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by Karen Gadbois

Heritage is not just defined by a prescribed number of years. There are Modern Masterpieces.

Cabrini Destruction of Stained Glass

Sadly some of which we have lost, with callousness and arrogance..

Destruction of The Church

And then there are those which are threatened.

Charity
Longshoreman on Claiborne
State Office Building

“Come meet fellow architectural enthusiasts”:http://www.regional-modernism.com/2008/06/docomomo-new-orleans_25.html and see what can be done and needs to be done.

Pan Am

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Karen Gadbois

Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led to guilty pleas in federal court. Her work attracted some of journalism's highest honors, including a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a gold medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. She can be reached at (504) 606-6013.

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