United States History - Southern Region, Travel - General & Miscellaneous, Photography - Travel, Travel Photography, Landscape & Environment - Social Aspects

New Orleans Then and Now

Name: New Orleans Then and Now
Author: Richard Campanella
ISBN: 9781565543478

by Richard Campanella, Marina Campanella

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Overview

Aerial photographs, maps, and satellite images present a larger context in which to place the photographs of the individual buildings.
Arranged by neighborhood, the spectacular photographs of New Orleans Then and Now offer unparalleled proof of how much--and how little--the city has changed throughout the last century and a half.
Authors Richard and Marina Campanella, husband and wife, began collecting old street scenes of New Orleans and rephotographing the sites as a hobby, one that quickly grew into the research for this, their first book. Mr. Campanella, a member of the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, is currently assistant director of environmental analysis at the Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities. He is also the author of Time and Place in New Orleans: Past Geographies in the Present Day, winner of the 2002 Joseph A. Arrigo Local Book of the Year, presented by the New Orleans Gulf-South Booksellers Association.

Synopsis

Nearly 400 side-by-side photographs dating from 1847 compare views of the past and present of New Orleans as captured from the street, roof, and air. Maps.

New Orleans Times-Picayune

New Orleans Then and Now is a must for history buffs and preservationists, who are so often one and the same. If only those who are neither would read it too, they might better appreciate the city's architectural history. This book makes the adage...'one picture is worth a thousand words...' seem like an understatement.

About the Author, Richard Campanella

Authors Richard and Marina Campanella, husband and wife, began collecting old street scenes of New Orleans and rephotographing the sites as a hobby, one that quickly grew into the research for this, their first book. They live in a circa 1926 cottage tucked among azaleas and magnolias near the beach in Waveland, Mississippi. Campanella, a member of the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, works in the field of satellite imaging and computer mapping at Stennis Space Center.