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June 5

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Category: Preservation in Print

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 …
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 …
New Orleans City Hall

Advocacy

Where Candidates for Mayor and City Council Stand on Historic Preservation, Blight Reduction and More 

By Danny Monteverde and MaryNell Nolan-Wheatley Voters will head to the polls Saturday, Oct. 11, to elect a new mayor …
Sally Asher

Preservation in Print

I’m a Preservationist: Sally Asher

You have made a name for yourself as an author and historian who focuses on unique aspects of New Orleans. …

Preservation in Print

It was 20 years ago that Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans forever. The PRC wasted no time responding to the storm.

It wasn’t a question of if the Preservation Resource Center would respond after Hurricane Katrina. It was how soon. The …
Crews install a new pinnacle June 9. The previous one was damaged during Hurricane Katina in 2005. Photo by Michelle Shoriak

Preservation in Print

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a landmark is restored

It was a moment two decades in the making.   A crane slowly lifted a new pinnacle — a type of …

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.  …
Union Terrace as it appeared in the late 1860s, adjacent to Christ Episcopal Church. Image courtesy of the Louisiana State Museum.

Preservation in Print

Union Terrace: Adaptive Reuse on 19th-Century Canal Street

Canal Street was a latecomer to the urban geography of New Orleans. Laid out in 1810 within the commons separating …
An artist's rendering of the Louisiana Superdome

Preservation in Print

The Superdome is half-a-century old

The oldest of three boys, Frank Dixon calls the Superdome his third brother given how important it was to his …
A map of the Thibodaux-Raceland-Houma region

Preservation in Print

On the Origins of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages

Editor’s note: The following is an edited excerpt from Richard Campanella’s latest book, “Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences: Origins of Louisiana …
A scene of a New Orleans balcony and streetlight.

Preservation in Print

Proposed historic preservation legislation could bring opportunities — or woes

While the nation watches the tumult in Washington and on the stock exchanges, historic preservationists are also wondering what the …