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Homeplace Plantation, ~230 years old.

Nottaway Plantation (1859) in White Castle, nine days after its fiery demise.

French Quarter this morning....

Over the last generation, the word "issue," which once meant a topic of debate, has largely replaced the word "problem," likely for its supportive, therapeutic intonations. Even for broken jail water systems.

"Discharged at sea"

Scottish Rite Temple on Carondelet Street....

In the Lower Garden District this afternoon....

By yours truly (excerpted from my latest book, "Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences: Origins of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages" from LSU Press ) Tulane Architecture and Built Environment Origins of St. Tammany towns can be traced to old geographical advantages: nola.com/entertainment_… via @nolanews

Carondelet at Constantinople this afternoon.

Amazing c1860 townhouse at 1722 Delachaise Street, with double gallery in front and wraparound balconies; among the first (and earliest surviving) structures erected following the 1855 subdivision of the De La Chaise holding.

Ship Island, Mississippi.

American history written in brick: starting in 1859, whitish Louisiana clay was used to build this fort on Ship Island, Mississippi-- until secession, after which Union troops seized and completed it using reddish bricks from the north, naming it Fort Massachusetts.

Sand crab; Ship Island, Mississippi.

Just out, by yours truly, and in Sunday's print edition of the Times-Picayune: "In Search on The Balize" Tulane Architecture and Built Environment The Historic New Orleans Collection Port of New Orleans Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser Plaquemines Parish nola.com/entertainment_…

Just out, by yours truly, and in Sunday's print edition of the Times-Picayune: "In Search of The Balize" nola.com/entertainment_…

French Quarter this morning, on Ursuline Street.

After 5+ years and nearly a full generation of Tulane Architecture and Built Environment students, the temporary pavilions are finally removed from the Newcomb Quad.

In today's Times-Picayune, see my latest 'Geographies of New Orleans,' about the long-lost transshipment port at the mouth of the Mississippi River Tulane Architecture and Built Environment Port of New Orleans

Now available, my latest book from LSU Press, "Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences: Origins of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages," available at Octavia Books and lsupress.org/9780807185100/…

In today's Times-Picayune....