Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - (Page 73) Rio Grande and east through Florida. The expansion also passed through eastern New Orleans intersecting with the Industrial Canal. With the expansion of the waterway through New Orleans the possibility of a river outlet seemed attainable. Such a canal was proposed by Lester F. Alexander, a successful boat builder and engineer who was familiar with the vagaries and dangers of the lower Mississippi. He proposed a tidewater seaway cutting through the wetlands of eastern St. Bernard Parish not far from the shores of Lake Borgne. He was convinced that silt accumulation ION OLLECT LEANS C NEW OR Mississippi River is a nightmare to all of us.” Andrew J. Higgins, successful New Orleans builder of PT boats and landing craft for the US Navy in World War II, was quoted as having advocated such a canal for many years. The canal was also seen as an important step in improving New would not be a problem in the canal, and at last the long held dream of ships avoiding the hazards of the river would be realized. Appointed by Louisiana Governor Sam H. Jones in 1940 to the New Orleans Board of Commissioners — the Dock Board — Alexander was put in an ideal position to promote his tidewater canal and from this the Tidewater Canal Association was created. Alexander arranged public hearings in 1943 and 1947 to demonstrate the merit and feasibility of his proposal to the business community and the Army Corps of Engineers. After the first hearing in 1943, the Times-Picayune applauded the plan as a “Vital Needy Tidewater Channel.” M.A. Mathieson, vice-president of the Standard Oil Company urged that the canal be built, since, “the top: Postcard depiction of the Industrial Canal’s dedication, 1927. rIght: Aerial view of New Orleans’ Industrial Canal, bisecting the city’s Ninth Ward. Winter 2007-08/LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 73 Heralded as “one of the miracles of our time,” MR-GO was not only seen as a navigational expressway, but savior of the aging port of New Orleans. TORIC THE HIS
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 Contents Friends Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden The Historic New Orleans Collection The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 Jazz Notes Louisiana Architecture Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water Louisiana State Museum Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy Louisiana Foodways Louisiana Association of Museums New Orleans: An Autopsy Bookstand Sound Advice Forum Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 (Page Cover1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 (Page Cover2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Contents (Page 1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Friends (Page 2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - 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Winter 2007 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 22) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 23) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 24) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 25) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 26) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 27) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 28) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 29) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 30) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 31) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 32) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 33) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 34) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 35) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Jazz Notes (Page 36) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Jazz Notes (Page 37) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Architecture (Page 38) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Architecture (Page 39) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 40) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 41) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 42) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 43) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 44) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 45) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 46) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 47) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 48) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 49) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 50) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 51) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 52) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 53) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 54) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 55) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 56) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 57) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 58) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 59) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 60) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 61) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 62) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 63) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 64) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 65) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 66) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 67) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 68) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 69) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 70) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 71) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 72) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 73) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 74) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 75) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 76) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 77) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Foodways (Page 78) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - 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