Recycle For The Arts
Part of the Green Project, a non-profit dedicated to supporting the arts by facilitating the dontaion of recycled materials for art creation and promoting the benefits and importance of recycling and reuse.

New Orleans Center For Creative Arts (NOCCA)
Is a world-class pre-professional arts training center which provides intensive instruction in dance, media arts, music, theatre arts, visual arts, and creative writing, to students from public, private, and parochial schools across Louisiana. NOCCA showcases their student's work and hosts professional shows throughout the year.

Marigny/Bywater Open Studio Artists
A group of artists who open their creative spaces to the public 3-4 times per year.

St. Claude Arts District
Galleries on St. Claude in the Marigny and Bywater hold openings on the second Saturday of most months.

New Orleans Cultural Coalition
A consortium of city arts organizations

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SCHOOLS

NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SCHOOLS main website for NOPS

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Architecture/Renovation/Preservation

Historic District Landmarks Commission
The HDLC is the City's regulatory agency for local historic districts outside of the Vieux Carré. Rules which affect the external property of any building in the Marigny are available from this agency. Permits can be applied for in person, and violations can be reported to them directly.

Preservation Resource Center
The PRC website maintains a very inclusive lists for links relevant to the historic home owner. They promote preservation of New Orleans' architecture and neighborhoods and host homebuyer training classes.

Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
Each state has a historic preservation office which is responsible for nominating buildings, sites, districts, etc. to the National Register of Historic Places. In Louisiana this office is administered by the Division of Historic Preservation, which is part of the Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

The National Park Service Link to the Past
Absolutely every resource for working on and learning about historic homes.

The New Orleans Notarial Archives (NONA)
NONA holds nearly every property transaction that has occurred since the founding of the city.

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HISTORY

New Orleans Public Library
The New Orleans Public Library web site has many links to historic research resources.

Louisiana State Museum
Repository of many historical archives for the state of Louisiana.

The Historic New Orleans Collection
Learn about current exhibitions, public programs, publications, the HNOC's collection of historic buildings, research collections, guided tours and the gift shop.

Tulane University Amistad Reseach Center
A manuscripts library for the study of ethnic history and culture and race relations in the United States.

Tulane University Special Collections website
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library's Special Collections Division, including University Archives, Jazz Archives, Rare Books, Louisiana Collection, Architectural Archives, and Manuscripts Department.

Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Provides statistics based on year 2000 U.S. Census Bureau data.