Hating Bourbon Street
In this excerpt from this 2014 book Bourbon Street: A History (LSU Press), Tulane geographer Richard Campanella explains the curious cultural phenomenon of hating Bourbon Street—who hates it, why they need you to know they hate it, and what they’re missing when they hate it. Courtesy Places Journal. New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the next…
How Do You Fence a Cloud? Tracking Bourbon Street’s Pedestrian Parade
A recent spate of shootings on Bourbon Street precipitated a citywide debate on how best to patrol and secure the rollicking strip. This article, courtesy The Times-Picayune, draws upon Tulane geographer Richard Campanella’s research into the spatial dynamics of the nightly Bourbon Street pedestrian parade (PDF). New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the next nine months,…
Like Geological Strata, Layers of Urban History Underlie Bourbon Street’s Pavement
A recent public works project on Bourbon Street unearthed centuries’ worth of infrastructure and urbanization, not to mention layers of Mississippi River sediment. This article, by Tulane geographer Richard Campanella courtesy The Times-Picayune, recounts the various street conditions and improvements in New Orleans over the past 300 years (PDF). New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the…