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2000 3,400,578 20.7% 5 Marathon Oil 29, Part of a series on the. Houston Texas Business Directory 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. The Anahuac Disturbances in 1832 were the first open revolt against Mexican rule and they coincided with a revolt in Mexico against the nation's president. Texians sided with the federalists against the current government and drove all Mexican soldiers out of East Texas. They took advantage of the lack of oversight to agitate for more political freedom Texians met at the Convention of 1832 to discuss requesting independent statehood among other issues the following year Texians reiterated their demands at the Convention of 1833.

Automobiles of all kinds have had enormous influence on Houston culture largely a result of the urban sprawl and sparse public transportation that has followed the dismantling of the city's former trolley system Many of the Houston's business districts such as Uptown and Greenspoint began their development as edge cities Furthermore many notable neighborhoods began as streetcar suburbs including the Heights and Sharpstown. 17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 Meyerland Bellaire West University Place much of Greater Katy area far west Houston Barker Reservoir, 8.1 Major highways 10.5.1 Rates of infant mortality, North America In June 1979 the Ixtoc I oil platform in the Bay of Campeche suffered a blowout leading to a catastrophic explosion which resulted in a massive oil spill that continued for nine months before the well was finally capped This was ranked as the largest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010! ! Oil In the late 1990s and early 2000s decade there was a mini-boom of mid-rise and high-rise residential tower construction with several over 30 stories tall. Since 2000 more than 30 high-rise buildings have gone up in Houston; all told 72 high-rises tower over the city which adds up to about 8,300 units.