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Project Row Houses

Description

1997 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal

Project Row Houses transformed 22 abandoned, historic shotgun-style houses in Houston into art galleries, subsidized housing, and community support programs. The project preserves the landmark buildings while revitalizing the city’s Third Ward community and celebrating the cultural heritage of one of Houston’s oldest African-American neighborhoods. Founded by artists and community activists, the project sees art as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization, youth education, and community engagement. The complex includes eight houses for art installations, seven affordable housing units for single mothers, a center for performances, a day care center and after-school program, empowerment programs, and a community garden.

Project Row Houses united members of the community who joined together to design, organize, and acquire funding for the multi-layered project. It offers a national model and can serve as an example for how other inner-city locations can combine the use of local historic structures, art produced by the local community, and social assistance programs to address community needs.

Coverage

Houston, TX

Date

1997

Subject

public art

art education

adaptive reuse

shotgun houses

community development

historic preservation

housing rehabilitation

social services

cultural centers

youth programs

Contributor

Project Row Houses

Contributor: en Developer

Sheryl Tucker

Contributor: en Architect

Urban Harvest

Contributor: en Landscape Architect

Heimbinder Family Foundation

Contributor: en Community Group

Sisters in Positive Progress

Contributor: en Community Group

Trinity United Methodist Church

Contributor: en Community Group

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Media: 09- Project Row Houses 1994 Installation.tif; fourth ward land status map.jpg; 01- Holman St Facades w Sign.tif; 02- Founder Rick Lowe.tif; 03- Rick Lowe and Exec Dir Deborah Grotfeldt.tif; 04- Context- Unimproved Row Hses in the 3rd Ward.tif; 05- Context- Porch detail unimp row hse.tif; 06- Gallery House Facades.tif; 07- Gallery House w Sponsor Name.tif; 08- Entry of typical Gallery hse w artist info in box.tif; 09- Gallery Hse Deocrated as part of 1994 installation.tif; 09- Project Row Houses 1994 Installation.tif; 10- Tracy Hicks' installation Personal Histories.tif; 11- Detail of Hicks' installation.tif; 12- Artist's installation w charcoal figures on wall.tif; 13- Interior of Spoken Word House.tif; 14- Project Row House courtyard.tif; 15- Sculpture of plaster t-shirts in ctyd.tif; 16- Teen mothers' meeting.tif; 17- Nhood retail store run by PRH.tif; 18- Corner bldg recently purchased by PRH.tif; 19- PRH Facades.tif; 20- Detail of PRH corrugated roofs.tif; Art installation.jpg; Arts performance.jpg; Crafts.jpg; Decorated house.jpg; Doll house construction.jpg; Front porch.jpg; Houses.jpg; Interior living space.jpg; Mural.jpg; Museum front.jpg; Row Houses.jpg; Signage.jpg; Studio.jpg