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7 Paul Bettencourt Republican 2014 Memorial Villages Memorial/Spring Branch area Addicks Reservoir northwest portions of county. Memorial Bend is made up of 1950s and early 1960s homes built in the modern (contemporary) ranch and traditional styles the neighborhood is considered to have the highest concentration of mid-century modern homes in Houston. Architects who designed homes in this neighborhood include William Norman Floyd William R Jenkins William F Wortham and Lars Bang Many of the homes in Memorial Bend were featured in national architecture and design magazines like American Builder House & Home Practical Builder Better Homes & Gardens and House Beautiful, Cities (multiple counties) Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 71,558 0.80% 0, The Germans were the largest group immigrating directly from Europe. According to the Handbook of Texas :. . Administration by judiciary Stafford (mostly in Fort Bend County), Jefferson County (252,273), The largest proposed development was Houston Center originally planned to encompass a 32-block area However by 1989 when the company that acquired the original developer sold Houston Center the complex consisted of three office buildings a shopping center and a hotel. Other large projects included the Cullen Center Allen Center and towers for Shell Oil Company the surge of skyscrapers mirrored the skyscraper booms in other sunbelt cities such as Los Angeles and Dallas Houston had experienced another downtown construction spurt in the 1970s with the energy industry boom. .

. World War II had a dramatic effect on Texas as federal money poured in to build military bases munitions factories POW detention camps and Army hospitals; 750,000 young men left for service; the cities exploded with new industry; the colleges took on new roles; and hundreds of thousands of poor farmers left for much better-paying war jobs never to return to agriculture. Texas needed more farm workers the Bracero Program brought in 117,000 Mexicans to work temporarily, 1950 806,701 52.5% JFK assassination Houston Texas Business Directory.