October 2016

The mission of the PRC is to protect and preserve the City’s historic fabric, so we regularly monitor all demolition proposals in efforts to identify those structures that can be saved and rehabilitated.

The Garden Theater opened in the 1930s but closed in the 1950s. It was recently renovated into a chic and modern office space for Bond Moroch Public Relations.

While many tombs are in varying states of deterioration in some of the New Orleans’ most historic cemeteries, new hope is alive thanks to the Archdiocese’s recent commitment to exploring tomb repair.