The Media Pro Jill Hammergren

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, fourth most populous city in the United States as well as the sixth most populous in North America with an estimated 2018 population of 2,325,502. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico it is the seat of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area which is the fifth most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second most populous in Texas after the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with a population of 6,997,384 in 2018. . The Lyric Centre sits in the heart of the Theater District just across the street from the Wortham Center and adjacent to the Alley Theatre the black-and-white striped office building houses dozens of law firms but the block on which the tower sits is perhaps best known for the giant cellist playing outside. It is the work of sculptor David Addickes who also created the statue of Sam Houston outside Huntsville Texas. 1.4 Weather Though Houston is the largest city in the United States without formal zoning regulations it has developed similarly to other Sun Belt cities because the city's land use regulations and legal covenants have played a similar role. Regulations include mandatory lot size for single-family houses and requirements that parking be available to tenants and customers Such restrictions have had mixed results Though some have blamed the city's low density urban sprawl and lack of pedestrian-friendliness on these policies the city's land use has also been credited with having significant affordable housing sparing Houston the worst effects of the 2008 real estate crisis the city issued 42,697 building permits in 2008 and was ranked first in the list of healthiest housing markets for 2009. . . !

. Design and construction With large universities systems coupled with initiatives like the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund a wide array of different high tech industries have developed in Texas the Austin area is nicknamed the "Silicon Hills" and the north Dallas area the "Silicon Prairie" Texas has the headquarters of many high technology companies such as Dell Inc Texas Instruments Perot Systems Rackspace and AT&T; Historically four major industries shaped the Texas economy prior to World War II: cattle and bison cotton timber and oil. Before and after the U.S Civil War the cattle industry which Texas came to dominate was a major economic driver for the state thus creating the traditional image of the Texas cowboy in the later 19th century cotton and lumber grew to be major industries as the cattle industry became less lucrative it was ultimately though the discovery of major petroleum deposits (Spindletop in particular) that initiated an economic boom which became the driving force behind the economy for much of the 20th century With strong investments in universities Texas developed a diversified economy and high tech industry in the mid-20th century As of 2015 it is second on the list of the most Fortune 500 companies with 54. With a growing base of industry the state leads in many industries including agriculture petrochemicals energy computers and electronics aerospace and biomedical sciences Texas has led the U.S in state export revenue since 2002 and has the second-highest gross state product If Texas were a sovereign state it would be the 10th largest economy in the world. The Wortham Theater Center Languages Harris County ESD #8 EMS Northwest EMS .10. Voters rejected efforts to have separate residential and commercial land-use districts in 1948 1962 and 1993 Consequently rather than a single central business district as the center of the city's employment multiple districts have grown throughout the city in addition to Downtown which include Uptown the Texas Medical Center Midtown Greenway Plaza Memorial City the Energy Corridor Westchase and Greenspoint, Houston Texas Business Directory (180) 5.72 Arts (15.8) 69.2 1950s Texas drought. The Bank of America Center Texas throughout the 21st century has been hammered by drought This has cost the state billions of dollars in livestock and crops. Alief (Partially annexed by Houston partially unincorporated) Map highlighting counties of Deep East Texas Within the Republican Party the Lily-white movement emerged a movement to wrest control of the party by whites and eliminate black influence altogether the movement had its origins in Texas but spread across the nation This in addition to wider efforts to restrict the influence of non-whites rapidly reversed the fortunes of the black population!