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Suburban Swamp: The Rise And Fall Of Planned New-Town Communities In New Orleans East, J. Souther Apr 2008

Suburban Swamp: The Rise And Fall Of Planned New-Town Communities In New Orleans East, J. Souther

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This paper examines the emergence, development and abandonment of ‘new town’ communities in eastern New Orleans in the half century after 1957. Containing about two-thirds of the land area in the New Orleans city limits, much of it wrested from swamps using emerging drainage technologies, eastern New Orleans promised municipal leaders, planners and citizens an alternative to crowded city and sprawling suburb. This paper also considers how planners and many local citizens viewed planned communities in the eastern stretches of the city as an antidote to population exodus from New Orleans. It explores the influences, design characteristics, social planning aspirations …


Building And Rebuilding New Orleans: Nature, Artifice, And Transformation, J. Souther Nov 2007

Building And Rebuilding New Orleans: Nature, Artifice, And Transformation, J. Souther

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No abstract provided.


Making The "Birthplace Of Jazz": Tourism And Musical Heritage Marketing In New Orleans, J. Souther Jan 2003

Making The "Birthplace Of Jazz": Tourism And Musical Heritage Marketing In New Orleans, J. Souther

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No abstract provided.