In 1972 the city embellished its dramatic façade with the unveiling of the gold Joan of Arc sculpture that now graces the entrance to the French Market on Decatur Street. The Rivergate’s concrete roof was only five inches thick but curved and undulated along a breadth of 253 feet. The modernist Rivergate Convention Center at the foot of Canal Street, built in 1968, was designed by the architecture firm of Curtis and Davis, which later designed the Superdome. Image courtesy of the Southeastern Architectural Archive, Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries. For more to the story, listen to this episode of TriPod, which features Native voices sharing their histories of New Orleans. Through the study of history, collectively we become architects of a more equitable future. We acknowledge the intentional erasure of the Indigenous people in Southeast Louisiana, and we are working to promote a better understanding of this history. New Orleans arose on the traditional, ancestral, unceded lands of the Houma, Choctaw, and Chitimacha people, and we recognize the enduring, eternal relationship of these Indigenous communities with their land.

See full results here.Īs we reminisce about the history of the built environment, we would be remiss to ignore the deeper history of this place. Learn about these buildings (and one unusual structure) below. The bracket tournament ended April 1, 2021, and the Old French Opera House was named fan favorite. In conjunction with THNOC’s New Orleans Bracket Bash: Lost Landmarks Edition tournament, we present 16 structures that were once landmarks to the citizens of this city-some recently demolished, and some long gone some that stood for more than a century, and others that lasted just decades. We care deeply about past landmarks that have since faded into history, or as locals might say, “ain’t dere no more.” But here at The Historic New Orleans Collection, we don’t just study those structures that we can see.

The roads, parks, and waterways of New Orleans are lined with historic buildings both grand and small.

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