To move forward, it is sometimes necessary to look backwards. For the successful urban renewal of New Orleans, it is necessary to look no further than the city’s own music heritage to broaden it socially, economically, and culturally.
Modifications incorporating public parks, memorials, landmarks, performing arts schools, jazz clubs, studios, and impromptu street performances offer the city a new urban fabric that finds roots in its own cultural heritage. A mixed-use program references the cultural mix typical of the city at the turn of the century when jazz first started to evolve, eventually leading to the only truly American musical genre. Synthesized together as part of a new New Orleans, the city is invigorated with the constant opportunity for music.