Cincinnati Fall Forum Presentation

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Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans

PRC Headquarters The Warehouse District 923 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA 70130


Two River Cities: Preservation is Progress


Urban Population Decline Since 1950 Urban Population Trends from 1950 to Today Philadelphia

25%

Baltimore

33%

Cleveland

53% 59%

City

St. Louis Boston

19% 54% 41%

Pittsburgh Memphis Buffalo

53%

New Orleans

38%

1950 2009

34%

Cincinnati 0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

Population Count

2,000,000

2,500,000


Sustainability “[Sustainability is] keeping things going in a healthy way a long time into an uncertain future.� Stephen A. Mouzon


Sustainability “The state-of-the-art mega-suburbs of recent decades have produced horrendous levels of alienation, loneliness, anomie, anxiety, depression, and we may all be better off without them... We have been the only nation among the so-called advanced ones to sacrifice our traditional cities and towns so remorselessly to suburbia.� James Howard Kunstler


Sustainability “America finds itself nearing the end of the cheap-oil age having invested its national wealth in a living arrangement– suburban sprawl– that has no future. When media commentators cast about struggling to explain what has happened in our country economically, they uniformly overlook the colossal misinvestment that suburbia represents– a prodigious, unparalleled misallocation of resources.”

James Howard Kunstler




Two River Cities

Cincinnati in 1880 Population: 255,139

New Orleans in 1880 Population: 216,090


Population Comparison New Orleans and Cincinnati Population of New Orleans, LA and Cincinnati, OH 700000

Population Count

600000 500000 400000

New Orleans Cincinnati

300000 200000 100000 0 1810 1830 1850 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2006 2009 Year


Lafcadio Hearn “A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.� Lafcadio Hearn


The Cincinnati Streetcar

• Creates jobs • Leverages and attracts private investment • Spurs redevelopment • Improves accessibility, connectivity • Forges a new, sustainable path for community growth Back Street Streetcar


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1810 1. New York City, NY

96,373

2. Philadelphia, PA

53,722

3. Baltimore, MD

46,555

4. Boston, MA

33,787

5. Charleston, SC

24,711

6. Northern Liberties, PA

19,874

7. New Orleans, LA 8. Southwark, PA

17,242 13,707

9. Salem Town, MA

12,613

10. Albany, NY ‌ 46. Cincinnati, OH

10,762 2,540


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1820 1. New York City, NY

123,706

2. Philadelphia, PA

63,802

3. Baltimore, MD

62,738

4. Boston, MA

43,298

5. New Orleans, LA

27,176

6. Charleston, SC

24,780

7. Northern Liberties, PA

19,678

8. Southwark, PA

14,713

9. Washington, DC

13,247

10. Salem Town, MA 12,731 ‌ 14. Cincinnati, OH9,642


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1830 1. New York City, NY

202,589

2. Baltimore, MD

80,620

3. Philadephia, PA

80,462

4. Boston, MA

61,392

5. New Orleans, LA

46,802

6. Charlestown, SC

30,289

7. Northern Liberties, PA

28,872

8. Cincinnati, OH

24,831

9. Albany, NY

24,209

10. Southwark, PA

20,581


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1840 1. New York City, NY

312,710

2. Baltimore, MD

102,313

3. New Orleans, LA

102,193

4. Philadelphia, PA

93,665

5. Boston, MA

93,383

6. Cincinnati, OH

46,338

7. Brooklyn, NY

36,233

8. Northern Liberties, PA

34,474

9. Albany, NY

33,721

10. Charleston, SC

29,261


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1850 1. New York City, NY

515,547

2. Baltimore, MD

169,054

3. Boston, MA

136,881

4. Philadelphia, PA

121,376

5. New Orleans, LA

116,375

6. Cincinnati, OH

115,435

7. Brooklyn, NY

96,838

8. St. Louis, MO 9. Spring Garden, PA

77,860 58,894

10. Albany, NY

50,763


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1860 1. New York City, NY

813,669

2. Philadelphia, PA

565,529

3. Brooklyn, NY

266,661

4. Baltimore, MD

212,418

5. Boston, MA

177,840

6. New Orleans, LA

168,675

7. Cincinnati, OH

161,044

8. St. Louis, MO

160,773

9. Chicago, IL 10. Buffalo, NY

112,172 81,129


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1870 1. New York City, NY

942,292

2. Philadelphia, PA

674,022

3. Brooklyn, NY

396,099

4. St. Louis, MO

310,864

5. Chicago, IL

298,977

6. Baltimore, MD

267,354

7. Boston, MA

250,526

8. Cincinnati, OH

216,239

9. New Orleans, LA

191,418

10. San Francisco, CA

149,473


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1880 1. New York City, NY

1,206,299

2. Philadelphia, PA

847,170

3. Brooklyn, NY

566,663

4. Chicago, IL

503,185

5. Boston, MA

362,839

6. St. Louis, MO

350,518

7. Baltimore, MD

332,313

8. Cincinnati, OH

255,139

9. San Francisco, CA

233,959

10. New Orleans, LA

216,090


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

1890 1. New York City, NY

1,515,301

2. Chicago, IL

1,099,850

3. Philadelphia, PA

1,046,964

4. Brooklyn, NY

806,373

5. St. Louis, MO

451,770

6. Boston, MA

448,477

7. Baltimore, MD

434,439

8. San Francisco, CA

298,997

9. Cincinnati, OH

296,908

10. Cleveland, OH ‌ 12. New Orleans, LA

261,353 242,039


Population of New Orleans and Cincinnati Over Time

2000

1. New York City, NY

8,008,278

2. Los Angeles, CA

3,694,820

3. Chicago, IL

2,896,016

4. Houston, TX

1,953,631

5. Philadelphia, PA

1,517,550

6. Phoenix, AZ

1,321,045

7. San Diego, CA

1,223,400

8. Dallas, TX

1,188,580

9. San Antonio, TX

1,144,646

10. Detroit, MA ‌ 31. New Orleans, LA

951,270 484,674

53. Cincinnati, OH

331,285


Elizabeth T. Werlein Leading lobbyist in the creation of the Vieux Carre Commission 1936


Tout Ensemble

The Vieux Carre, or French Quarter New Orleans Photograph by Dennis Tangney Jr.


Tout Ensemble Magazine Street Uptown New Orleans


Tout Ensemble Magazine Street Uptown New Orleans


Income Comparison New Orleans and Cincinnati Income Comparison for New Orleans, LA and Cincinnati, OH 50000 45000

Avg income per capita

40000 35000 30000 New Orleans

25000

Cincinnati

20000 15000 10000 5000 0 1970

1980

1990 Year

2000

2009


New Orleans Historic Districts

16,000 buildings in Local Historic Districts 44,000 buildings in National Historic Districts


National Historic Preservation Act 1966 • Created State Historic Preservation Offices • Established the National Register of Historic Places • Section 106 Review • Established the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation • Provides grants and incentives to States for historic preservation projects


PRC Programs


Julia Row (ca. 1832) Central Business District


Julia Row (ca. 1832) Central Business District


1400 Block of Magazine Street

Future Conditions

Existing Conditions


1400 Block of Magazine Street


Block of General Taylor Street Uptown

AFTER

BEFORE Once abandoned and blighted, this row of 8 double shotguns was renovated by the PRC and the homes were returned to commerce. The project also highlighted the importance of preserving our streetscapes.


Flooding in New Orleans After Levee Failures

New Orleans 1880

New Orleans August 29, 2005


603 Forstall Street Holy Cross Neighborhood

BEFORE AFTER

603 Forstall was donated to the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association for use as a community garden center.


4804 Dauphine Street Holy Cross Neighborhood AFTER The original side entry was discovered when the tree was removed.

BEFORE During Hurricane Katrina, a large pecan tree fell on this home. The PRC purchased the house and renovated it to its original historic footprint.


5014 Dauphine Street Holy Cross Neighborhood

BEFORE

AFTER

Renovation by Operation Comeback


5205 Dauphine Street Holy Cross Neighborhood

BEFORE

AFTER

Renovation by Operation Comeback


711 Caffin Avenue Holy Cross Neighborhood

BEFORE

AFTER Front and back of Caffin Avenue after PRC’s renovation. Rear portion of the house before renovation by PRC


707 Caffin Avenue Holy Cross Neighborhood

BEFORE

This house was renovated utilizing the Historic Building Recovery Grant Program, which is funded by a grant from the U.S. National Park Service.

AFTER


PRC and National Trust for Historic Preservation in the Holy Cross Neighborhood


Advocacy

New Orleans City Hall

Louisiana State Capital Building Baton Rouge, LA


Advocacy

URGENT! Contact your U.S. Senators as soon as possible to ask for their support for full funding of the Historic Preservation Fund as an amendment to

S 3663


Education and Outreach

Renovators’ Happy Hours

2010 Ladies in Red Gala


2133 Jackson Avenue Jazz Plaque Program

AFTER

BEFORE Jazz trombonist Edward “Kid” Ory lived at 2133 Jackson Avenue during the 1910’s.


Publications Left: Preservation In Print Right: PRC Blog Below: New Orleans’ Favorite Shotguns Book


Neighborhood Brochures Sponsors and key neighborhood events

Historical timeline for the neighborhood

OUTSIDE


Neighborhood Brochures Walking tour map

Detailed history of the neighborhood

INSIDE


New Orleans Historic Districts

16,000 buildings in Local Historic Districts 44,000 buildings in National Historic Districts


Cincinnati Local Historic Districts


Neighborhood Brochures Challenge: Produce neighborhood brochures based on this excellent and encyclopedic 200th anniversary book that provides the perfect start for a “Live Cincinnati� campaign.


Patricia H. Gay Executive Director Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans www.prcno.org


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