September 17, 1957: On this day, a slum clearance expert named Yates Cook said it would take a minimum of 10 years to cleanup Houston. Actually, Cook was advising a housing committee that they should ...
HOUSTON – Tenants at the Crestmont Village Apartments in southeast Houston were relieved when they learned they'd have until the end of the month to find a new place to live after a judge ordered the ...
HOUSTON – Calvin Fields pushed garbage out of his way as he walked under a breezeway to get to his apartment at Crestmont Village. Along the way, he pointed to abandoned buildings while telling war ...