. US 90.svg U.S Highway 90 Alternate, 1970 1,232,802 31.4% Austin the Live Music Capital of the World boasts "more live music venues per capita than such music hotbeds as Nashville Memphis Los Angeles Las Vegas or New York City" the city's music revolves around the nightclubs on 6th Street; events like the film music and multimedia festival South by Southwest; the longest-running concert music program on American television Austin City Limits; and the Austin City Limits Music Festival held in Zilker Park. . . Originally the stadium's surface was a Tifway 419 Bermuda grass specifically bred for indoor use the dome's ceiling contained thousands of semitransparent panes made of Lucite. Players quickly complained that glare coming off of the panes made it hard for them to track fly balls; to solve the problem two sections of panes were painted white in April. However within a few months the grass died from lack of sunlight for most of the 1965 season the Astros played on green-painted dirt and dead grass the clear panels also added a problem when combined with the natural grass the grass tended to hold then release moisture often resulting in rain within the structure causing games to be delayed while the grounds crews cleaned up the playing surface. . Houston has not had very much success when it comes to its sports teams at least not lately the Houston Rockets won 2 consecutive championships in 1994 and 1995 and the Houston Dynamo also won 2 consecutive championships in 2006 and 2007 the Houston Oilers won 2 back-to-back AFL championships in 1960 and 1961 but never competed in the Super Bowl since the NFL-AFL merger (After the move to Nashville as the Tennessee Titans they finally played in Super Bowl XXXIV and lost.) the Astros have two World Series appearances 2005 and 2017 - the 2017 World Series was the first time the Houston Astros won the World Series - a first for a Major League Baseball team based in Texas.
. 3 Demographics 12 LGBT In 1874 Houston's first permanent public transit system began to be operated by the Houston City Street Railway Company. From 1874 until 1891 all of the transit service was operated using mule-driven streetcars when electric streetcars began to be implemented in their place the conversion to electric streetcars was completed in 1892. Small single-story structure with pitched roof a center door is flanked by a window on each side Wide stairs lead to a wide front porch with wood railing. . . (33.8) 92.7 The United States agreed to recognize the Republic of Texas in March 1837 but declined to annex the territory the fledgling republic now attempted to persuade European nations to agree to recognition in late 1839 France recognized the Republic of Texas after being convinced it would make a fine trading partner, In 1853 the first execution in Houston took place in public at Founder's Cemetery in the Fourth Ward; initially the cemetery was the execution site but post-1868 executions took place in the jail facilities.
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