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Bellaire Boulevard (also known as Holcombe, and as 百利大道 ''Bǎilì Dàdào'' in Chinese and ''Đại Lộ Sàigòn'' in Vietnamese) is an arterial road in western

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. The street also goes through

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s in Harris County and the cities of Bellaire, Southside Place, and West University Place. Bellaire Boulevard goes through or next to the Houston communities of Alief, Chinatown,

Gulfton Gulfton is a community in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States that includes a group of apartment complexes that primarily house refugee and immigrant populations. It is located between the 610 Loop and Beltway 8, west of the City of Bellaire ...

, and

Sharpstown Sharpstown is a master-planned community in the Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown), Southwest Houston, Texas.Lomax, John Nova
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''. May 25, 2007. Retrieved on August 4, 2009. In addition the boulevard goes through the Greater Sharpstown management district. John Nova Lomax of the ''

'' described Bellaire Boulevard as "a world market of a street, a bazaar where Mexicans, Anglos, Salvadorans, African Americans,

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, stoners,

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s and Thais go to shop and eat." The street ends at Holcombe Boulevard, which extends to the

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. As of 2005 many Salvadoran immigrants live and work along the portion of Bellaire Boulevard in the Gulfton area.Moreno, Jenalia.
Salvadoran émigrés build a new life and a commerce network in Houston by providing products and services familiar to their fellow countrymen / A foreign concept
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''. Sunday, February 6, 2005. Business 1. Retrieved on January 24, 2010. Many Asian American businesses populate the sections of Bellaire Boulevard in Alief and Chinatown. From west to east, the east segment begins west of Westmoor Drive in Richmond and concludes at Edloe Street in Southside Place where it changes into Holcombe Blvd. It is 16.7 miles long. The western segment is 6.2 miles long, beginning (from east to west) at Harlem Road in Richmond and concluding at FM 723 where it becomes Fulshear-Gaston Road. The two segments together run for 22.9 miles. A proposed extension would combine the two segments into one.

History

William Wright Baldwin, who was the president of the South End Land Company in the 1900s and 1910s, constructed the portion of Bellaire Boulevard from the Bellaire town site to Main Street in

.. Retrieved on January 24, 2010. He also incorporated the Westmoreland Railroad Company to build an electric streetcar line down the centre of the boulevard. The streetcar, known as the "Toonerville Trolley," operated from December 12, 1910, until bus service replaced it on September 26, 1927.The Beautiful City of Bellaire, Texas
City of Bellaire, Texas Website.

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