Tag Archives: Esplanade Ave
Ironwork: Gate detail: 632 Esplanade
Treme volunteers needed
St. Anna’s church located on Esplanade Ave. has been slowly trying to get the “Dodwell House” at 1519 Esplanade house cleaned up in order to host a fundraiser. The goal is to renovate the property to become a school and community center for the neighborhood. There is a lot of work to be done and a lot of money to be raised. Next Saturday, January 21st at 10:00 AM, we will be hauling trash and cleaning surfaces and are in desperate need of some volunteers to assist with this effort. Please help spread the word. You can visit www.dodwellhouse.org to learn more about the vision for the historic property.
Restaurant at Rampart and Esplanade is proposed again
Cafe Habana’s new plans:
New plans for Cafe Habana submitted August 2014, after the original proposal was denied based on citizen objections.
Habana Outpost secures approval of Vieux Carre Commission
I wondered if she would change this…
I had a feeling that KGP (City Council for the FQ) was going to allow solar panels. Look-if you want to get picky about it, then take the Victorian bric brac off and lose the indoor bathrooms and kitchens! Solar panels should be taken seriously, even by those French Quarter residents who think charm comes from roofing materials. Push or pull those huffy residents screaming all of the way to the 21st century whenever possible and keep our old city vibrant rather than becoming a total anachronism no one can afford to live in.
Mansard roofs/Second Empire style
These 2 are actually near to each other; 1 on Esplanade and 1 on first block from Esplanade. Same architect? Built in same era? So few of them in the French Quarter, it might actually be a story or link.
The style of mansard roofs is associated the Second French Empire (1852–1870) of Napoléon III, the nephew of Napoleon I. Elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d’état in 1851, becoming dictator before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I’s coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until 4 September 1870. Napoleon III envisioned a Grand Scheme for the Americas, which would consist of three general points. The first involved recognition of the Confederate States of America and a military alliance with them. The second involved reintroducing monarchical rule to Latin America, in the form of Maximillian I in Mexico, and increasing French trade throughout Latin America. The third point involved control over Mexico with the creation of a large buffer state from the Rio Grande to the Baja California peninsula. Among other things, the Emperor granted the right to strike to French workers in 1864, despite intense opposition from corporate lobbies
Two distinct traits of the mansard roof – steep sides and a double pitch – sometimes lead to it being confused with other roof types. Since the upper slope of a mansard roof is rarely visible from the ground, a conventional single-plane roof with steep sides are often misidentified as a mansard roof. The gambrel roof style, commonly seen in barns in North America, is a close cousin of the mansard. Both mansard and gambrel roofs fall under the general classification of “curb roofs” (a pitched roof that slopes away from the ridge in two successive planes).However, the mansard is a curb hip roof, with slopes on all sides of the building, and the gambrel is a curb gable roof, with slopes on only two sides. (The curb is a horizontal heavy timber directly under the intersection of the two roof surfaces.)
In France and Germany, no distinction is made between gambrels and mansards – they are both called “mansards”. In the French language, mansarde can be a term for the style of roof, or for the garret living space, or attic, directly within it.
