Richard Campanella

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‘Fourteenth-Century Gothic’ on St. Charles Avenue

James Freret’s Soaring, Short-Lived Old Masonic Temple

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Four Acres Lost

Motivating Demolitions of the Early 1900s.

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“Ornaments to the City”

Late Victorian Architecture in New Orleans

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The Louisiana Sugar & Rice Exchange, 1884-1963

Two key commodities had warehouse homes on the riverfront from 1884 to 1963.

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Bywater Before Bywater

The Olivier Plantation House, 1820s-1949

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The Re-importation of Richardsonian Romanesque

The aesthetic of architect Henry Hobson Richardson, a native Louisianan, had world-wide impact, including in New Orleans.

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A “French Chateau Style of Architecture”

Thomas Sully’s Long-Forgotten Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Building

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Before Foodies, There Was Solari’s

A history of New Orleans’ first gourmet grocery.

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“The Aesthetic of Luxury:” Italianate Architecture in New Orleans

A look at Italianate architecture in New Orleans.

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The New Orleans Cotton Exchange, 1871-1964

A look back on the buildings where cotton reigned king in New Orleans’ downtown “Cotton District.”

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“Robb’s Folly:” Lost Palazzo of the Garden District

A manse unparalleled in its time once sat in the heart of the Garden District.

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The Great Fire of 1895

If Algiers had to burn, it picked a good time.