ''Houston Chronicle'' said "Established areas like Braes Heights, Braes Terrace and Weslayan Plaza have performed solidly over the past five years. But real estate agents say the chances of finding a bargain in those areas are slim."〔Athavalley, Anjali. "(Inner Loop: Finding happiness as an Inner Looper )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday July 11, 2004. Wednesday April 18, 2007. Retrieved on November 27, 2011.〕 In 2008 the ''Houston Press'' named the Stella Link Road area by Pershing Middle School as the "best hidden neighborhood."〔"(Best Hidden Neighborhood: Stella Link near Pershing Middle School )." ''Houston Press''. Retrieved on November 23, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Braeswood Place, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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