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The creators of a new book titled New Orleans Garden District: Profiles in Preservation, will discuss it at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.
The book celebrates the fact that thousands of visitors from around the world come to the New Orleans Garden District each year, drawn to the walkable neighborhood for its charm, history, architecture, and gardens. Designated as part of the National Register of Historic Places since 1971, the Garden District encompasses an impressive array of notable structures, dating from the 1830s.
New Orleans Garden District: Profiles in Preservation captures the stories of more than 100 distinct homes and the people who built and treasured them. The book is the culmination of seven years of work by a committee of the Garden District Association and a team of professionals who collected and curated a vast body of research.
- Historian and archivist Sally Reeves created each home’s detailed history into a 450-word entry for the coffee-table compilation of all the participating homes.
- Photographer David G. Spielman captured portraits of each house.
- To bring it all together, New Orleans history teacher Howard Hunter wrote a comprehensive introduction.
- Historian Hillary Irvine provided an essay about homes replaced by apartment buildings along St. Charles Avenue.
For more information regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.