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The long row of cool white shotgun houses sprout upwards from the lush green grass surrounding them. The calming shade of the porches welcomes visitors in from the Houston heat. This is Project Row Houses.
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Leerkamp, C., Gauna, L., Carpenter, B. (2014). The Art of Community. In: White, C. (eds) Community Education for Social Justice. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-506-9_11
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