We're very excited to partner with @annaliviabrand from UC Berkeley and @JoshGeog from Pennsylvania State University to make our Claiborne Mapping Project a reality. Here's a preview of some of the material we'll be mapping:
1) Several decades of #NewOrleans data from the "Negro Motorist Green Books" and the "Simms' blue book and national Negro business and professional directory." Also, complete street address data from 1935-1979. (photo: 1961 Southern Bell Street Address Directory) 
2) Historical information on our first batch of target properties, with images, biographies, cultural significance, and social connections for individuals and families from the 1820s until the 1970s. (photo: Clabon Theater opening 1938)
3) Digital reconstructions of 22 blocks of N. Claiborne from Canal to Elysian Fields. We'll use photographs, Sanborn maps, and surveys to get a glimpse of Claiborne Avenue before the construction of the I-10. (photo: 1937 Sanborn, lakeside of Claiborne from Esplanade to Columbus)
4) When it's all done, we'll have an immersive digital experience with music, film, and a celebration of Black history in New Orleans. For now, here's our friend, Al Johnson, reminding you that "Claiborne Street is rockin' from one side to the other!"
