Thursday, December 6, 2012

Lost New Orleans

Aerial View of Charity Hospital and Surrounding Neighborhood.  Alex Greenberg, delineator for Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth, architects. Copy print of undated presentation drawing. Weiss Dreyfous & Seiferth Office Records, Southeastern Architectural Archive (SEAA), Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries.

Front Elevation, Isis Theatre, 1513 Dryades Street, New Orleans, LA. 1927. Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth, architects. Detail of alterations. Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth Office Records, Southeastern Architectural Archive (SEAA), Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries.
Preliminary Front Elevation, Ritz Theater, Corner LaSalle & Felicity Streets, New Orleans, LA. circa 1938. Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth, architects.  Detail of proposed facade.  Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth Office Records, Southeastern Architectural Archive (SEAA), Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries.

For more information on the SEAA's Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth collection, check out the online Finding Aid. Other SEAA Finding Aids may be found at: http://seaa.tulane.edu/findingaids/bycollectionname.