Progress for Less

ID: 2952 ~ Source: Herrera, Benny. Interviewed by Sarah Swint, March 4, 2006, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.

This file appears in: Urban Renewal: Baylor University Project

Growing up in Sandtown, a predominantly Mexican American neighborhood, Benny Herrera remembers when urban renewal arrived at their front door. The agency offered a low price for the Herrera’s two pieces of property and house, and eventually forced them to relocate.

This file appears in: Urban Renewal: Baylor University Project

Urban Renewal: Baylor University Project

By Allie Roberts

Urban renewal programs swept across the United States in the mid-twentieth century. Funded by the federal government, cities throughout the country sought to improve local architecture and expand…