houses flooded by Allison, the transition pace quickly accelerated. Many upper-middle-class families moved into the newly built houses. In 2004 Anjali Athavalley of the Houston Chronicle said "Established areas like Braes Heights, Braes Terrace and Weslayan Plaza have performed solidly over the past five years. But real estate agents say the chances of finding a bargain in those areas are slim." In 2008 the Houston Press named the Stella Link Road area by Pershing Middle School as the "best hidden neighborhood." Cityscape Braeswood Place consists of approximately 2,200 homes and includes seven subdivisions: Ayrshire, Braes Heights, Braes Oaks, Braes Manor, Braes Terrace, Emerald Forest, and Southern Oaks. The community is in proximity to the Texas Medical Center and Rice Village. Braes Heights Braes Heights, located west of Buffalo Speedway, consists of 13 sections, numbered 1 through 13. Blocks 1 and 2 of Section 1 are in the City of Southside Place. As of 1995 Braes Heights has 896 houses. Katherine Feser of the Houston Chronicle said that Braes Heights had "a broader range of properties" than Southern Oaks. Braes Heights was developed from 1947 to 1952. The original houses were ranch style houses. By April 23, 1995, over 100 newer houses had been built, mostly in the northern part of Braes Heights. In 1995, the original houses had a price rage from $130,000 ($ in current money) to $250,000 ($ in current money), while the "tear-downs" (houses to be purchased and demolished so new construction can be built) were priced from $90,000 ($ in current money) to $135,000 ($ in current money) and newer houses were priced from $275,000 ($ in current money) to $450,000 ($ in current money). In 2000 Feser said that in terms of all of the subdivisions in Braeswood Place, most of the demolition older houses occurred in Braes Heights. By 2000 120 new houses had been constructed in Braeswood Place. In Braeswood Place, a lot described by Feser as being in a "prime corner" would have a price from $190,000 ($ in current money) to $210,000 ($ in current money) while an interior lot would have a price from $175,000 ($ in current money) to $180,000 ($ in current money). By 2013 many of the original houses were being demolished and replaced with stucco and brick two-story houses. A real estate agent quoted in a 2013 Houstonia article, Linda Marshall, stated that the lots are