Preservation Perspectives - Preserving Faubourg Marigny Through Volunteerism

In this episode of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's podcast, Preservation Perspectives, host ACHP Expert Member Monica Rhodes speaks with Eugene Cizek, a preservationist, who has served as an architect, Tulane University professor, and city planner. He also is one of the volunteers who led the movement to preserve his neighborhood, Faubourg Marigny, in New Orleans, LA.
Most people are familiar with the French Quarter (Viewx Carrie), which was the first historic district in the city.
Wanting to preserve its own history, the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood worked with the city to do the legwork to gather the data needed to establish the historic district legislation. During this time, the residents organized and established the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association in1972. Soon after, the second historic district in New Orleans, the Faubourg Marigny Historic District, was created in 1974.