Fifth Ward agency approves massive development deal despite residents outcry
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Kendra London poses for a photograph against a mural of Fifth Ward landmarks Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at Fifth Ward in Houston. A city agency supports a huge development proposed along south of Clinton Drive between Jensen Drive and Hirsch Road. Community activists, including London, whose family have been living in the neighborhood for six generations, worry the development will drive out existing low-income residents in the historical Black neighborhood.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A truck drives east on Clinton Drive next to fenced fields Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at Fifth Ward in Houston. A city agency supports a huge development proposed along south of Clinton Drive between Jensen Drive and Hirsch Road. Community activists worry the development will drive out existing low-income residents in the historical Black neighborhood.Yi
You re pushing us out : Fifth Ward residents say development deal fails to protect them
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A puddle sitting on an empty field at Clinton and Jensen Drives that is waiting to be developed Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at Fifth Ward in Houston. A city agency supports a huge development proposed along south of Clinton Drive between Jensen Drive and Hirsch Road. Community activists worry the development will drive out existing low-income residents in the historical Black neighborhood.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Kendra London, a Fifth Ward community activist, worries the development will drive out low-income residents.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less