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Wheatley School Update – Endangered Status Featured on NPR
Posted by: | CommentsWorld Monuments Fund targets Phillis Wheatley Elementary
Posted by: | CommentsThe World Monuments Fund (WMF) today announced their global watch list of endangered sites around the world. Of the 90+ sites named in the 2010 report, 9 are from the United States, with two of those in New Orleans.
Photo thanks to the Visual Resources Curator at Tulane School of Architecture
WMF describes itself:
World Monuments Fund is an advocate for the preservation movement. Every project is an opportunity to raise awareness among the public, government agencies, community organizations, and potential donors about the importance of heritage preservation. Through programs like the World Monuments Watch, WMF speaks out in support of the protection of sites around the world.
Concern for Phillis Wheatley has become a focus of several agencies, and certainly has been on the PRC’s radar for some time. Hopefully being elevated to this prestigious list by yet another respected organization with worldwide attention will be enough to save this building.
To read about Phillis Wheatley, St. Louis No. 2 (the cemetery that is the other endangered New Orleans location) or to explore the global map, visit the WMF’s page at www.wmf.org/watch
Modernist Architecture- OTHER NOTABLE BUILDINGS
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New Orleans Public Library
1958 |
| Automotive Life Insurance Building
1963 |
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National Maritime Union
1956 |
| K&B Building
1962 |
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Whitney Bank Building
1964 |
Modernist Architecture- DEMOLISHED
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The Rivergate 1968 Port of New Orleans Exhibition Center Curtis and Davis |
| St. Francis Cabrini
1962 |
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Longshoreman’s Hall 6
1959 |
| State Office Building Annex
1958 |
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Also: National American Bank Building (no photo available)
Early to mid 1960s
Lee Circle, new Orleans
Goldstein, Parham and Labouisse
Modernist Architecture Approved for Demolition
Posted by: | Comments| Hoffman Elementary School
1954 |
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Modernist Architecture- THREATENED
Posted by: | Comments| Thomy Lafon Elementary School
1954 AIA Honor Award Recipient |
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Olivetti Building
1966 |
| Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
1955 Received a Progressive Architecture citation |
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Pan American Life Building
1952 |
1940 Modern New Orleans
Posted by: | CommentsThanks to regional.modernism for finding this short film, which touts New Orleans in the 1940s as “one of the finest and most progressive cities in the United States.” Highlights include fabulous aerial views of the CBD, streetscapes of Canal St. with the original streetcar system, Charity Hospital, Shushan Airport, Roosevelt Hotel, “suburban” homes on St. Charles Ave. and more. Enjoy!
Wheatley School Public Meeting Sept. 22: Proposed Demolition
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Public comments may also be submitted online.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/culturalassets/fema106/
Sunset on Hoffman Elementary School
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- Section showing sun control and ventilation. 2622 Prieur Street, New Orleans, LA. Sol Rosenthal and Charles Colbert, architects. Idea: The Shaping Force SFMPOP Preliminary assessment: “complete replacement”
The New Orleans City Council approved the demolition of Hoffman Elementary School On Thursday, September 19. While the Recovery School District (RSD) has not illustrated how they will fund a new school on the site in Hoffman Triangle, the RSD verbally committed to building a new school on the site as part of phase 1 or 2 of the school facilities redevelopment.
Thank you to Francine Stock of Docomomo Louisiana for speaking at the City Council meeting and for her instrumental role in educating citizens on the importance of our modern buildings.
For more information on threatened modern schools, see previous posts on Hoffman Elementary, Thomy Lafon Elementary and Wheatley Elementary.
Public Meeting on Thomy Lafon Elementary School
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FEMA Historic Preservation Public Meeting
Proposed Demolition of
Thomy Lafon Elementary School
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 • 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
C. J. Peete Community Center • 2514 Washington Ave.
- Find out about FEMA’s Historic Preservation Review process
- Express your views on the proposed demolition of Thomy Lafon Elementary School and the impact the demolition will have on the Locust Grove Cemetery Site
If you wish to express your views, please be prepared to:
Briefly state wheter you support the preservation or demolition of Thomy Lafon Elementary School
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- If you support its preservation, what is your vision for the site?
- If you support its demolition, how do you proposed the school be memorialized?
To submit comments online about the demolition of theLafon School, visit FEMA’s website.
