A postwar plan that worked
Oak Forest was developed by Frank Sharp beginning in the late 1940s, years before he built Sharpstown. It was one of the larger planned subdivisions of its era, laid out section by section for returning veterans and young families who wanted a new house, a yard and an easy drive to downtown. The streets were planted with trees that now arch overhead, and the original sections came with deed restrictions designed to keep the neighborhood residential. What began as an affordable starter community has become one of the most competitive markets in northwest Houston, largely because those original decisions about lot size, street layout and restrictions aged so well.
