Vernacular Houses in Ciudad Juarez: Itinerant Images
July 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010 Location: El Paso Museum of History, 510 N. Santa Fe This unique photographic exhibit is a record of the traditional architecture of Ciudad Juarez and refers to how people have built their houses ever since they occupied the oldes part of what was once El Paso del Norte. Organized by Professor Teresa Estrada of the Architecture Institute of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. Funded by a grant from the Chihuahuan Institute of Culture.
Aug. 26 "Ciudad Juarez: From an Adobe Village to a Brick City," illustrated lecture, 6 p.m., by Juarez native Francisco Ochoa Rodriguez. The lecture will demonstrate how Juarez's architecture transformed after the arrival of the railroad to border in the 1880s, an influence that led Juarez look more like a Midwestern town with the rapid arrival of bricks & lumber.
Hours: Tue-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m., closed Mon. |
