Geography
“Neutral Ground”
Neutral ground, the New Orleans toponym used for street medians, is a phrase that originated in a territorial dispute in western Louisiana.
Richard Campanella
A Louisiana Forte
Lower Louisiana, where elevations may vary only by inches over miles, provides a unique challenge to mapmakers
A Mysterious Switch
An investigation of Louisiana’s change from counties to parishes
Arpents, Ligas, and Acres
The cadastral system left cultural fingerprints on Louisiana's landscape
Beneath New Orleans, A Coastal Barrier Island
Unbeknownst to most of the 165,000 people who live above it, a sandy atoll exists beneath greater New Orleans
Geography
Bourbon Street
The origins of the notorious adult playground
History
Chinatown
For six decades straddling the turn of the 20th century, one of the very few Chinatowns in the South anchored members of New Orleans's Chinese-ancestry community.
Colonial Hubris
Louisiana, Carolana, and the imperial chess match of 1699
COVID Geography: Notes from New Orleans
This special quarantine issue of Geographer’s Space is produced in partnership with LSU Press
Ellicott’s Line
How the 31st parallel shaped Louisiana
Getting (Away from) the Vapors
The ancient medical theory behind the Louisiana landscape’s transformation
Grandeur on Government Street
Baroque urban planning shaped Baton Rouge
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