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Quarter Caretaker: Robert Cangelosi, Jr.
This New Orleans architect, educator and author holds many titles, but helping preserve the French Quarter neighborhood where he grew up is the one he’s best—and rightfully—known for.
– by Doug Brantley
The Sad Demise of the Ursuline Chaplains’ Cottage
A diminutive Spanish Colonial cottage demolished in 1917 played a major role in the development of French Quarter historic preservation. This is the first in a new FQJ series, “Preservation Chronicles.”
– by James G. Derbes
Three Decades of Activism, One New Riverfront Park
Unrelenting advocacy over two wharf sites scores what appears to be a win for New Orleans residents while helping protect two of the most fragile neighborhoods in the country: the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny.
– by Frank Perez
The Vieux Carre Courier: Guarding the Gates of the Neighborhood
In the early 1970s, a fearless editor for a feisty French Quarter newspaper defends the historic neighborhood, taking inspiration from past preservation battles - both won and lost.
– by Bethany Ewald Bultman