Category: Advocacy

Advocacy

Proposed Julia Row hotel conversion rejected by City Planning Commission

The New Orleans City Planning Commission voted 6 to 0 on Tuesday (Feb. 28) to deny the owners of 604 …

Advocacy

Work halted on Madame John’s Legacy while consultant inspects building

While thousands are flocking to New Orleans for Carnival festivities, Laurence Wilson and his team from MCWB Architects are visiting …

Advocacy

General Laundry building designated city landmark, fines issued for unpermitted demolitions, and other updates from recent HDLC meeting

The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission on Wednesday (Feb. 1) designated the General Laundry Cleaners and Dyers building as …

Advocacy

New rules for short-term rentals endorsed by New Orleans Planning Commission

Image: map of current, active STR licenses in Orleans Parish, image courtesy of nola.gov The New Orleans City Planning Commission …

Advocacy

Changes could soon come to short-term rental regulations in New Orleans

Image: map of current, active STR licenses in Orleans Parish, image courtesy of nola.gov Tomorrow, the New Orleans City Planning …

In The News

PRC helps secure $100,000 grant to rebuild historic Holy Aid and Comfort Church

The 143-year-old home of Holy Aid and Comfort Spiritual Church of Eternal Life, formerly thePerseverance Benevolent and Mutual Aid Society …

Advocacy

$1.7 trillion federal spending bill includes wins for preservation

Congress entered 2023 gridlocked, with House Republicans in the throes of internecine rivalry as they voted for a new Speaker …

Advocacy

HDLC issues stiff fine for unpermitted demolition

Header image: 2220 Broadway St. Deploying a new, stiffer penalty structure for the first time, the New Orleans Historic District …

Advocacy

PRC opposes the removal of landmark status on home

At its first meeting of 2023, the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission will consider an owner’s request to de-list …

Advocacy

PRC stabilizes historic Armstrong Park buildings, urges city to make full repairs

The Preservation Resource Center recently completed critical stabilization work on the 19th-century buildings in Armstrong Park owned by the City …

Advocacy

Former Civil War hospital site, long demolished, denied landmark status by HDLC

At the Dec. 7 meeting of the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission (HDLC), the commissioners debated whether 914 Dante …

Advocacy

Council overturns VCC, allows gallery on 440 Bourbon St.

The New Orleans City Council will allow the owners of 440 Bourbon St. to add a gallery to the historic …