Sarpy Residence (1963)

Sarpy Residence, originally uploaded by regional.modernism.

In 1963 architect Victor Bruno (TU  BArch, 1943) designed this duplex at 4101 St. Charles Avenue for attorney A. Lester Sarpy.  Bruno had recently completed the Gallery Apartments  (2511 St. Charles Avenue).

The Sarpy house was listed in The Architecture of St. Charles Avenue by Susan Lauxman Kirk, 1977.

[photo F. Stock, TSA NOVA]

Work Hard :: Play Harder > It's Carnival Time!

  

Above: 'A Project to Humanize Canal Street' a class study created for guest critic Louis I. Kahn 1954-55, drawing by Luther E. Frink (TSA 1955). 

 

Below: Luther Frink as Caesar from streetcar,  TSA Beaux Arts Ball, 1954, photo: MG Scheuermann, Jr. 

photos: New Orleans Virtual Archive, Tulane School of Architecture 

FRANCINE STOCK :: Material Language

[Francine Stock :: Material Language :: slideshow]

Tulane School of Architecture 

presents:
Francine Stock
Material Language
Monday February 28 - Friday March 25, 2011
On view in the Favrot Lobby
Richardson Memorial Hall
8 am - 5 pm daily

GALLERY TALK
Monday March 21, noon

CLOSING RECEPTION
Monday, March 21, 5 pm - 6 pm

National American Bank (Lee Circle branch) 1952-54, razed 2007

In 1952 the National American Bank of New Orleans (established 1917) announced the selection of Goldstein Parham and Labouisse, architects for the design of a new office on Lee Circle with ample parking and drive-through service. Moise H. Goldstein previously designed the 1929 art deco National American Bank Building at 200 Carondelet which also housed his firm's office.

Boh Brothers were general contractors for the new Lee Circle bank branch and custom cabinetry was provided by Riecke Cabinet Works (established 1905). Riecke also designed and built custom furnishings for the Union Savings and Loan at 353 Carondelet.

The Lee Circle branch of the National American Bank building was razed in 2007. The site remains vacant. [see: demolition photos by Laureen Lentz]

[photo: Moise Goldstein Collection, Southeastern Architectural Archive, Tulane University Libraries]

K&B Pharmacy (1955)

K&B Pharmacy, originally uploaded by regional.modernism.

In 1905 Gustave Katz and Sydney J. Besthoff opened the first Katz and Besthoff pharmacy at 732 Canal Street. [photo by Jeff Lamb]

In 1955 Katz and Besthoff comissioned Dreyfous, Seiferth and Gibert, architects to design a new K&B "self-service super drug store" with a "complete cosmetic department" at Napoleon and St. Charles avenues. The older store remained open during construction and was later razed to provide for parking. The signature "K&B purple" was ubiquitous on the firm's products, signage, shopping carts and bags. The business expanded throughout New Orleans and the Gulf South until it was sold to the Rite Aid corporation in 1997.

The building has since been razed and replaced with a banking outlet.

[Photo: 1972, New Orleans Virtual Archive, Tulane School of Architecture]

Gallery Apartments (1962)

In September of 1962 work began on the Gallery Apartments, the first of two residential buildings on St. Charles Avenue designed by architect Victor Bruno (see also: Sarpy Residence, 4101 St. Charles).

Bruno reserved the ground floor of the five story apartments building for parking and a "glass encased lobby." The upper four stories housed 26 apartments of approximately 990 SF each and one 2400 SF penthouse with roof garden.

Noted amenities included a swimming pool, patio, two elevators, and laundry room facilities on each floor. The apartment building also featured private side-galleries and a sculptural concrete sun screen.

[Times-Picayune, 8-26-1962; photo: F. Stock, Tulane School of Architecture New Orleans Virtual Archive]

William G. Zetzmann House

William G. Zetzmann House, originally uploaded by regional.modernism.

In the early 1950s Curtis & Davis designed this house at 4030 Vincennes Place in the Fountainebleau neighborhood for William G. Zetzmann, President of the Zetz Seven-Up Bottling Company and one of the founders of the International House and International Trade Mart.

Exterior of the residence has since been significantly altered.



[photos: Tulane School of Architecture New Orleans Virtual Archive]