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Council overturns VCC, allows gallery on 440 Bourbon St.

The New Orleans City Council will allow the owners of 440 Bourbon St. to add a gallery to the historic …

Advocacy

Controversial renovation in the Marigny stalls

At two consecutive meetings, the New Orleans City Council declined to act on a request by the owners of the …

Advocacy

Advocacy alert: protect a rare Entresol building in the French Quarter

Advocacy alert: the owners of 440 Bourbon St. are appealing a Vieux Carré Commission ruling that denied a proposed gallery …

Advocacy

HDLC designates two new city landmarks

The home of acclaimed jazz trumpeter “Doc” Paulin in Central City and the original location of Chris Steak House, later …

Preservation in Print

Historic theater renovation spurs revitalization of Baronne Street

This story appeared in the November issue of PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered …

Preservation in Print

Small businesses and historic renovations revive Baronne Street’s commercial corridor

This story appeared in the November issue of PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered …

Preservation in Print

Who must follow historic preservation laws? Not the city, nor the state

This story appeared in the November issue of PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered to …

Preservation in Print

Bayou Culture Collaborative addresses the human dimension in environmental planning

by Maida Owens, Louisiana Division of the Arts Folklife Program Director This story appeared in the November issue of PRC’s Preservation in …

Preservation in Print

Between plantations and urbanization, New Orleans’ oft-forgotten truck farming era

This article originally appeared in The Times-Picayune in 2020 and was republished in the November issue of PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. …

Preservation in Print

Ask the expert: how to maintain historic wood doors

This story appeared in the November issue of PRC’s Preservation in Print magazine. Interested in getting more preservation stories like this delivered …

Preservation in Print

I’m a preservationist: Hermes Mallea

Mallea is the author of three books, Great Houses of Havana; Escape: The Heyday of Caribbean Glamour; and Havana Living …

Advocacy

PRC opposes rooftop addition at 502 Frenchmen

The New Orleans Historic District Landmark Commission Design Guidelines, approved by the City Council, specifically prohibit rooftop additions to buildings …