Midtown (Houston, Texas)

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Midtown is Super Neighborhood #62 in the city of Houston. It's bordered by Neartown to the west, Third Ward to the east, IH-45 to the north, and US Highway 59 to the south.

Midtown's genesis happened around 1906 what is now Midtown was divided between the Third Ward and Fourth Ward, and before the 1950s was a popular residential district. Increasingly, commercial development lead homeowners to leave for neighborhoods they considered less busy. The area became a group of small apartment complexes, low-rise commercial buildings, and older houses. According to a City of Houston report, the remaining churches and the Houston Community College System Central campuses provided the neighborhood's only stability.

The City of Houston established the Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) in 1995, which lead to the opening of upper-income townhomes and apartment complexes in western Midtown and the area along Elizabeth Baldwin Park. Between 1990 and 2000 the area within the Midtown Superneighborhood saw the population increase from 3,070 to 5,311. During that period about 2,200 multi-family units opened, particularly along Louisiana Street and West Gray Street. During the 1990s commercial uses also increased, particularly along Main Street and Louisiana Street. In 1999 the 76th Texas Legislature created the Midtown Management District.

The METRORail Red Line runs directly through Midtown along Main Street, with three stops (Wheeler, Ensemble/HCC, and McGowen).