Editing Spring Branch, Houston (section)

==Cityscape==
[[File:SpringbranchIntersection.JPG|thumb|The intersection of Blalock and Westview, with Spring Branch street signs]]

Spring Branch is generally bounded by [[Beltway 8]] on the western end, the [[610 Loop]] on the eastern end, [[Interstate 10]] on the southern end, and [[U.S. Highway 290]] and Tanner Road to the north.<ref>Meeks, Flori. "Community - Fight failed to make Spring Branch a city - Proposal to incorporate followed by establishment of Memorial Villages." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', September 20, 2012. ThisWeek p. 1. Available on [[Newsbank]], Record Number 14919922. Available at the [[Houston Public Library]] with a library card. "In 1957, the city of Houston annexed the remaining areas now known as Spring Branch. The community's boundaries today are roughly Tanner Road and U.S. 290 to the north, Beltway 8 to the west, Interstate 10 to the south and the 610 Loop to the east."</ref>

The district has access to [[Interstate 10]], the [[610 Loop]], [[Beltway 8]], and the [[Hempstead Highway]]. The district is in proximity to [[Downtown Houston]], the [[Energy Corridor]], the [[Memorial City District]] (including [[Memorial City Mall]] and the [[Memorial Hermann Hospital|Memorial Hermann Hospital Memorial City]]), the [[Texas Medical Center]], [[Uptown Houston]] (including [[The Galleria (Houston)|The Galleria]]), and [[Westchase, Houston|Westchase]].<ref>"[http://www.sbmd.org/aboutthedistrict/aboutthedistrict.html About the District] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418184159/http://www.sbmd.org/aboutthedistrict/aboutthedistrict.html |date=2010-04-18 }}." Spring Branch Management District. Retrieved on May 14, 2010.</ref>

Terrence McCoy of the ''[[Houston Press]]'' said in 2012 that in Spring Branch "[a]venues lined with orderly yards and American flags buttress shopping centers where Spanish dominates."<ref name="McCoy2">McCoy, Terrence. "Who's Behind Helena Brown?" ''[[Houston Press]]''. July 4, 2012. [http://www.houstonpress.com/2012-07-05/news/helena-brown-william-park/2/ 2]. Retrieved on July 25, 2012.</ref>

As of 2012 there are different varieties of housing in Spring Branch. Spring Branch West includes many 1960s [[ranch-style houses]]. The central portion of Spring Branch has houses which are worth about $500,000 as of 2012. The eastern portion of Spring Branch, which is [[blue collar]], has many [[bungalow]] houses with wood siding. ''[[Houstonia (magazine)|Houstonia]]'' wrote that "Up until [the 2000s] or so, much of Spring Branch had a rural feel. It wasn’t uncommon to see pastures full of horses, relics of its past life as farmland tilled by generations of German immigrants".<ref name=HoustoniaHottestNeighborhoods/>

In 1983 there were a travel agent, an optical shop, multiple restaurants, a newsstand, a bookstore, a pharmacy, and a furniture store in Spring Branch catering to Koreans.<ref name=CookGrantTourp144>Cook, Allison. "The Grand Tour." ''[[Texas Monthly]]''. [[Emmis Communications]], January 1983. Vol. 11, No. 1. ISSN 0148-7736. START: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=niwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98 98]. CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=niwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA144 144].</ref>