What is happening in the northwest corner of Amarillo? Hi everyone.  I'm not from Amarillo, although I have been through it a few times, nearly 30 years ago now.  Out of curiosity I was just looking at the city on Google maps and noticed that there is a huge swath of the city in the northwest corner (north of the railroads, west of 87/287) that seems to be subject to land clearing.  It looks like Detroit - block after block where there are only a hand full of houses per block, with clear signs that houses have been demolished.  What's the story?