Category: Preservation in Print


5460 Bellaire Drive. Home of Hartley Meric Crunk & Blair Crunk featured on 2025 MidMod Home Tour

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Home of Hartley Meric Crunk & Blair Crunk featured on PRC’s 2025 MidMod Home Tour

When T. Sellers Meric died in 2023 at age 95, his large, extended family was uncertain what would become of …

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Understanding New Orleans’ Historic Cemeteries 

Look closely at New Orleans cemeteries, and you will find love, beauty, and a lot of dead people organized by …

323 Pelican Ave. home of Lindsey & Joel Snodgrass

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Home of Lindsey & Joel Snodgrass featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

Lindsey and Joel Snodgrass struck the gold most renovators of historic properties fantasize about. When they showed up to tour …

222 Vallette St. home of Kristin & Bobby Palmer

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Home of Kristin & Bobby Palmer featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

In 1994, Bobby and Kristin Gisleson Palmer, natives of Uptown New Orleans and young newlyweds of limited means, were drawn …

232 Pelican Ave. home of Garrick & Darcie Braai

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Home of Garrick & Darcie Braai featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

Enthusiastic world travelers Garrick and Darcie Braai have collections of artwork and mementos from their travels with their young sons …

501 Elmira Ave. home of Miriam Carter.

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Home of Miriam Carter featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

In making a burned-out husk of a former corner store her place of business — and later, her private home …

219 Olivier St. home of Craig & Lauren Mulcahy

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Home of Craig & Lauren Mulcahy featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

Like many New Orleanians who grew up on the Eastbank, Lauren Goldstein did not consider crossing the river. Eventually, finances …

Home of Lacey Wotring & Jason Thibodeaux at 305 Vallette St.

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Home of Lacey Wotring & Jason Thibodeaux featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

Lacey Wotring and Jason Thibodeaux had just begun renovating their Irish Channel home when they visited Algiers Point for the …

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Louisiana adds 19 National Register Listings and one Historic Landmark   

Louisiana’s cultural and architectural diversity shines brightly through its latest additions to the National Register of Historic Places. From the …

This 1816 map by Lafon shows his water-management designs for today's Lower Garden District at left. Image courtesy Library of Congress

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Barthélemy Lafon and the Origins of Stormwater Management in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District (1806)

Sustainable urban water management has been a priority ever since local architect David Waggonner and colleagues brought attention to the …

1800 Hastings Pl. Collapse

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Why Are Buildings Collapsing in New Orleans? A Deep Dive into Neglect, Maintenance, and City Oversight

“Partial building collapse on the corner of Decatur and Madison Street,” chimed the Jan. 5, 2025 mass text message from …

Valence Street Church Restored

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Historic Valence Street Church Restored: NOLA Baptist Church Revives Landmark with $900K Renovation

For years, one may have never guessed that the blue-grey church sagging at the corner of Valence and Magazine streets …