Felix Fraga, a long time Second Ward resident, speaks with Anna Hernandez, owner of Dona Maria along Navigation Blvd. on June 3, 2014, in Houston, Tx. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle ) Mayra ...

The Telez family’s home on Edgewood St. is currently under repair as part of Rebuilding Together Houston’s Second Ward project. Low-income homeowners in Houston's Second Ward will soon get ...

Houston’s political ward system was ended by a referendum 120 years ago, but the wards still make up a large part of the city’s culture. ... Second Ward and so on, ...

The Second Ward is in the early stages of revitalization, drawing new residents with its proximity to downtown. "For a long time, people just kept moving out," Fraga says.