Shown below is 1 of 37 pairs of then-and-now photographs of historic New Orleans, dating from the 1840s to the 1990s. See if you recognize their locations (some are difficult!). Want to see more? Please check out my 1999 book, New Orleans Then and Now.
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“an informative joy… juggles statistics, geography, demographics, analysis, history and storytelling with brevity and wit…will make even the staunchest enemies of [Bourbon Street] reexamine their biases.”
Featured Books
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Bienville's Dilemma
A Historical Geography of New Orleans
- Introduction and Timeline
- I. Forming the Landscape
- II. Settling the Landscape
- III. Urbanizing the Landscape
- IV. Populating the Landscape
- V. Manipulating the Landscape
- VI. Humanizing the Landscape
- VII. Devastating the Landscape
- VIII. Restoring the Landscape
- Graphical Insert (Maps, Graphs, Photos)
- Please see book for references and index
Geographies of New Orleans
Urban Fabrics Before The Storm
- Introduction and Timeline
- I. Physical Geographies
- II. Urban Geographies
- III. Ethnic Geographies
- IV. Geographies of Catastrophe
- Please see book for references and index
Lincoln in New Orleans
The 1828-1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History
Bourbon Street
A History