page_title: Garden Villas, Houston
section_title: Parks
hierarchical_section_title: Garden Villas, Houston / Parks
caption_attribution_description: English: Garden Villas Park Español: Parque Garden Villas
context_page_description: Garden Villas is a subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States.
  Garden Villas is north of Hobby Airport on the banks of Sims Bayou.
  The lots range from one-half acre to over 2 acres. Most homes in the 876-acre subdivision were built in the 1930s and 1940s, but construction continued through the 1950s, and the area was largely built out by the end of the decade. There are a few homes that were built in the 1980s and even the late 1990s.
context_section_description: The Garden Villas Park, classified as a "Community Park" by the City of Houston, is located at 6720 South Haywood Drive. Garden Villas Community Center, located on the same lot, has an outdoor basketball pavilion, a lighted sports field, a playground, a volleyball court, and a .49 mile hike and bicycle trail. The park facilities were built in 1959 by William R. Jenkins. As of 1988 the recreation building was a nine-square grid one. Stephen Fox of Cite said that "does get  a little 
  stretched in the middle to accommodate the program." As of 1988 the community center has two steel-framed pavilions with articulated structural outrigging. Fox said that the pair of the pavilions "isn't just Miesian, it's Miesian-Palladian." Fox added that "the lofty basketball pavilion provides the classical temenos-like space that Mies could always be counted on to deliver." In addition Carter Park is also in Garden Villas. It has a 60-foot (18 m) baseball court and standalone swing sets.
caption: Garden Villas Park
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