make money in the U.S. and then return to their homelands. Several Greeks became businessowners; historically many Greeks operated cafes and sweets shops in Downtown Houston. The capital start-up costs of such shops were relatively low. Italians about 40,000 people in the Houston area were of Italian descent. Brina D'Amico, a member of the D'Amico restaurateur family, said in 2014 that most Italian-American families in Houston were of Sicilian origins, and their immigrant ancestors had entered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries at the Port of Galveston. In addition to Galveston, many other southern Italians arrived through Indianola, Texas and New Orleans, while several people from northern Italy entered through Ellis Island and traveled from there to Texas. Many ethnic Italians, after arrival, began working in groceries. Prior to 1900 Galveston, then more prominent than Houston, attracted Italian immigrants. In previous eras there were over twenty ethnic Italian clubs in the Houston area, with several associated with particular religious institutions; immigrants founded several of them, and several were defunct by 2018. Federation of Italian-American Organizations of Greater Houston is a collection of Italian American organizations. In 2018 it hosted five to six of the aforementioned clubs. The Italian Cultural and Community Center (ICCC) is located in the Houston Museum District, and is operated by the federation. The ICCC and federation offices are in the John G. Logue House, which the federation obtained in 1988. In the "Space Age" era, many members of that ethnic group moved to Glenbrook Valley. La Voce, an ethnic newspaper published by the federation, had a circulation of 3,700 as of 2001. The ICCC holds the Houston Italian Festival or Festa Italiana every year. It has music, food, and art programs. The city government provides funding and proceeds help fund the ICCC. The festival started in 1979. The first volume of Houstonians of Italian Descent, a non-fiction non-academic collection with personal testimonies about ethnic Italian communities as well as information about religious and organizational institutions, was released in 2002. Lena Mandola of the Mandola restaurateur family was the principal driver behind the book. The creators of the book deemed the sales of the first volume to be positive, and the second volume was released in 2004. Bell Park in the Museum District area formerly had a statue of Christopher Columbus, which the Italian American Organizations of Greater Houston Inc. had commissioned. In 1992 the