. Murders fell by 37 percent from January to June 2011 compared with the same period in 2010 Houston's total crime rate including violent and nonviolent crimes decreased by 11 percent the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) indicates a downward trend of violent crime in Houston over the ten- and twenty-year periods ending in 2016 which is consistent with national trends This trend toward lower rates of violent crime in Houston includes the murder rate though it had seen a four-year uptick that lasted through 2015 Houston's violent crime rate was 8.6% percent higher in 2016 from the previous year However from 2006 to 2016 violent crime was still down 12 percent in Houston. . 12.3 Higher education The Gulf Building now called the JPMorgan Chase building is an Art Deco skyscraper Completed in 1929 it remained the tallest building in Houston until 1963 when the Exxon Building surpassed it in height Designed by architects Alfred C Finn (designer of the San Jacinto Monument) Kenneth Franzheim and J.E.R Carpenter the building is seen as a realization of Eliel Saarinen's acclaimed second-place entry to the Chicago Tribune Tower competition Restoration of the building was started in 1989 in what is still considered one of the largest privately funded preservation projects in American history, Houston Texas Business Directory, La Porte Municipal Airport in La Porte Houston Texans NFL Football Reliant Stadium 2002 71,054.
. In 1339 Angelino Dulcert of Majorca produced the portolan chart map Evidently drawing from the information provided in 1336 by Lanceloto Malocello sponsored by King Dinis of Portugal it showed Lanzarote island named Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus and marked by a Genoese shield as well as the island of Forte Vetura (Fuerteventura) and Vegi Mari (Lobos) although Dulcert also included some imaginary islands himself notably Saint Brendan's Island and three islands he names Primaria Capraria and Canaria.
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