Houston, Texas, is a fascinating place.  Famous for its casual zoning laws, the city has an insatiable appetite for redevelopment and reinvents itself at a seemingly constant pace.   In scenes that have been repeated time and again for more than a half century, quiet residential corners radically transform over the course of a few years.  In a typical scenario, single-family homes on residential lots with yards give way to dense urban housing forms such as townhouses or apartment and condominium buildings.

Here are just three random corners – each depicted through time in three chronological photos (images courtesy Google Street View):

The intersection of Floyd and Fowler streets:

Single-story wood houses from the early 20th century gave the neighborhood a small town feel in 2011.

The transformation has begun – 2013.

Despite the new and urbane houses, the street is still without a curb – 2015.

The intersection of Venice and Birdsall streets:

Once a neighborhood of 1950’s-era ranch houses – 2011.

The change has begun – 2013.

Just two years later – 2015.

The intersection of Bonner and Allen streets:

No antique housing stock is safe – not even when the houses are adjacent to railroad tracks – 2007.

Cleared for the inevitable future – 2011.

2015 – What will this corner look like in 50 years?