The horizontal lines of this 1918 home show the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on architect Edward Sporl, who designed it for banana magnate Salvador D’Antoni.
Albert Ledner, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, designed the “Ashtray House,” a mid-century modernist home on Park Island in New Orleans. Ashtrays adorn the exterior and interior of the home, built for a couple who smoked.
Below is the home that Ledner designed for his family:
Leonard Spangenberg, also a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, designed the Unity Temple on St. Charles Avenue.
Below: a New Orleans residence designed by Spangenberg:
Spangenberg also designed the ill-fated Plaza Tower in the Central Business District. The structure has sustained heavy damage due to years of vacancy. The upper portion of the tower has been netted to prevent pieces from falling during strong winds.
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This relatively new park along the Mississippi River incorporates industrial ruins of the city’s past while providing sweeping views of the river and its commercial and touristic traffic.
Starting in the Marigny neighborhood (just east of the French Quarter), an iron bridge reminiscent of the cargo compartments of a freight train crosses the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad and leads to the river.
The remains of an old loading dock make it appear that the Cosco ship below is log-jammed.
At the other end of the park, a crescent-shaped bridge returns visitors to the Bywater neighborhood.
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Photos from a visit to Lakelawn Cemetery in New Orleans. First, the Egyptian revival-style mausoleum of Lucien Napoleon Brunswig (1854 – 1943), a French emigré who made a fortune in the pharmaceuticals industry:
Guardian of the tomb of the Buffalo Trace Distillery owners:
And a weeping dog:
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Rogue Embryo
Rogue Embryo 