Sun Oak Foundation for Education Through Historic Preservation

06/13/2016

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/features/16033792-186/modern-design-complements-historic-marigny-neighborhood

After spending a little time with professor emeritus Gene Cizek, it becomes clear that he hasn’t really retired. Perhaps the founder of Tulane University’s Preservation Studies Program no longer

04/11/2015

Estate sale today at 2016 Burgundy St., beginning at 9 AM. vintage linens, Christmas decorations including two vintage silver Christmas trees, bear rug, all sorts of Mardi Gras decorations and costumes, artwork, decor and more.

03/04/2015

http://www.archdaily.com/604984/what-makes-an-attractive-city-try-these-6-points/

Challenging the notion that beauty is subjective, Alain de Botton has made a case for attractive cities, believing that a city’s beauty is key to its

03/03/2015

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/11524355-123/council-approves-new-hotels-in

Two new downtown hotels — including the first new hotel to be built in the French Quarter in nearly half a century — got the go-ahead from the

03/03/2015

http://www.nowallonthewaterfront.com

Let's Protect San Francisco's Waterfront

03/03/2015

Familiar fight in Manhattan
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/nyregion/despite-blandishments-south-street-seaport-redevelopment-plans-stall-over-a-high-rise.html?ref=nyregion

A $1.5 billion project that promises to build a school and affordable housing has run up against opposition at a time when high-rise development seems to be proceeding unchecked in Manhattan.

03/03/2015

http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2015/02/canal_street_deserves_better_t.html

The place has as much potential as any in downtown New Orleans. The generously large property at Canal and Tchoupitoulas should help our city act and look like New Orleans and shape a renaissance of our grand central boulevard. The...

03/03/2015

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1O4EXWLelcvgnFmT7dmYQoXVrfDDKN3Dd0hLLzUE6TVU/viewform

Dear New Orleans City Council and City Planning Commission, Please support the preservation of the whole of the buildings in the 400 block of Canal Street and the 100 block of Tchoupitoulas and uphold the 70-foot height limit as defined in the current and draft Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. Not on…

08/15/2014

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/9986890-123/judge-council-approval-of-holy

In a win — at least in the short term — for Holy Cross residents hoping to stave off construction of two mid-rise buildings in their neighborhood, a

04/10/2014

http://thelensnola.org/2014/04/08/holy-cross-residents-say-pr-campaign-is-ginning-up-support-for-riverfront-development/

A battle over perception is brewing where the Industrial Canal meets the river. A developer wants to put apartment buildings on the old site of the Holy Cross school. Neighbors say the project doesn’t fit their neighborhood, and their voices are being drowned out by a public-relations campaign.

04/08/2014

Hi MPS alumni and students,
Historicorps is hiring a Project Supervisor and is also looking for summer interns. Recent grad Peter Seweryn works with this group after interning with them and has done amazing restoration work in the wilds of the American Western Frontier. For more information go to http://historicorps.org/employment-opportunities/

http://historicorps.org/employment-opportunities/

01/27/2014

Preparing for the first PRC Salon Series tonight at Sun Oak about "How Preservation Got Started in Faubourg Marigny in the 1970s"