Tanglewood, Houston, Texas

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A sign indicating Tanglewood

Tanglewood is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas.

Tanglewood is located outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in the Uptown Houston area. Tanglewood was developed in the 1950s by the Tanglewood Corporation. Today the neighborhood is managed by the Tanglewood Homes Association.

Among its residents are former President of the United States George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara, although their summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine is better known.

[edit] Government

[edit] Federal and state representation

Tanglewood is in Texas's 7th congressional district [1].

[edit] Fire service

Houston Fire Department operates Station 2 at 5880 Woodway at Chimney Rock [2].

[edit] Police service

The neighborhood is served by the Houston Police Department's Westside Patrol Division [3].

[edit] Education

A street sign in St. George Place and the under-construction St. George Place Elementary School - Briargrove Elementary, as of 2006, occupies this campus

Tanglewood's public schools are operated by Houston ISD. Tanglewood is zoned to Briargrove Elementary School (in Briargrove) and Grady Middle School. The land that Grady Middle School sits on was donated by a Tanglewood developer. High school students may choose between Lee, Lamar, and Westside High Schools; most Tanglewood pupils who remain in the public school system go to Lamar.

The T.H. Rogers School, an alternative K-12 school for gifted and talented students, deaf students, and multiply impaired students, is nearby Tanglewood.

St. Michael School, a Roman Catholic K-8 school that is a part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is in the area [4].

Al-Hadi School of Accelerative Learning, a private K-12 Islamic school, is in the area [5].

Other nearby private schools include St. John's School in Houston and The Kinkaid School in Piney Point Village.

The closest library branch is the Jungman Library of the Houston Public Library.

[edit] Community information

The city of Houston operates the Tanglewood Park at 5801 Woodway [6] and the Grady Park at 1700 Yorktown [7].

Houston Fire Department Station 2 is across from Tanglewood Park [8].

The closest first-run movie theater is the Edwards Theatres Grand Palace 24.

The closest YMCA is the Post Oak YMCA.

[edit] External links

• Tanglewood Homes Association
• Tanglewood Corporation

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