New Orleans Then and Now - Hardcover

Campanella, Richard; Campanella, Marina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565543475 ISBN 13: 9781565543478

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Nearly 400 side-by-side photographs (many never before published) dating from 1847 to the present compare views as captured from the street, roof, and air in this visual exploration of the Crescent City.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Aerial photographs, maps, and satellite images present a larger context in which to place the photographs of the individual buildings.
Arranged by neighborhood, the spectacular photographs of New Orleans Then and Now offer unparalleled proof of how much--and how little--the city has changed throughout the last century and a half.
Authors Richard and Marina Campanella, husband and wife, began collecting old street scenes of New Orleans and rephotographing the sites as a hobby, one that quickly grew into the research for this, their first book. Mr. Campanella, a member of the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, is currently assistant director of environmental analysis at the Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities. He is also the author of Time and Place in New Orleans: Past Geographies in the Present Day, winner of the 2002 Joseph A. Arrigo Local Book of the Year, presented by the New Orleans Gulf-South Booksellers Association.

From the Back Cover:

A historical geography of New Orleans, told through time-sequence photographs captured from street, roof, and air.

"A classic example of a photographic resurvey . . . a captivating tour of numerous cultures, historical eras, and architectural achievement . . . a splendidly researched example of the evolution of an American city."
--The Bloomsbury Review

"An important and well-researched book . . . an excellent introduction . . . a wealth of informative text and images . . . New Orleans Then and Now is a must for local history buffs and preservationists."
--New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Magnificently illustrated . . . New Orleans Then and Now is highly recommended for students of architecture, history, urban development and historic preservation."
--The Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1565543475
• ISBN 13: 9781565543478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400