NOLA Architecture 022 - Trent Reznor's Studio

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This was Trent Reznor's studio at Magazine & Jena, which I learned moments ago is a former funeral home (very fitting and also very punk rock). Our house is pretty close to it. We walk past it when we go to La Boulangerie (a bakery) for breakfast. Trent Reznor has had nothing but good luck after moving from New Orleans. First of all, he sold his house on Coliseum St. right before the Hurricane. Then he sued his manager for taking money from him (in contracts that he signed!)- and won! It's hard to write those angst-ridden songs for disaffected mopey youths when everything is coming up roses. That's why we got that miserable Nine Inch Nails (or as Edd's dad calls them, "Nine And One Half-Inch Nails") album, "With Teeth". This property, however, seems to have been on the market for years.


After Katrina


It kind of sprawls.

Lagniappe 001 - Faubourg Map

New Orleans is divided into many areas, districts and neighborhoods. You may see them referred to as Faubourgs (defined as A district lying outside the original city limits of a French-speaking city or a city with a French heritage). They are named for such things as the plantations that originally occupied the land, the smaller cities that New Orleans annexed, Projects or landmarks. You may have heard names in the news such as, "The 9th Ward", "Tremé" (pronounced 'Trah-MAY'), "Uptown", "The Garden District" or "The Irish Channel".

Below is a Google Map I created that approximates the boundaries of these areas and gives brief descriptions and histories of them. I pulled most information from Wikipedia and The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. If the areas has its own website, such as Faubourg Marigny / Bywater or Faubourg Marengo, I give that as well. Just click on the thumbtack for the information (it's much easier in the Larger, full screen map) . Admittedly, I'm way behind in the downstream areas. Posting this should give me a kick in the butt to complete them.

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