My New Orleans
04/20/2021
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Garden District Book Shop is pleased to announce an evening celebrating local author and architect, Robert J. Cangelosi Jr., and his new addition to the New Orleans Architecture series,“New Orleans Architecture: Volume IX: Carrollton”, on May 1 at The Hyacinth House at 923 S Carrollton Ave. The evening will feature a book discussion and signing that will occur outdoors and socially distanced.
Cangelosi is president and partner at local Koch and Wilson Architects as well as an esteemed expert on New Orleans architecture. His latest work is the essential reference guide to one of New Orleans’s most iconic Uptown neighborhoods, “New Orleans Architecture: Volume IX”, and documents the remarkable architectural history of the former city of Carrollton, once the seat of Jefferson Parish and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cangelosi’s work serves as a valuable resource for the city’s Historic District Landmark Commission and the State Historic Preservation Office, as well as for homeowners, real estate agents, guides, historians, and tourists alike.