1724 N. Robertson St.

Adolph Paul Barbarin (1901-1969) , drummer, composer, and band leader lived at 1724 N. Robertson Street from 1924 until 1925. He played in bands with King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, J.J. Pirone, and “Fats” Pichone. He composed “Come Back Sweet Papa,” “Bourbon Street Parade” and “The Second Line.” Along with his brother Louis Barbarin and Louis Cottrell, re reorganized the Onward Brass Band in the 1960′s and led his own band in New Orleans for over three decades.

Read more about Barbarin on the Red Hot Jazz website.

PRC places commemorative plaques on the houses where Jazz musicians lived.

5200 St. Claude Ave. in Holy Cross (Before Renovation)

5200 St. Claude Ave. in Holy Cross (After Renovation)

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This modified four-bay Creole cottage, located at 5200 St. Claude Ave. in Holy Cross, is likely one of the oldest structures in the Lower 9th Ward. Creole cottages of this type were constructed primarily between 1709 and 1850. It appears on the Robinson Atlas of 1883 and in the 1908-09 Sanborne map. This structure clearly illustrates the character of the neighborhood has served the needs of the neighborhood as a long-established corner store.

The Board of Zoning Adjustments considered the redevelopment plans for the site on June 14, 2010 and the application was withdrawn without prejudice, meaning that the owner can again try to seek approval. Further, the City Council recently rejected the owner’s request for an alcoholic beverage outlet on the site. The Neighborhood Conservation District Review Committee will consider the proposed demolition on August 2, 2010. Watch this site for the results.

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Learn about two-bay Creole cottages here.

Photo by John Monnat

Photo by Katrina Arnold

We are proud to announce that two of our Rebuilding Together program AmeriCorps members, John Monnat and Katrina Arnold, have submitted photos to the national AmeriCorps photography competition and are among the top ten finalists! Join us in our appreciation of their work in New Orleans assisting homeowners return to our beloved city — and VOTE for their inspirational photographs! Voting ends Friday, July 30.

The Prince’s Rebuilding Communities Programme is a nine-month programme of applied study which offers building craftsmen the opportunity to enhance and advance their design knowledge and experience in traditional and sustainable building crafts.

This programme provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to gain experience in traditional and sustainable building crafts.

“When I travel around the country meeting people from every sort of background, it is rare that I find skilled craftsmen or women who are unhappy in their work. They usually derive a real sense of satisfaction and, above all, pride from what they do.”
-HRH The Prince of Wales, speaking at SkillCity, Manchester, England, November 2002

The Prince’s Rebuilding Communities Programme, in association with PRC’s Operation Comeback program, offers talented, enthusiastic and committed trades-people the opportunity to enhance their vocational skills with the design knowledge, work experience and coaching necessary to succeed in a career in the traditional building sector.

LEARN MORE and apply by visiting our website.

Congress is currently considering legislation that includes a provision that threatens the protection of historic places.  The provision would exempt the Trinity River Flood Control project in Dallas, Texas, from critical historic preservation review procedures – the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act.  Both NHPA and Section 4(f) have been used for decades to help important development projects move forward without harming historic places and have been instrumental in saving a wide range of places from Fort McHenry to New Orleans’ French Quarter.  This exemption from review is not just problematic for protection of historic places in the Dallas area, it sets a dangerous precedent that undermines critical preservation safeguards across the country.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Your Senator is on the Appropriations Committee that will soon be considering this legislation.   Ask them to NOT include the historic preservation exemptions currently in Chapter 4, Section 405 of HR 4899, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2010.

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The request to demolish 318 N. White St. was denied by the NCDC.

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Photo by R. Stephanie Bruno via nola.com and the Times Picayune

THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Holy Cross, one of PRC’s target neighborhoods, is “bounded roughly by St. Claude Avenue on the north, the Mississippi River on the south, Jackson Barracks on the east and the Industrial Canal on the west.” The neighborhood is on the National Register of Historic Places.

READ ON – Times Picayune article by R. Stephanie Bruno – 700 block of St. Maurice Avenue

"New Orleans, downtown street"

December 1935. “New Orleans, downtown street.” North Front at Canal. Nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.