Название: Delirious New Orleans: Manifesto for an Extraordinary American City Автор: Stephen Verderber Издательство: University of Texas Press Год: 2012 Формат: EPUB Размер: 30 Мб Язык: английский / English
From iconic neighborhoods such as the French Quarter and the Garden District to more economically modest but no less culturally vibrant areas, architecture is a key element that makes New Orleans an extraordinary American city. Delirious New Orleans began as a documentary project to capture the idiosyncratic vernacular architecture and artifacts—vintage mom-and-pop businesses, roadside motels, live music clubs, neon signs, wall murals, fast-food joints, and so on—that helped give the city's various neighborhoods their unique character. But because so many of these places and artifacts were devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Delirious New Orleans has become both a historical record of what existed in the past and a blueprint for what must be rebuilt and restored to retain the city's unique multicultural landscape.
Stephen Verderber starts with the premise that New Orleans's often-overlooked neighborhoods imbue the city with deep authenticity as a place. He opens Delirious New Orleans with a photo-essay that vividly presents this vernacular architecture and its artifacts, both before Katrina and in its immediate aftermath. In the following sections of the book, which are also heavily illustrated, Verderber takes us on a tour of the city's commercial vernacular architecture, as well as the expressive folk architecture of its African American neighborhoods. He discusses how the built environment was profoundly shaped by New Orleans's history of race and class inequities and political maneuvering, along with its peculiar, below-sea-level geography. Verderber also considers the aftermath of Katrina and the armada of faceless FEMA trailers that have, at least temporarily and by default, transformed this urban landscape.
Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations Название: Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations Автор: Kevin Belton Издательство: Gibbs Smith ISBN: 1423651553 Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 176...
New Orleans Class Cruisers (Shipcraft №13) Название: New Orleans Class Cruisers (Shipcraft №13) Издательство: Seaforth Publishing Год: 2009 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 64 Размер: 93 Mb Язык: English...
Spin 20 Years of Alternative Music Название: Spin 20 Years of Alternative Music Автор: Will Hermes Издательство: Three Rivers Press Жанр: Поп-культура Год издания: 2005 Страниц: 268...
Top 10 New Orleans (2017) Название: Top 10 New Orleans Автор: DK Travel Издательство: DK Eyewitness Travel Год: 2017 ISBN: 9781465460639 Серия: Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides...
Kevin Belton's New Orleans Kitchen Название: Kevin Belton's New Orleans Kitchen Автор: Kevin Belton Издательство: Gibbs Smith Год: 2018 ISBN: 9781423648956 Формат: epub Страниц: 194...
Lonely Planet's Best of USA (Travel Guide) Название: Lonely Planets Best of USA (Travel Guide) Автор: Zimmerman Karla Balfour Amy C Bao Sandra Издательство: Lonely Planet Год: 2016 Формат:...
Навигация
Вход на сайт
Реклама
Delirious New Orleans: Manifesto for an Extraordinary American City 
