! Acrylonitrile - cancer 16.7 Pre-1865, 12.2 Cities Black 12.5% 11.9% 11.5% 11.9% See also: List of invasive marine fish in the Gulf of Mexico Spanish legacy. . 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.
Houston's topography is further defined by a large number of creeks and ditches Overall this intricate system of waterways is essential to flood control; Houston is well known as one of the most flood-prone cities in the United States. Since the mid-20th century the United States Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the city and Harris County Flood Control District has channelized paved widened and deepened extensive sections of all of the five major bayous specified above with the notable exception of some parts of the Buffalo near Memorial the Buffalo Bayou watershed also features two flood control reservoirs Addicks Reservoir and Barker Reservoir which retain large amounts of water after extreme rainfall events, Main article: Education in Houston, In the science-fiction movie 2010: the Year We Make Contact the 1984 sequel to 2001: a Space Odyssey Dr Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) and the spaceship Discovery's designer Walter Curnow (John Lithgow) discuss their favorite sports stadium hot dogs; Curnow says he likes the hot dogs at the Astrodome while Floyd prefers those at Yankee Stadium. . .
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