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Garden Villas is a subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States. Garden Villas is north of Hobby Airport on the banks of Sims Bayou.〔"(VISION QUEST / Garden Villas unveils revitalization plan / Quality of life, membership and diversity among vision's goals )." ''Houston Chronicle''. September 20, 2007.〕 The lots range from one-half acre to over . Most homes in the subdivision were built in the 1930s and 1940s, but construction continued through the 1950s, and the area was largely built out by the end of the decade. There are a few homes that were built in the 1980s and even the late 1990s. ==History== W.T. Carter, Jr.,〔Fox, Stephen. "(Garden Villas An Architectural Tour )." ((Archive )) ''Cite''. Northern Hemisphere Spring-Summer 1988. Retrieved on June 1, 2012.〕 a River Oaks developer, platted Garden Villas in 1926 and planted nearly 6,000 pecan trees in the neighborhood.〔 An Englishman and Rice Institute graduate, Edward Wilkinson, worked as the staff architect of Garden Villas.〔 The neighborhood was platted before the city purchased the land now occupied by Hobby Airport.〔Fiebel, Carolyn. "(Questions raised on curbing use of land near airports / Some residents want to know who is going to pay for soundproofing )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday May 9, 2008. B4. Retrieved on February 7, 2009.〕 In 2010 the ''Houston Press'' ranked Garden Villas as one of the "The Five Most Underrated Neighborhoods In Houston."〔Connelly, Richard. "(The Five Most Underrated Neighborhoods In Houston )." ''Houston Press''. Friday August 13, 2010. Retrieved on November 3, 2012.〕 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「Garden Villas, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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