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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 …

Work at 509 Exposition Boulevard.

Advocacy

Fine issued for unapproved work at home in Uptown Historic District 

On Aug. 15, the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission approved the retention of demolition work at 509 Exposition Blvd. …

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.  …

Frank Early's My Place Saloon

In The News

Plans to renovate former Storyville saloon pass first test

One of the last remaining buildings from Storyville, the city’s former red-light district, with ties to the early days of …

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 …

The former Oleander Hotel on Grand Isle.

In The News

The Oleander Hotel on Grand Isle is added to the National Register of Historic Places

A long-vacant hotel on Grand Isle which has hung on for nearly a century is among the newest additions to …

1800 Hastings Pl. Collapse

In The News

City Council seeks proposals to help reduce the risk of building collapses

The New Orleans City Council is asking for proposals from structural engineers or engineering firms to help reduce the risk …

An architect's rendering of a hotel proposed for the 600 block of Elysian Fields Avenue.

Advocacy

Committee gives thumbs down to revised plans for proposed hotel in the Marigny

Saying it is too large and doesn’t fit in with the surrounding neighborhood, a committee on Tuesday unanimously denied the …

Turners' Hall, home of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

In The News

Work to restore Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities building expected to begin soon

There was good news and bad news when the City Council’s Quality of Life Committee got an update Monday on …

The interior of 4854 Camp Street

Advocacy

HDLC denies demolition request for three homes in Uptown Historic District

UPDATE: Uptown shotgun is saved from the landfill!  The Preservation Resource Center would like to thank District B Councilmember Lesli Harris, her …