| T17
Crosby Arboretum
8:00am-1:00pm
Level Walking: Moderate
(Repeat of Thursday, October 30, 8:00am, tour T01)
Interested participants see education session B2 Ecological Infrastructure:
A Primer for Integrated Wastewater Management. This tour will appeal to
members of the following Professional Interest Groups: Reclamation and
Restoration; Rural Landscape Design; and Context Sensitive Design.
$40 per person. Fee includes transportation, admission
fees, morning break, and handout materials. Led by Robert F. Brzuszek,
landscape architect and site director for the Crosby Arboretum.
T18 - Sold Out
Close Quarters: The Warehouse District, Marigny, and Bywater
8:30am-12:30pm
Level Walking: Moderate to High
(Repeat of Thursday, October 30, 8:30am, tour T03)
Interested participants see education session F3 Walkability’s
Unique Role in Creating High-Quality Public Space and Community. This
tour will appeal to members of the following Professional Interest Groups:
Urban Planning and Design; and Reclamation and Restoration.
$30 per person. Fee includes streetcar transportation,
morning break and handout materials. Tour led by Daniel W. McElmurray,
Student ASLA, AICP, landscape architect for PEREZ, a professional corporation.
T19
Exploring the Big Easy
9:00am-1:00pm
Level Walking: High
There is more to the Big Easy than the French Quarter. A sociologist
trying to figure out the crazy quilt pattern of the older parts of the
city discovered in the early ‘40s that topo (yes, it is not as flat
as it appears) and drainage patterns determined the original form of the
city. Until A. Baldwin Wood invented the huge pumps capable of draining
the water from the areas that lie below sea level, dryness determined
the status of one’s accommodations. If you study the pattern of
the old city you will notice that it follows the curve of the river. The
natural levees along the river are the highest ground. Streets such as
Esplanade Ave., Metairie Road, and Gentilly Road followed the course of
old bayou ridges. From the original city, the Vieux Carre (French Quarter),
various suburbs developed along these natural landforms.
You will ride along famous streets and experience the richness of the
architecture and the beauty of the trees. On the edge of the French Quarter
lies the oldest cemetery, St. Louis # 1. Legend has it that Marie Laveau,
the voodoo queen, was buried there in a hex-marked tomb. Enjoy a tour
guided by a member of Save Our Cemeteries, a local preservation group.
Continuing along historic Esplande Avenue to Bayou St. John brings you
to the newest area of the city. The New Orleans lakefront is a huge reclamation
project. Among its subdivisions is Lake Vista, planned prior to WWII.
Farther along Carrollton Avenue, you reach the city of Carrollton, which
was once separated from New Orleans by the very elegant “silk stocking
district” along St. Charles Avenue. Follow the streetcar line past
big mansions to the area of the Garden District and back to the Convention
Center.
Interested participants see education session F5 Public Partnerships
to Create a City of Trees and session A7 The Crescent City. This tour
will appeal to members of the following Professional Interest Groups:
Urban Planning and Design; and Rural Landscape Design.
$35 per person. Fee includes admission fee, morning
break, and handout materials. Tour led by Andre P. Neff. |
