Category: Preservation in Print


In The News

The Power of a Great Renovation

Downtown’s former NOPSI headquarters undergoes revitalization into the new NOPSI Hotel, New Orleans

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Before Foodies, There Was Solari’s

A history of New Orleans’ first gourmet grocery.

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Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights

A history of the makers of the original French Quarter lamp.

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A Carriage House Fit for the Garden District

A multi-year renovation revives a stunning First Street carriage house.

June 2017

The Modernist Siblings of Dominican Street

When four couples couldn’t find their dream homes Uptown in the 1950s, they decided to build their own. Learn more and tour them with PRC on July 20.

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This Jailhouse Rocks

A Tremé police station from the turn-of-the-20th-century has been transformed into a stunning bed and breakfast.

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“The Aesthetic of Luxury:” Italianate Architecture in New Orleans

A look at Italianate architecture in New Orleans.

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A Newsworthy Renovation

A modernist former car showroom in the heart of New Orleans now houses the headquarters of the New Orleans Advocate

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Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard: A Great American Main Street

Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard’s revitalization earned the street a 2017 Great American Main Street award by the National Main Street Center.

In The News

Editor’s Spotlight: Jack Davis

Jack Davis came to historic preservation, as many of the field’s “big thinkers” do, through writing. Or more specifically, reporting. …

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A Townhome Thoughtfully Transformed

Artist Betsy Fifield is restoring a 19th-century treasure on Esplanade Avenue. Read about the project, then see it yourself at PRC’s Renovators’ Happy Hour in May 18.

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The New Orleans Cotton Exchange, 1871-1964

A look back on the buildings where cotton reigned king in New Orleans’ downtown “Cotton District.”