Climate 1.3 Galveston Bay, Big Bend National Park, The mass-bombing of cities in Europe and Asia has often been called a war crime although no positive or specific customary international humanitarian law with respect to aerial warfare existed before or during World War II the USAAF firebombed a total of 67 Japanese cities killing 393,000 civilians and destroying 65% of built-up areas. ; ! Asian 0.2% 1.9% 2.7% 3.8% Houston Art Car Parade Movie theaters; 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, The Houston Theater District located in Downtown is home to nine major performing arts organizations and six performance halls It is the second-largest concentration of theater seats in a downtown area in the United States, Soviet civilians leaving destroyed houses after a German bombardment during the Battle of Leningrad 10 December 1942.
By the end of the day on March 16 the bulk of Urrea's forces began marching to Goliad to corner Fannin. Still waiting for word from King and Ward Fannin continued to delay his evacuation from Goliad as they prepared to leave on March 18 Urrea's advance guard arrived For the rest of the day the two cavalries skirmished aimlessly succeeding only in exhausting the Texian oxen which had remained hitched to their wagons with no food or water throughout the day; ! Residential architecture The land comprising Mexican Texas between the Red Sabine and Nueces Rivers is shaded yellow the land between this boundary and the Rio Grande on the south and the Arkansas River on the north is shaded green and marked as "claimed territory". Tax Assessor-Collector Ann Harris Bennett Democratic, Venues across Houston regularly host local and touring rock blues country dubstep and Tejano musical acts While Houston has never been widely known for its music scene Houston hip-hop has become a significant independent music scene that is influential nationwide Houston is the birthplace of the chopped and screwed remixing-technique in Hip-hop which was pioneered by DJ Screw from the city Other notable Hip-hop artists in the area include Geto Boys Chamillionaire Travis Scott & Megan Thee Stallion.
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