Author: New Orleans (La.). Public Belt Railroad CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Introduction to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
Author: New Orleans (La.). Public Belt Railroad CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Port Series
Author: Official Journal of the Proceedings of House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana at the ... General Assembly ...
Author: Louisiana. Legislature. House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1380
Book Description
Official Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana
Author: Louisiana. Legislature. House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 1380
Book Description
The West Bank of Greater New Orleans
Author: Richard CampanellaPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807173673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The West Bank has been a vital part of greater New Orleans since the city’s inception, serving as its breadbasket, foundry, shipbuilder, railroad terminal, train manufacturer, and even livestock hub. At one time it was the Gulf South’s St. Louis, boasting a diversified industrial sector as well as a riverine, mercantilist, and agricultural economy. Today the mostly suburban West Bank is proud but not pretentious, pleasant if not prominent, and a distinct, affordable alternative to the more famous neighborhoods of the East Bank. Richard Campanella is the first to examine the West Bank holistically, as a legitimate subregion with its own story to tell. No other part of greater New Orleans has more diverse yet deeply rooted populations: folks who speak in local accents, who exhibit longstanding cultural traits, and, in some cases, who maintain family ownership of lands held since antebellum times—even as immigrants settle here in growing numbers. Campanella demonstrates that West Bankers have had great agency in their own place-making, and he challenges the notion that their story is subsidiary to a more important narrative across the river. The West Bank of Greater New Orleans is not a traditional history, nor a cultural history, but rather a historical geography, a spatial explanation of how the West Bank’s landscape formed: its terrain, environment, land use, jurisdictions, waterways, industries, infrastructure, neighborhoods, and settlement patterns, past and present. The book explores the drivers, conditions, and power structures behind those landscape transformations, using custom maps, aerial images, photographic montages, and a detailed historical timeline to help tell that complex geographical story. As Campanella shows, there is no “greater New Orleans” without its cross-river component. The West Bank is an essential part of this remarkable metropolis.
New Orleans Under Reconstruction
Author: Michael SorkinPublisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781684316
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
When the levee system protecting New Orleans failed and was overtopped in August 2005 following the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, 80 percent of the city was flooded, with a loss of 103,000 homes in the metropolitan area. At least 986 Louisiana residents died. The devastation hit vulnerable communities the hardest: the elderly, the poor, and African-Americans. The disaster exposed shocking inequalities in the city. In response, numerous urban plans and myriad architectural projects were proposed. Nearly nine years later, debates about planning and design for recovery, renewal, and resilience continue. This bold, challenging, and informed book gathers together a panorama of responses from writers, architects, planners, historians, and activists-including Mike Davis, Rebecca Solnit, Naomi Klein, Denise Scott Brown, and M. Christine Boyer-and searches for answers to one of the most important questions of our age: How can we plan for the urban future, creating more environmentally sustainable, economically robust, and socially equitable places to live? A 2014 grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts supported in part the publication of this book.
New Orleans Under Reconstruction
Author: Carol M. ReesePublisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781682747
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
When the levees broke in August 2005 as a result of Hurricane Katrina, 80 percent of the city of New Orleans was flooded, with a loss of 134,000 homes and 986 lives. In particular, the devastation hit the vulnerable communities the hardest: the old, the poor and the African American. The disaster exposed the hideous inequality of the city. In response to the disaster numerous plans, designs and projects were proposed. This bold, challenging and informed book gathers together the variety of responses from politicians, writers, architects and planners and searches for the answers of one of the most important issues of our age: How can we plan for the future, creating a more robust and equal place?
Official Journal
Author: Louisiana. Legislature. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Constitution and Statutes of Louisiana
Author: LouisianaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutions
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Report to the President by the Emergency Board Appointed September 10, 1948
Author: United States. Emergency Board (New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Commission, 1948)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description