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===Early development=== |
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Eastwood was one of Houston’s first master-planned subdivisions.<ref name=super_neighborhood_64 /> It was designed and developed in 1911 by William A. Wilson, who also developed Eastwood's sister neighborhood, |
Eastwood was one of Houston’s first master-planned subdivisions.<ref name=super_neighborhood_64 /> It was designed and developed in 1911 by William A. Wilson, who also developed Eastwood's sister neighborhood, Woodland Heights.<ref name=enchants>{{cite web|last1=Rufca|first1=Sarah|title=After a Century, Eastwood still Enchants|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/style/home-design/article/After-a-century-Eastwood-still-enchants-4907288.php?t=7cdd6a6a69#/0|website=chron.com|publisher=The Houston Chronicle|access-date=26 October 2014|date=18 Oct 2013}}</ref> The first lots went on sale in June 1912 and Eastwood officially opened in September 1913.<ref name=super_neighborhood_64 /><ref name=enchants /> A few of the homes were built between 1900 and 1909, prior to the official platting of the neighborhood.<ref name=voice_Jan2004_masterplan>{{cite web|last1=England|first1=Bill|title=Eastwood: The Master Plan|url=http://eastwoodcivicassociation.org/docs/voice/Eastwood_Voice_01_2004.pdf|website=eastwoodcivicassociation.org|publisher=Eastwood Civic Association|access-date=15 August 2015|date=Jan 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062846/http://eastwoodcivicassociation.org/docs/voice/Eastwood_Voice_01_2004.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The development was planned with shelled streets<ref name=Homes1912v2p10>{{cite journal|title=Homes: Special Eastwood Edition|journal=Homes|date=1912|volume=2|page=10|url=http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/books/id/11304/rec/10|access-date=24 August 2015|publisher=A. W. Wilson Co.|location=Houston Public Library, Digital Archives}}</ref> that were sixty to eighty feet in width,<ref name=Homes1912v2p6>{{cite journal|title=Homes: Special Eastwood Edition|journal=Homes|date=1912|volume=2|page=6|url=http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/books/id/11304/rec/10|access-date=24 August 2015|publisher=A. W. Wilson Co.|location=Houston Public Library, Digital Archives}}</ref> cement curbs and sidewalks, city water, gas, electricity, telephones and sanitary sewerage, as well as terraced lots designed for natural drainage.<ref name=super_neighborhood_64 /> One of the unique features of the neighborhood is the symmetrically planned placement of live oak and sycamore trees.<ref name=enchants /> Wilson envisioned Eastwood to be a more upscale counterpart to the Woodland Heights subdivision, which he previously developed in Houston.<ref name=notjust /> Utility service connections were placed at the rear of the lots to avoid marring the landscape of the community streets.<ref name=voice_Jan2004_masterplan /> |
The development was planned with shelled streets<ref name=Homes1912v2p10>{{cite journal|title=Homes: Special Eastwood Edition|journal=Homes|date=1912|volume=2|page=10|url=http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/books/id/11304/rec/10|access-date=24 August 2015|publisher=A. W. Wilson Co.|location=Houston Public Library, Digital Archives}}</ref> that were sixty to eighty feet in width,<ref name=Homes1912v2p6>{{cite journal|title=Homes: Special Eastwood Edition|journal=Homes|date=1912|volume=2|page=6|url=http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/books/id/11304/rec/10|access-date=24 August 2015|publisher=A. W. Wilson Co.|location=Houston Public Library, Digital Archives}}</ref> cement curbs and sidewalks, city water, gas, electricity, telephones and sanitary sewerage, as well as terraced lots designed for natural drainage.<ref name=super_neighborhood_64 /> One of the unique features of the neighborhood is the symmetrically planned placement of live oak and sycamore trees.<ref name=enchants /> Wilson envisioned Eastwood to be a more upscale counterpart to the Woodland Heights subdivision, which he previously developed in Houston.<ref name=notjust /> Utility service connections were placed at the rear of the lots to avoid marring the landscape of the community streets.<ref name=voice_Jan2004_masterplan /> |
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