Canal Street high-rise NOW EVEN TALLER
Please attend CBD HDLC meeting on
Wednesday, July 13 at 10 a.m. in Council Chambers!!!
Since November, we've been telling you about a proposal to construct a building at the corner of Canal and Rampart Streets on the site of the former Woolworths. Recent plans had the building at 189' - over two and a half times the height limit of 75' -
but now the building tops out at 211'!
The final decision on the height variance will be taken up by the City Planning Commission, likely at its August meeting, but on Wednesday, July 13, the CBD Historic District Landmarks Commission will vote on whether to approve or deny this design.
According to Section VIII.A. of their own guidelines, the CBD HDLC shall consider:
If you can't make it, we hope you'll take a moment to send an email to the HDLC and other city officials to voice your concerns about this design. Email addresses are below for easy cut-and-paste into your "to" box, and suggested text follows (feel free to add to it, or write your own!)
According to Section VIII.A. of their own guidelines, the CBD HDLC shall consider:
For new construction: (1) All new construction shall be visually compatible with the buildings and environment with which they are related. (2) The general design, scale, gross volume, arrangement of the site plan, texture, material, and exterior architectural features of new construction shall be in harmony with its surroundings and shall not impair the tout ensemble of the neighborhood. (3) No one architectural style shall be imposed. (4) Quality and excellence in design should be major determinants.
Is this building visually compatible with its environment?
Are its scale and volume in harmony with its surroundings?
Does it impair the tout ensemble of the neighborhood?
Is it an excellent design?
Are its scale and volume in harmony with its surroundings?
Does it impair the tout ensemble of the neighborhood?
Is it an excellent design?
Please attend the CBD HDLC meeting on
Wednesday, July 13 at 10 a.m. in Council Chambers!
Wednesday, July 13 at 10 a.m. in Council Chambers!
If you can't make it, we hope you'll take a moment to send an email to the HDLC and other city officials to voice your concerns about this design. Email addresses are below for easy cut-and-paste into your "to" box, and suggested text follows (feel free to add to it, or write your own!)
YOUR VOICE MATTERS!
ceperkins@nola.gov, ywrodriguez@nola.gov, ltalley@nola.gov, kgpalmer@nola.gov, lhesdorffer@nola.gov, info@vcpora.org
Iberville elevationDear CBD HDLC commissioners and city officials:
I urge you to deny the application to build a 211' tower at 1031 Canal Street. In addition to being almost three times the height limit, the design of the building is incompatible and not in harmony with its historic surroundings, and impairs the tout ensemble of the neighborhood. In sum, it does not meet the standards set forth for CBD HDLC approval for new construction.
Although the building is not within the jurisdiction of the Vieux Carre Commission, it is within the Vieux Carre National Register Historic District, and is also part of the Vieux Carre National Historic Landmark, a designation shared by the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House.
Please, help protect the scale, architecture, beauty and tout ensemble of this delicate, world-renowned historic neighborhood and deny this request.
Regards,
Rampart elevation (the building spans from Canal to Iberville)
Canal elevation
