Category: In The News


A stop-work order at 4854 Camp St.

Advocacy

Home in Uptown Historic District is illegally demolished despite City Council vote

The historic house at 4854 Camp St. in the Uptown Historic District is gone — the result of a shocking …

Blanche Comiskey photo

In The News

Blanche Comiskey, PRC Stained Glass Tour organizer who helped save St. Alphonsus Church, dies at 94 

Blanche Mouledoux Comiskey, a longtime Preservation Resource Center volunteer who spearheaded the annual Stained Glass Art in Sacred Places Tour …

Kristin Gisleson Palmer

Press Releases

Kristin Gisleson Palmer named executive director of the Preservation Resource Center

Kristin Gisleson Palmer, a former Preservation Resource Center department head and civic leader who served on the New Orleans City …

Peter Trapolin

In The News

Remembering Peter Trapolin

The Preservation Resource Center this week has mourned the loss of Peter Trapolin, the prolific New Orleans architect and preservationist …

Work at 509 Exposition Boulevard.

Advocacy

Fine issued for unapproved work at home in Uptown Historic District 

On Aug. 15, the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission approved the retention of demolition work at 509 Exposition Blvd. …

In The News

What homeowners & preservationists need to know as fortified roofs gain ground in Louisiana

More and more, you may be hearing about fortified roofs as the homeowners’ insurance crisis persists. That’s not a coincidence.  …

Frank Early's My Place Saloon

In The News

Plans to renovate former Storyville saloon pass first test

One of the last remaining buildings from Storyville, the city’s former red-light district, with ties to the early days of …

The former Oleander Hotel on Grand Isle.

In The News

The Oleander Hotel on Grand Isle is added to the National Register of Historic Places

A long-vacant hotel on Grand Isle which has hung on for nearly a century is among the newest additions to …

1800 Hastings Pl. Collapse

In The News

City Council seeks proposals to help reduce the risk of building collapses

The New Orleans City Council is asking for proposals from structural engineers or engineering firms to help reduce the risk …

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

Advocacy

Committee gives thumbs down to revised plans for proposed hotel in the Marigny

Saying it is too large and doesn’t fit in with the surrounding neighborhood, a committee on Tuesday unanimously denied the …

Turners' Hall, home of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

In The News

Work to restore Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities building expected to begin soon

There was good news and bad news when the City Council’s Quality of Life Committee got an update Monday on …

Graffiti in the Touro Shakspeare

In The News

City Council increases fines for graffiti

Anyone caught vandalizing a building in New Orleans will now face a higher fine. The City Council on June 26 …