Eboni.ai 👩🏾💻[Boy Scouts at Clayton Homes]
📍 Clayton Homes (Razed 2023)
📆 1952 - 1958
📸 Gregorio Torres Valerio
At the time this photo was taken, Clayton Homes was a brand new townhome community for Mexican families.
This community was built on top of Schrimpf Alley or "El Barrio del Alacran," a racially-integrated slum that lacked paved roads and plumbing.
Schrimpf Alley was razed in preparation for Clayton Homes in 1951.
Boy Scouts @ Clayton Homes - A Curious Histonian
After exploring Clayton Homes via Google Earth and Maps, I’ve pinpointed the location of these photos to the present-day location below. The brick building behind the children was still standing until the community was razed in July of 2023. The […]