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Riverside Terrace is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. The neighborhood is bounded by Almeda, North MacGregor, Scott, and Wheeler. The community, formerly a Jewish neighborhood, is now a predominantly African American neighborhood. It has been undergoing a gradual change in demographics due to gentrification and revitalization efforts since the early 2000s. ==History== Jewish families moved to Riverside Terrace in the 1930s since they were not allowed to settle in River Oaks.〔Feser, Katherine. "(Much history flows through Riverside )." ''Houston Chronicle''. July 9, 2002. Retrieved on April 18, 2009.〕 Allison Wollam of the ''Houston Business Journal'' stated that, at one point, Riverside Terrace "was once on the same affluent level as the swanky River Oaks area."〔Wollam, Allison. "(Riverside Terrace bucks housing slowdown )." ''Houston Business Journal''. August 15, 2008. Retrieved on April 18, 2009. "It’s becoming common practice for homes in the Riverside Terrace area — a historic Inner-Loop neighborhood bounded by Scott, North MacGregor, Almeda and Wheeler()"〕 During that period the neighborhood hosted the houses of the prominent Weingarten, Finger, and McGregor families.〔 In 1952, a wealthy African-American cattleman named Jack Caesar moved to the neighborhood. He stayed despite the fact that a bomb detonated on his front porch.〔 In 1959, land clearance began for the construction of the new Texas State Highway 288 freeway, destroying several Riverside Terrace houses. Although Caesar's home was in the path of the freeway, it was moved to another location south of Houston.〔Schilcutt, Katharine. "(Houston 101: The Forgotten Mansions of Riverside Terrace )." ''Houston Press''. Friday August 28, 2009. Retrieved on September 8, 2009.〕 Many White families left Riverside Terrace and settled in suburbs.〔〔 In the 1960s some Whites who wanted the neighborhood to stabilize as an integrated neighborhood posted signs stating "This Is Our Home It Is Not For Sale." Societal pressure and pressure from real estate agents who wanted to sell expensive homes to Black families pressed upon the remaining White and Jewish homeowners.〔〔 In the spring of 1963 the South Macgregor Promotion Committee formed. It says that it placed the "not for sale" not because it was against African Americans moving in, but because it wanted to prevent block busting. African-American and civil rights figures backed the "not for sale" campaign. In 1963 the community had 175 African American families. They backed the campaign since they believed it would prevent the community from becoming a ghetto. Housing prices declined steadily around the 1960s. The South Macgregor group, which had no black members in 1963, and African-American leaders met and decided that a ratio of between 65-85% White and 15-35% Black would be beneficial to members of both racial groups.〔Morgan, Frank. "(Houston Whites Act To Avoid Selling Panic As as Area Integrates )."(''sic'') ''The Wall Street Journal''. August 19, 1964. Retrieved on November 27, 2011.〕 Wealthy African-American doctors, lawyers, politicians, and university professors moved into Riverside Terrace. As time progressed foreclosure and neglect lead to neglect of several mansions.〔 Jon Schwartz, creator of the 1985 documentary, ''This Is Our Home It Is Not For Sale'', a film documenting Riverside Terrace, states that the neighborhood stabilized after 1970.〔 ''Houstonia'' magazine stated that Riverside Terrace began to recover in the 1990s.〔Holley, Peter, John Lomax, and Todd Spoth. "(25 Hottest Neighborhoods )" ((Archive )). ''Houstonia''. June 1, 2013. Retrieved on November 2, 2015.〕 Riverside Terrace house sales did not follow the general housing slump in the United States of the late 2000s.〔 The late 2000s has also seen gay couples and families moving into Riverside Terrace to improve formerly derelict mansions, though many houses remained neglected and abandoned.〔 Recent improvements include re-development of hike and bike trails along Braes Bayou, aesthetic improvements to Almeda Road (including brick pavement and decorative street lighting), as well as renovation and modernization of some notable older homes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Riverside Terrace, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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