That's exactly what's happening in Houston's Fifth Ward. That's the area north of Buffalo Bayou and east of White Oak Bayou.
Houston Matters producer Edel Howlin went there to get a sense of what's been changing there — and learns about some of the fear that such change brings.
MORE: Fifth Ward Celebrates Reopening of Historic DeLuxe Theatre (News 88.7, Dec. 14, 2015)
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