thanks. I don't know if bumping old threads is frowned upon on this forum as it is on some others, but I have nothing to contribute about present day Houston .
I found this board because I plan on moving back to Houston in the near future and I wanted to see what was happening and find out about the housing market and desirable/undesirable area's. The house I grew up in near Lyons/Lockwood has been torn down, but my family still owns the land. I don't plan on building there.
I guess being a child out there, I had a different view of everything. Yeah, we had street fights, and we passed lots of abandoned homes on our way to school. most of the people I knew were poor. Some were REALLY poor, and others were doing well...but it didn't seem that bad. the Hester House was a great place to go, the schools I went to (Atherton Elem. and Fleming Middle) were actually some of the best schools I ever attended...with teachers who knew everyones parents and actually seemed to care...it was a short trip to downtown...and all of the people on the street knew my mom as a child. There was the late Mickey Leland's grandmother who was a dear person to me, A lady who's son was a Harlem Globe Trotter...another who's nephew was a world famous R&B singer...but all of those people are dead now, And I've heard that the neighborhood bears no resemblance to the one I knew.
I heard that on several occassions a few years ago...men stood on the Roof of the Health Clinic and shot at HPD cars traveling down Lyons Ave.
woah...