East End Stories

Guadalupe Plaza Park will officially reopen on July 30, 2016 with a family-friendly event from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Mayor Sylvester Turner, Houston Parks Director Joe Turner, and District H Council Member Karla Cisneros will be on hand to turn on the new splash pad water feature.

Former Mayor Annise Parker once said that Houston’s East End has “more history than the city of Houston itself.” Filled with historic structures, home to one of Houston’s first master-planned neighborhoods, and the backbone of the city’s early industry, the East End has been at the center of Houston’s development since its founding. In fact,…