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Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas (1942–1985) Brown & Bell Shipyard, New York City (1824–1855) Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin; California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles County, California; Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina; Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, Maryland
Asia Society Texas Center in Houston. The Texas Center first opened in 1979. The current 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m 2) building, located in the city's museum district, opened on May 6, 2012, and was designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi.
As postwar recovery led to industrialization around the world, ABS entered a period of global expansion and soon opened offices in Western Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. [12] By 1962, ABS class tonnage has increased to 46,533,852 tons worldwide. [17] ABS’ aggregate tonnage hit a record of 193.5 million gross tons in 2012. [18]
First Lady Barbara Bush and former Ambassador Roy M. Huffington established Texas Asia Society in 1979. They recognized the need to educate Americans about Asia and to make stronger connections between Houston and the peoples and institutions of Asia. In 1995 the Texas Center’s board of directors voted to build a home for its programs and ...
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The HYC was founded in 1897. [3] Originally called the Houston Yacht & Powerboat Club, [4] [5] its name was changed to Houston Yacht Club in 1927, when its current Spanish-style clubhouse was built, [6] [7] which has been declared an historic landmark in the Galveston Bay area of the Gulf Coast.
By 2010 the number of Asian-Americans in Greater Houston was over 417,000. [19] In 2010 John B. Strait and Gang Gong, authors of the article "Ethnic Diversity in Houston, Texas: The Evolution of Residential Segregation in the Bayou City, 1990–2000," stated that Asians were "only modestly segregated from" non-Hispanic whites. [20]
Cargreen Yacht Club United Kingdom: Cargreen: 1972 Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club United Kingdom: Cowes, Isle of Wight: 1952 Greenwich Yacht Club United Kingdom: London: 1908 Guernsey Yacht Club United Kingdom: Saint Peter Port, Guernsey: 1890 House of Commons Yacht Club United Kingdom: London: 1953 House of Lords Yacht Club United Kingdom: London ...