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This area has gone through gentrification in the early 1990s to 2010s, causing what was left of Asian businesses to fade. [3] Since the 1990s, Asian developers began settling in Southwest Houston an area heavily affected by the 1980s oil glut. Vietnamese businesses have dominated the area along Bellaire Boulevard west of Beltway 8.
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
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]
Placards such as this one were placed above street signs at the district's official naming ceremony on January 16, 2010. The Mahatma Gandhi District (popularly known as Harwin or occasionally Little India) is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian ...
A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located. The Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District) defines it as being roughly bounded by Redding Rd and Gessner Rd to the East, Westpark Dr to the North, Beltway 8 to the West, and Beechnut St to the South. [1]
Mayor of Houston Annise Parker stated that the growing Asian population of Houston made this flight an important one. [23] In 2004 China Airlines started a flight from Houston to Taipei stopping in Seattle, making it the first Asian carrier to fly to Houston. [24] The airline stated that many Taiwanese companies had offices in Houston. [25]
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Asian Americans in Houston, Texas. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
East Downtown Houston (EaDo) is a district in Houston, Texas. The East Downtown Management District ( EDMD ), manages the area with offices headquartered at START Houston, a co-working space 1121 Delano Street. [ 1 ]