professor campanella: no. when we got out that day, september 2, 2005, i will never forget the moment -- we figured out the radio rumors that you could get out of the city by going over the bridge to the west bank and basically driving around the flood. i will never forget the view. it looked like a beautiful day, except there were plumes of smoke rising everywhere. if you look closer, you would see a sheen of water the city was drowning in. at that moment, i never would have guessed new orleans whatever covered in the way that -- would have recovered in the way that it did. you have to look at this area and realize the recovery has barely occurred. overld caution against lisa sent encapsulation -- overl of newnt encapsulations orleans in the post-katrina era. people should tell those stories, but you also have an obligation to tell why the steps to nowhere are still there. >> there is still a ton of new orleans we can see. if anyone could know something about the city, what would it be? professor campanella:

. >> a driving tour of the city with other, historical geographer and 2-lane professor richard campanella thanks for agreeing to come here. our professor, and author, you are not here originally. >> born in brooklyn, new york, one of my early childhood readers was a book about abraham lincoln. and on the other end. and that planted the seed for a lifelong fascination, that became my life education. >> you are going to drive around the city. that is -- >> the iconic imagery, the narrow streets of the french court or, balconies, the old buildings, city park over here, by st. john and cypress trees all around us, people showing the outdoors here, you can't overstate the history and geography from the city and directly influence why our founder established 300 years ago in 2018. what i thought we would do is look around here, follow the bayou into the city, talk about the role it played building value around the bayou. so let's talk about basic geography, to the north, lake pontchartrain, if you go in this direction we get to the mississippi river. native tribes across the region in colonial

the driving tour of the city with author, historical geographer and two-lane professor richard campanella>> thank you for showing us new orleans today. you're an author you're not from hereoriginally. >> not from here originally, born in brooklyn new york . i was, one of my early childhood readers was a book about abraham lincoln. five years old in 1971 and in that book i learned that lincoln had come down the river to this exotic city at the other end and they were referring to the mississippi in new orleans and that my little boy imagination and that planted the seed for a lifelong fascination for new orleans and louisiana and the mississippi river that eventually became my life's dedication. >> you're going to drive us around the city and we are starting off in a place that maybe you typically don't think of when you think of new orleans. this doesn't look like the stereotypical picture of the city, where are we? >> the imagery of new orleans if you think about it is the narrow streets of the french corridor, the cast iron balconies of the old buildings. this is new orleans, this is ci

took a driving tour of the city with author, historical geographer, and tulane professor richard campanella>> you are a professor, and author, but you are not from here originally. >> born in brooklyn, new york. while i was growing up in brooklyn, one of my early childhood readers was a book about abraham lincoln. old, since 1971. i learned that lincoln had come down this long river to the exotic city at the other and, and that piqued my little boy imagination, and that quite truly planted the seed for a lifelong fascination for new orleans and louisiana and the mississippi river that eventually became my life dedication. >> so you are going to drive us all about the city. we are actually starting out at a place you don't typically think of when you typically think of new orleans. >> this is the iconic imagery of new orleans. you think of the french quarter, is cast-iron balconies, this city park over here. this is beautiful by your st. john. trees all around us, people enjoying the park over here. you cannot overstate its importance in the history and geography of the city because it direc