Richard Campanella
@nolacampanella
Followers
29K
Following
17K
Media
9K
Statuses
23K
New Orleans geographer; author; professor and associate dean for research-Tulane School of Architecture; Louisiana Writer Award; Chevalier-Palmes Académiques
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
Joined August 2010
Coming next month from @lsupress ,."Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences:.Origins of Louisiana .Cities, Towns, and Villages,".a statewide settlement geography .by yours truly. @TulaneArch @NOLAbookfest
2
10
55
Spend 13+ hours in the mud, .with the audio version of ."Draining New Orleans: .The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City," .by yours truly, from @lsupress .
0
0
10
Grand Canyon Lodge, completed 1928, destroyed by fire 1932, rebuilt 1937, destroyed by fire again yesterday. These photos are from June 12, 2025.
5
0
22
We were there just last month. .
The Grand Canyon Lodge has burned down due to the Dragon Bravo Fire in the Park. Other structures have been impacted as well. On today’s show I talk about the multiple managed fires that blew out yesterday due to weather events that rolled over the fire areas. Thanks to the
2
0
9
In today's Times-Picayune, see my latest 'Geographies of New Orleans,' on how the Faubourg Marigny spawned the City of Mandeville.
2
7
62
Just out, by yours truly, here and in Sunday's Times-Picayune: 'How Marigny Spawned Mandeville'. @TulaneArch.
0
1
21
Mark Twain writing in 1882 of how often Americans, north and south, spoke about the Civil War.
217
1K
14K
San Antonio missions San Juan, Espada, San Jose, and Concepcion
4
2
30
Some recommended reading on New Orleans/Louisiana history, geography, culture, and architecture. More, including hundreds of free articles, at
1
17
119
In today's Times-Picayune; article by Alex Lubben.
0
2
16
RT @ProducerCities: "It was all an anthropogenic accident, a by-product of municipal drainage, & while it created valuable real estate & ma….
0
1
0
Some articles on Louisiana geography, by yours truly:. Louisiana’s Place in the Below-Sea-Level World. Louisiana Lacunas: Why So Few People Along the Sabine and Pearl Rivers?. Louisiana’s Moncla Gap.
0
1
27
In the latest @64parishes from Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, see my piece on the Louisiana towns founded on Mississippi River oxbows. @TulaneArch
0
2
11
See the latest @PRCNO Preservation in Print for an excerpt from "Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences" (@lsupress), my analysis of the spatial origins of some 500 Louisiana cities, town and villages. @TulaneArch
0
3
16
An interview I did in January with Current Affairs on Bourbon Street, based on my 2014 book, "Bourbon Street: A History" from @lsupress.
1
6
36
RT @lsupress: Check out this interview with @nolacampanella! In it, he revisits his 2014 book "Bourbon Street: A History" and defends the r….
0
5
0
