Warehouse District Industrial Walk

The Times-Picayune building occupies a corner in the Central Business District, marked by the weathered, etched lettering of the newspaper’s name above its stone entrance. Founded in eighteen thirty-seven, the paper once operated out of a…

The Contemporary Arts Center rises from Camp Street with a facade of painted, geometric yellow and blue tiles that break the heavy rhythm of the surrounding warehouse district. It began in nineteen seventy-six, when a group of artists…

The Arthur Roger Gallery occupies a renovated warehouse featuring large, expansive windows that stretch across the street-level facade. Arthur Roger opened this space in nineteen seventy-eight, long before the surrounding neighborhood…

The Woodward Loft Apartments stand out because of the faded, ghost-like sign for the Woodward Wight and Company painted in tall, weathered letters high on the brick exterior. This massive warehouse served as the headquarters for the…

The Preservation Resource Center occupies a narrow, two-story Italianate townhouse on Camp Street distinguished by its prominent, ornate cast-iron balcony. Built in the eighteen seventies, this structure originally served as a private…

The Cotton Mill is a massive, eight-story brick warehouse on Commerce Street, easily identified by the ghost sign of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills company still painted on its exterior wall. Built in nineteen oh two, the structure…

The Federal Fibre Mills building wears a weathered, cream-colored brick facade marked by a repetitive grid of tall, arched windows. Constructed in nineteen oh one, the structure functioned as a cordage and twine factory, processing raw…