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Cityscapes: When New Orleans Buildings Started To 'Go Greek (Revival)'

Courtesy Richard Campanella
A Greek Revival mansion on North Rampart Street, built in 1834, architect James Gallier.

Each month we hear from Richard Campanella about his Cityscapes column for Nola.com | The Times-Picayune. This time, WWNO’s Eve Troeh talks to him about how New Orleans started “going Greek” in architecture, with the Greek Revival movement hitting the city in the early 1800s.