Vicente Arenas' 11 News report

Housing construction is booming in Houston, but it has led to neighborhood fights in older communities across the city.   

Residents complain developers are gobbling up land and "illegally" tearing down historic buildings including one that has a connection to Bonnie and Clyde.

At the corner of Welch and Waugh in the Montrose Thursday, members of the Hyde Park United Civic Association said someone broke ground on new town homes. Dirt was turned, sand was poured, long before they even knew what was coming.

“We are very angry because this happens over and over and over,” said Hyde Park resident Kathy Shipper.

The association says the builder never held a public hearing.

Residents said they would have rather protested at city hall rather than a stinky street corner. But no one seems to be listening.

Hyde Park isn't alone.

Many neighborhoods around the city are upset over the building of three story condos next to historic bungalows and cottages.

In this case several structures will take the place of a little gasoline station Bonnie and Clyde are said to have once visited.

What's new isn't always welcomed.

“Regardless of how these buildings are going to look there's a city ordinance in place and it must be followed,” said Allyson Wilkinson, another Hyde Park resident.

The people who live here say the condos violate size and green space requirements.

The association isn't sure how much of impact their posters and protest will have on construction though.