New Orleans' Nine
About the New Orleans Nine
Modeled on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Most Endangered program, Louisiana Landmarks implemented our own list of the most endangered historic resources in New Orleans in 2005. Our goals for the program include: saving historic places, publicity for historic sites, advocacy for historic preservation, preservation education, and supporting proactive preservation efforts. A list of endangered places is an excellent tool for drawing attention to historic sites that may be threatened by demolition, neglect, or bureaucracy.
National Trust's Preservation Magazine, online edition, article highlighting Modernism and Landmarks' efforts
Many of the Big Easy's Midcentury Buildings Face Demolition.
By Jennifer Farwell | Online Only | Aug. 2, 2010
The year is 1955; the place, New Orleans. Progressive Architecture magazine has just held its second annual Design Awards, juried by Bauhaus School founder Walter Gropius. The list of winners brings a surprise: New Orleans and Louisiana capture six of the awards—more than any other city and state in the nation. The awards recognize the work of five different architectural teams, including the noted firm Curtis and Davis, whose later work will include the 1975 Superdome.
More New Orleans' Nine properties in the news - Olaf Fink center, former NOCCA site, and Myrtle Banks School
Orleans Parish School Board holds property auction over mayor's objections
Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 9:15 PM Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 9:18 PM
Cindy Chang, The Times-Picayune
Over the objections of Mayor Mitch Landrieu, the Orleans Parish School Board went forward with a surplus property auction Thursday, netting almost $2.8 million.
In a telling signpost of the board's diminished role in a newly decentralized educational landscape dominated by charter schools, the board's former headquarters was the biggest sale of the day. Businessman Brian Albrecht paid $2.3 million for the complex on Gen. de Gaulle Drive in Algiers.
Dew Drop Inn in the Gambit - 2010 New Orleans' Nine cited
Where Was the Dew Drop Inn?
from the Gambit website: gambitweekly.com
POSTED ON JULY 12, 2010:
Where was the Dew Drop Inn?
Blake Pontchartrain
Hey Blake,
Where was the Dew Drop Inn?
Charming Darling
Dear Charming,
The Orpheum Theater gets a new owner - 2009 New Orleans' Nine cited in Times-Picayune
Orpheum Theater has a new owner
Published: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 8:00 AM
Frank Donze, The Times-Picayune
The shuttered, debt-ridden Orpheum Theater has a new owner who says he is in the early stages of transforming the 1921 beaux-arts vaudeville house into a music venue to showcase local talent and host big-name, touring performers.
Businessman Andrew Reid said Monday that he acquired the historic theater from a pair of Texas financiers for $675,000 -- the same fire-sale price they paid in 2006 for the building at 129 University Place that has been vacant since it was flooded in Hurricane Katrina.
The New Orleans' Nine list goes on display at the Pitot House
On display in various forms are the New Orleans' Nine Most Endangered Sites lists from 2005-2010. The New Orleans' Nine Reception, held Friday May 28th, celebrating the publication of this year's list was the debut of the new exhibit, which encompasses two rooms of the Pitot House ground floor. The New Orleans' Nine exhibit will be on display at the Pitot House through September 2010.
Browse through the photo gallery from the New Orleans' Nine Reception.
It's nomination time for the 2010 New Orleans' Nine Most Endangered
Louisiana Landmarks Society is proud to announce the return of the New Orleans’ Nine Most Endangered List. As in previous years, Louisiana Landmarks Society is enlisting the help of neighborhood organizations, preservation and civic organizations, and our own membership for nominations of most endangered properties in Orleans Parish. This grass-roots approach has proven invaluable in compiling our annual list.
