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The Fourth Ward lost prominence due to its inability to expand geographically, as other developments hemmed in the area. [1] Mike Snyder of the Houston Chronicle said that local historians traced the earliest signs of decline to 1940, and that it was influenced by many factors, including the opening of Interstate 45 and the construction of Allen Parkway Village, [3] a public housing complex of ...
Freed slaves developed Freedmen's Town in a 5 square miles (13 km 2) area in the Fourth Ward. [2] What was once Produce Row, a group of produce businesses on Commerce Street in the urbanized section of First Ward, is now in Downtown Houston. What was then rural First Ward had many farms, so the process of food production occurred in the First ...
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Lenwood E. Johnson (died May 2018 [1]) was an activist who fought for public housing and African-American rights in Houston, Texas.He campaigned to prevent the demolition of Allen Parkway Village (APV), a public housing complex in the Fourth Ward, managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Houston (HACH), now known as Houston Housing Authority (HHA).
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 ...
Bethel Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building at 801 Andrews in the Fourth Ward, Houston, Texas. The Late Gothic Revival building was constructed in 1923 [ 2 ] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The Jack Yates House, originally in the Fourth Ward and now residing in Sam Houston Park. In 1994, Yates' home was moved from Andrews Street to Sam Houston Park in Houston and restored to its original 1870s configuration. The home was donated to Houston's Heritage Society by Yates' granddaughter, Martha Whiting.