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February 22, 2006

5. Ironwork

You know the New Orleans architecture look – these big balconies with all sorts of iron finery. Those balconies are called galleries (to them, a gallery is self supported, while a balcony is not – but the locals call them balconies for the most part) and functioned in an air conditioning role. All over town – but especially in the Garden District – you find gorgeous wrought and cast iron work – both locally made and imported from around the country and across Europe. Master craftsmanship, regionally specific, and generally wicked.

The love of ironwork spills into the cemeteries with there odd gates that were never really explained.

Posted by Rock Heals at February 22, 2006 12:00 AM