Beautiful Baton Rouge - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Every place has a history and a past, but preserving the best of it
and keeping it relevant doesn t just happen, you have to work at
it, through education, and preservation. Which is exactly what
Stephanie s guests on Out to Lunch do every single day. Michael
Desmond is an architect and scholar in the LSU School of Art and
Design, with a particular expertise in the history of architecture.
For the past decade, Michael has been studying the architecture of
the historic LSU campus. Since receiving a grant from the Getty
Foundation in 2008, Michael has produced an architectural history
on the buildings, a technical report documenting the external
condition of the buildings, a large public exhibition that traveled
the state throughout the university s 150th anniversary in 2010 and
a book. Fairleigh Cook Jackson is Executive Director of Preserve
Louisiana, a statewide preservation organization was founded back
1963 with the purpose of promoting local interest in the heritage
of Baton Rouge and the state of Louisiana. Preserve Louisiana,
which was formerly known as the Foundation for Historical
Louisiana, works to preserve historical structures and promote
cultural awareness, while also encouraging economic growth that
revitalizes our communities through historic preservation. Photos
at Mansurs on the Boulevard by Karry Hosford.

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