Park Place, Houston, Texas
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Park Place is a subdivision located in Houston, Texas
Texas
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, United States
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Park Place is located outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in southeast Houston, near William P. Hobby Airport
William P. Hobby Airport
William P. Hobby Airport is a public airport in Houston, Texas, located from Downtown Houston. The airport covers and has four runways. Hobby Airport is Houston's oldest commercial airport and was the city's primary air terminal until the opening of Houston Intercontinental Airport in 1969...

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Journalist John Nova Lomax described Park Place in a 2008 Houston Press
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article as "old, but not as tired as it looked a few years ago" as Park Place had new retail strip malls and renovated houses.

Government and infrastructure

Park Place is served by the Houston Police Department
Houston Police Department
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's Eastside Patrol Division, with headquarters at 7525 Sherman Street. The Leija Community Storefront is located at 4701 Galveston Road.

Park Place is within City Council District I. As of 2008 James G. Rodriguez represents the district.

The United States Postal Service
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 operates the Park Place Post Office at 5302 Galveston Road. In July 2011 the USPS announced that the post office may close.

Education

Houston Independent School District
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The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities...

 (HISD) operates local public schools. Park Place is within Trustee District III, represented by Manuel Rodríguez, Jr. as of 2008.

Residents are zoned to Park Place Elementary School, Ortiz Middle School, and Chávez High School
Chávez High School (Houston)
César E. Chávez High School is a secondary school located at 8501 Howard in Houston, Texas, United States.Chavez High School, which is a part of the Houston Independent School District, serves grades 9 through 12...

. Park Place opened in 1914. Chávez opened in August 2000. Ortiz opened in 2002. During the same year Park Place moved to a new facility north of the former campus, while keeping the same address. The new Park Place building opened in the fall of that year.

Prior to the opening of Ortiz, Glenbrook Valley was zoned to Stevenson Middle School. Stevenson opened in January 1994.

Prior to the opening of Chávez, Park Place was zoned to Milby High School
Milby High School
Charles H. Milby High School is a public secondary school located at 1601 Broadway in the East End, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77012. Milby, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

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