Category: In The News


Graffiti in the Touro Shakspeare

In The News

Renovation begins at historic Touro-Shakspeare Home  

The long-blighted Touro-Shakspeare Home in Algiers is one step closer to being reopened now that financing has closed for the project, clearing the way for construction to begin on 52 affordable apartments for seniors.  The $26 million redevelopment marks one …

Participants in the Bridge to Crafts Careers program work on a tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.

Preservation in Print

It’s Time to Train the Next Generation of Craftsmen

One of the greatest threats to preserving our historic environment is the shortage of skilled craftsmen to do the work. Across …

An architect's rendering of a hotel proposed for the 600 block of Elysian Fields Avenue.

Advocacy

City Council bucks HDLC, gives OK to controversial hotel planned for Elysian Fields Avenue

The New Orleans City Council has given the green light to a hotel design that the Historic District Landmarks Commission …

A stop-work order at 4854 Camp St.

Advocacy

HDLC approves conceptual design to replace illegally demolished shotgun home

The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission on Jan. 7 approved conceptual designs to replace the illegally demolished single shotgun …

The HDLC voted to approve the demolition of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center in Mid-City.

Advocacy

HDLC approves demolition of Lindy Boggs Medical Center

The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission voted Nov. 5 to approve demolition of the Lindy Boggs Medical Center, formerly …

In The News

HDLC Express Lane will make it easier and faster to get permits for simple repairs and projects

It’ll be faster and easier to get a permit from the Historic District Landmarks Commission for some work starting Nov. …

Barbara Lacen-Keller's daughters dance after the ribbon cutting for the park named in honor of their mother.

In The News

Barbara Lacen-Keller Park opens to fanfare in Central City 

A loud cheer followed by the sharp rat-a-tat-tat of a snare drum and the blare of a horn signaled that …

A 2nd Century Roman headstone

Preservation in Print

The mystery of how a 2,000-year-old Roman headstone wound up in a New Orleans backyard is solved 

Erin Scott O’Brien wasn’t expecting the call that came in Thursday morning while driving her daughter to school.  It was …

A 2nd Century Roman headstone

Preservation in Print

How did a 2nd Century Roman headstone wind up in a New Orleans backyard?

As an archaeologist, I often get questions from the public about odd things that show up during construction or landscaping …

The building that once housed K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen, left, is The Historic New Orleans Collection's newest facility. It is located next to the HNOC's Williams Research Center in the 400 block of Chartres St.

In The News

Historic New Orleans Collection’s renovation of former K-Paul’s building nears completion 

The French Quarter building that once bustled with diners of K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen will soon be used for an entirely …

The Dr. Alfred and Minnie King House in Algiers

In The News

New Orleans’ Nine Most Endangered Sites list spotlights places in peril

The Louisiana Landmarks Society’s annual New Orleans Nine list shines a spotlight on places in peril due to threats of …

Richard Moe

In The News

Richard Moe, former National Trust president who assisted New Orleans after Katrina, dead at 88

Richard Moe, who marshaled the resources of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane …