Annotated Bibliography:
1. Kendall, John S. "Streets, Parks, Squares." History of New Orleans,. Chicago: Lewis Publishers, 1922. 672-82. Print.
Source for city-beautifying emergence of New Orleans. Provided detailed history behind Canal Street, Lafayette Square, the buildings
around it, and the city parks.
2. The Times-Picayune. "Greater New Orleans." The Times-Picayune. NOLA Media Group, 19 Sept. 2011. Web. 17 July 2013. <http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/09/1884_world_cotton_exposition_o.html>.
Provides information on why New Orleans was chosen to host the World Exposition in 1884 and the benefits to the urban planning
process the exposition brought.
3. Hawkins, Dominique M. “Buildings Types and Architectural Styles.” City of New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission (2011): 6-7. Print. July 2011.
Used for information on different types of housing that emerged in New Orleans through varying time periods. Mostly concerned with
Shotgun housing style.
4. NOVA. "A 300 Year Struggle." PBS. PBS, 01 Nov. 2005. Web. 16 July 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orleans/struggle.html>.
Provides a timeline of the history of flood disasters and damage control in New Orleans that lead up to the failure of the levee system
during Hurricane Katrina.
5. Weingroff, Richard. "The Rambler's History of New Orleans -Highway History - FHWA." Origins of New Orleans. U.S. Department of Transportation, 07 Apr. 2011. Web. 14 July 2013. <http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/neworleansrambler.cfm>
A great source for history on the transportation system in New Orleans beginning with the city being a shipping port and a railway cars
pulled by horses to more complex bridges and electric street cars.
6. Bates, Kristin Ann, and Richelle S. Swan.Through the eye of Katrina: social justice in the United States. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2007. Print.
This book looks at the social justice issues surrounding Hurricane Katrina. It not only talks about the issues during and after the hurricane, but those before that created the injustices.
7. Beatley, Timothy. Planning for coastal resilience best practices for calamitous times. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2009. Print.
This book details what coastal cities like New Orleans can do in order to be prepared for disasters. It also discusses what New Orleans could have done better and what mistakes they made.
8. Ford, Kristina. "Cities as Planners See Them ." The trouble with city planning: what New Orleans can teach us. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. 17. Print.
This book goes in depth into what went wrong in the planning aspects for New Orleans, and why it became such a disaster. It also goes into what planners can learn from this incident, and which city plans are good.
9. Marable, Manning, and Kristen Avery.Seeking higher ground: the Hurricane Katrina crisis, race, and public policy reader. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Print.
This book goes into politics and social justice issues before and after Hurricane Katrina. It also discusses why it was not very smart to build below sea level.
10. Olshansky, Robert B., and Laurie Johnson.Clear as mud: planning for the rebuilding of New Orleans. Chicago: American Planning Association, 2010. Print.
Olshansky and Johnson show that planning after a disaster is not so simple. As the title Clear As Mud shows, it more complicated than it seems. It gives a good explanation of the efforts New Orleans made in order to rebuild the city.
11. Lewis, Peirce F. New Orleans : The Making of an Urban Landscape. New York: Center for American Places, Incorporated, 2003. Print.
Lewis talks about how the site of New Orleans, or the geographical and environmental factors are incredibly dire, but that its situation, as in the benefits possible are worth the risk. Throughout his book he elaborates on the specifics of those costs and benefits.
12. Levees.org, “Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (Industrial Canal) and the Lower Ninth Ward,” New Orleans Historical, accessed July 31, 2013, http://www.neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/289
Discusses the relationship between the Industrial Canal and the Lower Ninth Ward throughout the 20th century. The issues presented discuss both the positive and negative impacts that the canal has had on the Lower Ninth Ward.
13. Campanella, Richard. Delta Urbanism: New Orleans. Chicago: American Planning Association, 2010. Print.
Campanella details timelines from the beginning of New Orleans to the relative present. Also it makes a thorough account of New Orleans' history, its geography, and the actions people made to intervene against the dangerous environment they lived in.
14. "History of French Quarter." FQMD-History of French Quarter. French Quarter Management District, n.d. Web. 31 July 2013. <http://fqmd.org/history.html> ._
This site discusses how the French Quarter started up, the downside it took and how the area went from being such a low quality place to New Orleans' cash cow of tourism.
15. Cotter, Bill. The 1984 New Orleans World's Fair. [Charleston, SC]: Arcadia Pub., 2009. Print.
A book filled with images and information on New Orlean's Second World's Fair of 1984 and the people that planned it, Then looking at how closely the plan was followed.
16. KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Ed. David Johnson. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, n.d. Web. 30 Jul. 2013. http://www.knowla.org
KnowLA.org is a comprehensive encyclopedia for all as[ects of Louisiana. There are a myriad of entries that cover the history, culture and landscape of the entire state. The site hosts numerous photographs, maps and works of art that are tied to Louisiana.
17. Campanella, Richard. Bienville's Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2008. Read.Amazon.com. Web. 28 July 2013.
Campanella's book provides a historical analysis of the founding of New Orleans. The entire first section of the book is an annotated time- line about the events that shaped the development of the city. Through the research of primary sources, the author provides clarity into the unlikely selection of the site that has made New Orleans so difficult to develop.
18. Vlach, John Michael. "The Shotgun House: An African Architectural Legacy." Pioneer America 8.1 (1976): 47-56. Print.
A fascinating work of academia that connects the African population of New Orleans to the popular architectural style of the “shotgun” house that is found in New Orleans.
19' United States. City of New Orleans. Historic Landmarks Division. Building Types and Architectural Styles. By Dominique M. Hawkins and Catherine E. Barrier. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, May 2011. Web. 24 July 2013. <http://www.nola.gov/nola/media/HDLC/Guidelines/03-TypesStyles.pdf>
An online publication made possible by a federal grant that describes the types of historical homes found in New Orleans. The document provides detailed descriptions of types of dwellings and the period during which they began to appear in the city. It also gives a look at the various architectural elements that can be found in New Orleans and describes their cultural origins.
20. “The Public Masked Balls of Antebellum New Orleans: A Custom of Masque outside the Mardi Gras Tradition” R. Randall Couch, Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association , Vol. 35, No. 4 (Autumn, 1994), pp. 403-431. Louisiana Historical Association
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4233146
This article provides information about the origins of the Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans. It argues that the development of the cultural event can be found in the masquerade balls of Europe being influenced by the diverse cultures of the city and a shared love of dance between them.
Source for city-beautifying emergence of New Orleans. Provided detailed history behind Canal Street, Lafayette Square, the buildings
around it, and the city parks.
2. The Times-Picayune. "Greater New Orleans." The Times-Picayune. NOLA Media Group, 19 Sept. 2011. Web. 17 July 2013. <http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/09/1884_world_cotton_exposition_o.html>.
Provides information on why New Orleans was chosen to host the World Exposition in 1884 and the benefits to the urban planning
process the exposition brought.
3. Hawkins, Dominique M. “Buildings Types and Architectural Styles.” City of New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission (2011): 6-7. Print. July 2011.
Used for information on different types of housing that emerged in New Orleans through varying time periods. Mostly concerned with
Shotgun housing style.
4. NOVA. "A 300 Year Struggle." PBS. PBS, 01 Nov. 2005. Web. 16 July 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orleans/struggle.html>.
Provides a timeline of the history of flood disasters and damage control in New Orleans that lead up to the failure of the levee system
during Hurricane Katrina.
5. Weingroff, Richard. "The Rambler's History of New Orleans -Highway History - FHWA." Origins of New Orleans. U.S. Department of Transportation, 07 Apr. 2011. Web. 14 July 2013. <http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/neworleansrambler.cfm>
A great source for history on the transportation system in New Orleans beginning with the city being a shipping port and a railway cars
pulled by horses to more complex bridges and electric street cars.
6. Bates, Kristin Ann, and Richelle S. Swan.Through the eye of Katrina: social justice in the United States. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2007. Print.
This book looks at the social justice issues surrounding Hurricane Katrina. It not only talks about the issues during and after the hurricane, but those before that created the injustices.
7. Beatley, Timothy. Planning for coastal resilience best practices for calamitous times. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2009. Print.
This book details what coastal cities like New Orleans can do in order to be prepared for disasters. It also discusses what New Orleans could have done better and what mistakes they made.
8. Ford, Kristina. "Cities as Planners See Them ." The trouble with city planning: what New Orleans can teach us. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. 17. Print.
This book goes in depth into what went wrong in the planning aspects for New Orleans, and why it became such a disaster. It also goes into what planners can learn from this incident, and which city plans are good.
9. Marable, Manning, and Kristen Avery.Seeking higher ground: the Hurricane Katrina crisis, race, and public policy reader. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Print.
This book goes into politics and social justice issues before and after Hurricane Katrina. It also discusses why it was not very smart to build below sea level.
10. Olshansky, Robert B., and Laurie Johnson.Clear as mud: planning for the rebuilding of New Orleans. Chicago: American Planning Association, 2010. Print.
Olshansky and Johnson show that planning after a disaster is not so simple. As the title Clear As Mud shows, it more complicated than it seems. It gives a good explanation of the efforts New Orleans made in order to rebuild the city.
11. Lewis, Peirce F. New Orleans : The Making of an Urban Landscape. New York: Center for American Places, Incorporated, 2003. Print.
Lewis talks about how the site of New Orleans, or the geographical and environmental factors are incredibly dire, but that its situation, as in the benefits possible are worth the risk. Throughout his book he elaborates on the specifics of those costs and benefits.
12. Levees.org, “Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (Industrial Canal) and the Lower Ninth Ward,” New Orleans Historical, accessed July 31, 2013, http://www.neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/289
Discusses the relationship between the Industrial Canal and the Lower Ninth Ward throughout the 20th century. The issues presented discuss both the positive and negative impacts that the canal has had on the Lower Ninth Ward.
13. Campanella, Richard. Delta Urbanism: New Orleans. Chicago: American Planning Association, 2010. Print.
Campanella details timelines from the beginning of New Orleans to the relative present. Also it makes a thorough account of New Orleans' history, its geography, and the actions people made to intervene against the dangerous environment they lived in.
14. "History of French Quarter." FQMD-History of French Quarter. French Quarter Management District, n.d. Web. 31 July 2013. <http://fqmd.org/history.html> ._
This site discusses how the French Quarter started up, the downside it took and how the area went from being such a low quality place to New Orleans' cash cow of tourism.
15. Cotter, Bill. The 1984 New Orleans World's Fair. [Charleston, SC]: Arcadia Pub., 2009. Print.
A book filled with images and information on New Orlean's Second World's Fair of 1984 and the people that planned it, Then looking at how closely the plan was followed.
16. KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Ed. David Johnson. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, n.d. Web. 30 Jul. 2013. http://www.knowla.org
KnowLA.org is a comprehensive encyclopedia for all as[ects of Louisiana. There are a myriad of entries that cover the history, culture and landscape of the entire state. The site hosts numerous photographs, maps and works of art that are tied to Louisiana.
17. Campanella, Richard. Bienville's Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2008. Read.Amazon.com. Web. 28 July 2013.
Campanella's book provides a historical analysis of the founding of New Orleans. The entire first section of the book is an annotated time- line about the events that shaped the development of the city. Through the research of primary sources, the author provides clarity into the unlikely selection of the site that has made New Orleans so difficult to develop.
18. Vlach, John Michael. "The Shotgun House: An African Architectural Legacy." Pioneer America 8.1 (1976): 47-56. Print.
A fascinating work of academia that connects the African population of New Orleans to the popular architectural style of the “shotgun” house that is found in New Orleans.
19' United States. City of New Orleans. Historic Landmarks Division. Building Types and Architectural Styles. By Dominique M. Hawkins and Catherine E. Barrier. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, May 2011. Web. 24 July 2013. <http://www.nola.gov/nola/media/HDLC/Guidelines/03-TypesStyles.pdf>
An online publication made possible by a federal grant that describes the types of historical homes found in New Orleans. The document provides detailed descriptions of types of dwellings and the period during which they began to appear in the city. It also gives a look at the various architectural elements that can be found in New Orleans and describes their cultural origins.
20. “The Public Masked Balls of Antebellum New Orleans: A Custom of Masque outside the Mardi Gras Tradition” R. Randall Couch, Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association , Vol. 35, No. 4 (Autumn, 1994), pp. 403-431. Louisiana Historical Association
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4233146
This article provides information about the origins of the Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans. It argues that the development of the cultural event can be found in the masquerade balls of Europe being influenced by the diverse cultures of the city and a shared love of dance between them.