Morningside Place is a group of subdivisions located inHouston,Texas,United States.
The subdivision is not to be confused with Morningside Place, a development in southern unincorporatedHarris County, Texas outsideBeltway 8 which uses "Houston" addresses.
The subdivision began in September 1999 when the Bliss Court, Brantwood, Carolina Place, Wessex, and Windermere subdivisions joined into one organizational entity.[1]
The community, located east of Kirby Drive,[2] is located betweenSouthgate and theCity of West University Place. It is in proximity to theTexas Medical Center,Rice University,[3] andRice Village.[2] The constituent communities are Bliss Court, Brantwood, Carolina Place, Condon Oaks, Hamlet T/H Condo, McClendon/Pinnacle, Royal Oaks at Kirby, Village T/H Condo, Wessex, and Windermere.[1]
The Morningside Place Civic Association governs Morningside Place.[4]
Morningside Place is a part of the University Place Super Neighborhood Council.[5]
It is withinHouston City Council District C.[6]
Houston Fire Department Fire Station 37 Braes Heights is located at 3828 Aberdeen Way.Houston Fire Department Station 33 Medical Center is near the Texas Medical Center at 7100 Fannin @ South Braeswood .
The neighborhood is within theHouston Police Department's South Central Patrol Division .
Morningside Place is inTexas's 7th congressional district.
Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designatedMartin Luther King Health Center in southeast Houston for ZIP code 77030. The nearest public hospital isBen Taub General Hospital in theTexas Medical Center.[7]
Residents are zoned toHouston Independent School District schools.[8]
In 1999 Katherine Feser of theHouston Chronicle said that the zoning to Roberts was one of the "selling points" of the Windermere community.[3]
St. Vincent de Paul School, a K-8Roman Catholic school operated by theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is in the area.
St. Nicholas School Medical Center Campus, a K-8 private school, is in the area.
Saint Anne Catholic School, a K-8Roman Catholic school operated by theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is in the area.
The McGovern-Stella Link Branch of theHouston Public Library is near the neighborhood.
TheHouston Chronicle is the area regional newspaper.
TheWest University Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community.
TheVillage News and Southwest News is a local newspaper distributed in the community.
The Weekley FamilyYMCA is located near Morningside Place.
