Richard Campanella
@nolacampanella
New Orleans geographer; author; professor and associate dean for research-Tulane School of Architecture; Louisiana Writer Award; Chevalier-Palmes Académiques
Coming next month from @lsupress , "Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences: Origins of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages," a statewide settlement geography by yours truly.... @TulaneArch @NOLAbookfest
Creole architecture at the Oakland Plantation on the Cane River, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Sheriff Harry Lee's display at the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnsfield.
Architectural gems of northwestern Louisiana....
Uptown New Orleans from the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar this morning....
One of my favorite vistas in the French Quarter, viewable from the 500 block of Toulouse Street looking toward the Girod (Napoleon) House.
On Conti Street in the French Quarter, last vestiges of the wholesale fur district in this area through the early to mid-1950s, where coatmakers purchased raw muskrat pelts trapped in St. Bernard Parish.
An update on Chris Rose... nola.com nola.com/news/katrina/w…
#DragonBravoFire Preliminary Structure Loss Report for July 15, 2025. The fire remains active at this time, this is not a final conclusive report.
1959 vision for what would become the International Trade Mart (1965)/Rivergate (1968), later World Trade Center and now the Four Seasons Hotel, at the foot of Canal Street in downtown New Orleans.
Spend 13+ hours in the mud, with the audio version of "Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City," by yours truly, from @lsupress audiobooks.com/promotions/pro…
Grand Canyon Lodge, completed 1928, destroyed by fire 1932, rebuilt 1937, destroyed by fire again yesterday. These photos are from June 12, 2025.
We were there just last month....
The Grand Canyon Lodge has burned down due to the Dragon Bravo Fire in the Park. Other structures have been impacted as well. On today’s show I talk about the multiple managed fires that blew out yesterday due to weather events that rolled over the fire areas. Thanks to the…
In today's Times-Picayune, see my latest 'Geographies of New Orleans,' on how the Faubourg Marigny spawned the City of Mandeville.
Just out, by yours truly, here and in Sunday's Times-Picayune: 'How Marigny Spawned Mandeville' @TulaneArch nola.com/entertainment_…
Mark Twain writing in 1882 of how often Americans, north and south, spoke about the Civil War.
