Glenbrook Valley, Houston, Texas

Glenbrook Valley is a subdivision located in Houston, Texas.

Glenbrook Valley, which contains about 1,200 houses, is located in southeast Houston outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8.

Glenbrook Valley was developed in the 1950s, with its first section opened in 1954; the original six homes were featured in the 1954 "Parade of Homes," a program sponsored by the Greater Houston Builders Association.

John Nova Lomax of the "Houston Press" said in a 2008 article that Morley Street "is fairly typical of this part of Garden Villas – a mix of Sharpstownesque ranch houses and corrugated tin light industrial workshops." [Lomax, John Nova. " [http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2008/02/sole_of_houston_deep_harrisbur.php Sole of Houston: Deep Harrisburg: Lomax and Beebe Take on the East Side Again] ." "Houston Press". February 26, 2008.] The section is in the Glenrbook Valley area.

Fire service

Houston Fire Department Fire Stations 36 (Hobby Airport) and 29 (Old Galveston Road) are in the area.

Education

Glenbrook Valley is zoned to schools in the Houston Independent School District.

Some residents are zoned to [http://es.houstonisd.org/corneliuses/ Cornelius Elementary School] (K-5), while others are zoned to [http://es.houstonisd.org/lewises/ Lewis Elementary School] (K-3) and [http://es.houstonisd.org/BellfortAcademyES/ Bellfort Academy] (4-5).

All residents are zoned to:
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/ortizms/ Ortiz Middle School]
* Chávez High School

References

External links

* [http://www.glenbrookvalley.com/ Glenbrook Valley]
* " [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB113529228196029885-lMyQjAxMDE1MzI1NDIyOTQyWj.html Wright, Neutra and ... Al Beadle?] ," "The Wall Street Journal", December 23, 2005