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The Dome was completed in November 1964 six months ahead of schedule. Many engineering changes were required during construction including the modest flattening of the supposed "hemispherical roof" to cope with environmentally induced structural deformation and the use of a new paving process called "lime stabilization" to cope with changes in the chemistry of the soil the air conditioning system was designed by Houston mechanical engineers Israel A Naman and Jack Boyd Buckley of I A Naman + Associates, City Hall of Houston 1913, African Americans are the largest racial minority in Texas Their proportion of population has declined since the early 20th century after many left the state in the Great Migration Blacks of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin make up 11.5 percent of the population; blacks of non-Hispanic origin form 11.3 percent of the populace African Americans of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin number at roughly 2.7 million individuals. In 1840 the community established a chamber of commerce in part to promote shipping and navigation at the newly created port on Buffalo Bayou. Houston Art Car Parade Houston first started shipping cotton lumber and other manufacturing products Alexander McGowen established the iron industry and Tom Whitmarsh built a cotton warehouse a fire ravaged Houston on March 10 1859 but the city rebuilt itself soon after.[citation needed]! Although Santa Anna's troops had been thoroughly vanquished they did not represent the bulk of the Mexican army in Texas an additional 4,000 troops remained under the commands of Urrea and General Vicente Filisola. Texians had won the battle due to mistakes made by Santa Anna and Houston was well aware that his troops would have little hope of repeating their victory against Urrea or Filisola as darkness fell a large group of prisoners were led into camp Houston initially mistook the group for Mexican reinforcements and shouted out that all was lost. .

. . 1990 saw the opening of Houston Intercontinental Airport's new 12-gate Mickey Leland International Airlines terminal named after the recently deceased Houston congressman in 1991 Sakowitz stores shut down; the Sakowitz brothers had brought their original store from Galveston to Houston in 1911 August 10 1991 saw a redrawing of districts for city council so that minority groups could be better represented in the city council 1993 saw the G8 visiting to discuss world issues and zoning was defeated for a third time by voters in November. Geology Texas Medical Center became operational in the 1950s the Galveston Freeway and the International Terminal at Houston International Airport (nowadays Hobby Airport) were signs of increasing wealth in the area Millions of dollars were spent replacing aging infrastructure in 1951 the Texas Children's Hospital and the Shriner's Hospital were built Existing hospitals had expansions being completed July 1 1952 was the date of Houston's first network television Later on that same year the University of Houston celebrated its 25th anniversary Another problem Houston had back in the 1950s was the fact that it needed a new water supply They at first relied on ground water but that caused land subsidence They had proposals in the Texas Congress to use the Trinity river Hattie Mae White was elected to the school board in 1959 She was the first African-American to be elected in a major position in Houston in the 20th Century Starting in 1950 Japanese-Americans as a whole were leaving horticulture and going into business in larger cities such as Houston. Houston is a flat marshy area where an extensive drainage system has been built the adjoining prairie land drains into the city which is prone to flooding. Underpinning Houston's land surface are unconsolidated clays clay shales and poorly cemented sands up to several miles deep the region's geology developed from river deposits formed from the erosion of the Rocky Mountains These sediments consist of a series of sands and clays deposited on decaying organic marine matter that over time transformed into oil and natural gas Beneath the layers of sediment is a water-deposited layer of halite a rock salt the porous layers were compressed over time and forced upward As it pushed upward the salt dragged surrounding sediments into salt dome formations often trapping oil and gas that seeped from the surrounding porous sands the thick rich sometimes black surface soil is suitable for rice farming in suburban outskirts where the city continues to grow, The space shuttle atop its Boeing 747 flying over NASA's Johnson Space Center, An additional obvious legacy is that of Roman Catholicism At the end of Spain's reign over Texas virtually all inhabitants practiced the Catholic religion and it is still practiced in Texas by a large number of people the Spanish missions built in San Antonio to convert Indians to Catholicism have been restored and are a National Historic Landmark; Carroll Shelby racer and car developer known for Shelby Cobra and numerous Ford and Chrysler products Leesburg Camp County. . .