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Delirious New Orleans : manifesto for an extraordinary American city
- Title
- Delirious New Orleans : manifesto for an extraordinary American city / Stephen Verderber ; foreword by Kevin Alter.
- Author
- Verderber, Stephen.
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA735.N4 V47 2009g | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 252 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm.
- Summary
- "This book began as a documentary project to capture the idiosyncratic vernacular architecture and artifacts - vintage mom-and-pop businesses, roadside motels, live music clubs, neon signs, wall murals, fast-food joints, and so on - that helped give the city's various "off the beaten tourist path" neighborhoods their unique character. But because so many of these places and artifacts were devastated by Hurricane Katrina, this book has become both a historical record of what existed in the past and a blueprint for what must be rebuilt and restored to retain the city's unique multicultural landscape."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Roger Fullington series in architecture
- Uniform Title
- Roger Fullington series in architecture.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-245) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Kevin Alter -- Pt. 1. A Delirious Landscape -- Pt. 2. Commercial Vernacular Architecture in New Orleans -- Pt. 3. Soul, Funk, and Hip-Hop -- Pt. 4. Illusion, Delusion, and Folly -- Pt. 5. Roadside Nomadicism and a City's Rebirth -- Pt. 6. Architecture Under Siege: A Lesson from Katrina for Twenty-First-Century America.
- ISBN
- 9780292717534 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0292717539 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008031036
- 40016486833
- OCLC
- ocn221167414
- 221167414
- SCSB-5461257
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries