Richard Campanella

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The fiery birth and demise of the Verandah Hotel

This story appeared in the October issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered …

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Louis Sullivan’s sophisticated Union Depot welcomed train passengers to New Orleans for more than 60 years

This story appeared in the September issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered …

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Devastating fires in New Orleans’ history sparked shrewd revitalization

This is an edited version of the author’s “Cityscapes” column that first appeared in NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune  on Jan. …

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The “Three Sisters of Rampart” once stood where a parking lot sits today

This story appeared in the May issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered to your …

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Gothic castles of the Crescent City

This story appeared in the April issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered to …

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The geography of the shotgun house

This article appeared in the March issue of Preservation in Print, originally appearing in the author’s “Cityscapes” column on NOLA.com …

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Algiers Point’s Duverjé House was a West Bank landmark

This story first appeared in the February issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered …

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Touro Row, the Canal Street catalyst of the 1850s

This story first appeared in the December issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered to …

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If the Saints lose, don’t blame the Girod Street Cemetery

This story appeared in the November issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered to your …

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From landmark to parking lot, the original Temple Sinai endured for 105 years

This story first appeared in the October issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like …

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How a 1960s reconstruction blends into the French Quarter’s most Spanish Colonial streetscape

This story first appeared in the September issue of the PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like …

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What led to the founding of New Orleans in 1718?

The year 2018 marks the 300th anniversary of the foundation of New Orleans. But like most complex, improvised projects, New Orleans actually came together over many years, and each stage involved various levels of indecision, contingency, discord and serendipity.