When New Orleans native Poppy Mackenzie purchased her Edwardian-era house in the Lower Garden District, she had no inkling of the provenance it shared with the three consecutive houses next
Most New Orleanians shutter at the thought of having to go to City Hall to get a permit any permit. It’s not now, nor has it ever been, a quick, easy or transparent process. The requirements are hard to understand. A staff person might not be available to discuss or explain a puzzling issue, […]
After 33 years of restoring historic properties — the first in the Marigny Triangle; the second the Dufour-Baldwin House, a mansion designed by Henry Howard on Esplanade Avenue; and the
Beginning this fall, the legendary Dew Drop Inn in Central City is set to host live music for the first time in more than half a century. The city’s leading Black music venue for three mid-century decades, the club billed as “the swankiest spot in the South” holds a hallowed place in New Orleans cultural […]