Project Row Houses: Home. Space. Place.

I’m standing on the corner of Smith and Elgin, not far from Houston’s Third Ward. It’s May but with the heat and humidity it might as well be August, so I’m relieved when Tim Martinez pulls up, and I slip into his air-conditioned car. Tim’s the Director of Development/PR at Project Row Houses (PRH), a [...]

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Support Row House CDC Through Amazon.com Associates Program

Project Row Houses’ sister organization Row House Community Development Corporation (Row House CDC), formed in August 2003, now receives 5% of referral fees for all purchases made through the Amazon.com Associates Program. All contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law. Row House CDC is based in Houston’s historic Third Ward, and envisions uniting mixed-income [...]

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Kyoto 2007: Invigorating Communities, Designing for Inclusion

RETREAT & PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM Invigorating Communities, Designing for Inclusion November 4-10, 2007 Kyoto, Japan PARTICIPANTS Ruth J. Abram, President, Lower East Side Tenement Museum Ayako Fujii, President, Environmental Co-op Union, Shiga; & President, Nanohana Project Network Jeanne Giordano, Urban Design Consultant, Jeanne Giordano Ltd. Taneo Kato, Secretary General, Asahi Beer Arts Foundation & Executive Director, [...]

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