Rebuilding the “Big Easy”— Not So Easy
November 15, 2005
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Ideas for rebuilding New Orleans have ranged the gamut from proposals to level entire neighborhoods to calls to preserve as many historic structures as possible. What is undisputable is that New Orleans is one of the world’s great cities, with an unparalleled architectural and cultural legacy. It is also becoming clear that a significant percentage of the city’s buildings are either intact, only modestly damaged, or substantially salvageable, meaning that some of the early calls for “moving” New Orleans greatly overstated the extent of the destruction. Even so, the task of preserving, restoring, and, where necessary, rebuilding is enormous and will require difficult decisions.
In the first symposium in this series, a distinguished panel of leaders in urban planning, historic preservation, engineering, and architecture will each share advice about the best strategies for rebuilding, before engaging in a free-wheeling discussion moderated by Robert Ivy, FAIA, editor-in-chief of Architectural Record.
WHO
- Robert Ivy, FAIA, Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record
- Paul Farmer, Executive Director, American Planning Association
- Suzanne Turner, FASLA, emerita professor of landscape architecture, Louisiana State University
- Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Thomas J. Campanella, Urban Planning Professor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and co-editor of The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster
- Angela O’Bryne, AIA, President, American Institute of Architects, New Orleans
- Henry Hatch, civil engineer and former chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Continuing Education Credits: 2.0 CEU
