DIGITAL Crescent City Pictorial

The fine folks at Amistad Research Center have announced their digitization of The Crescent City Pictorial, a 28-page souvenir book dedicated "to the Progress of the Colored Citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana, 'America's Most Interesting City.'"

With photographs by Villard Paddio, designed by O.T. Griffin, and published by O.C.W. Taylor, The Crescent City Pictorial provides incredible documentation of early 20th-century African-American businesses. For property researchers, the booklet includes Paddio's images of streetscapes, building facades, and interior operations.

Image above:  Villard Paddio, photographer. "Carr and Llopis, Undertakers." The Crescent City Pictorial  (New Orleans, LA: O.C.W. Taylor, 1926). Amistad Research Center. As viewed online through Tulane University's Digital Library. Click here for direct link.

Prince Charles Meets Manchu

The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment is partnering with the Preservation Resource Center to restore the derelict New Orleans property located at 1423 North Claiborne, immediately next to MANCHU, the Mardi Gras-colored cinderblock fried chicken shack. Traditional building craft apprentices will tackle the double-galleried structure that once housed the American Missionary Association (AMA). Once the project has been completed, 1423 will be donated to another non-profit organization.

The AMA Archives are located on Tulane University's campus at the Amistad Research Center.