Brownsville Undercurrents, Texas
Editors Lizzie MacWillie, Jesse Miller, Josué Ramirez and report contributors Amanda Davé, Zoraima Diaz-Pineda, Edna Ledesma and ChristinaMaria Xochitlzihuatl Patiño Houle present the report Brownsville Undercurrents and discuss key themes and findings.
April 9, 2021
Recorded on April 9, 2021
American Roundtable is an Architectural League initiative, bringing together on-the-ground perspectives on the condition of American communities and what they need to thrive going forward.
This presentation and discussion, captured in the video above, complements the report Brownsville Undercurrents on the city of Brownsville, Texas, the southernmost American city on the US–Mexico border. Report editors Lizzie MacWillie, Jesse Miller, Josué Ramirez and report contributors Amanda Davé, Zoraima Diaz-Pineda, Edna Ledesma, and ChristinaMaria Xochitlzihuatl Patiño Houle shared findings and highlights and then discussed some of the report’s key ideas and provocations with American Roundtable project director Nicholas Anderson and Architectural League executive director Rosalie Genevro.
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