table of contents

goal and objectives

credits

acknowledgements

preface
remembering an historic moment in our recent past
a coleman gorin production

introduction
wilbur e. meneray

chapter 1
architecture in the service of politics
abbye a. gorin

chapter 2
land use before the rivergate, c. 1950
john magill, research and michael rouchell, graphic arts

chapter 3
the design architect: nathaniel curtis, faia
abbye a. gorin

chapter 4
the design process
nathaniel curtis

chapter 5
architecture, engineering, and construction

chapter 6
gambling: the social milieu that tore the rivergate down
c.b. forgotston

chapter 7
louisiana politics of destruction
part 1
part 2
abbye a. gorin and wilbur e. meneray

chapter 8
a politically slanted competition
michael rouchell

chapter 9
demolition of the rivergate and construction of the casino
michael rouchell

chapter 10
what the rivergate could have been for the city
nathaniel curtis and michael rouchell

chapter 11
summing up preservation of the recent past
arthur q. davis

appendix 1
who's who in the gambling blitz
c.b. forgotston

appendix 2
chronology of events in the gambling blitz
6 january 1986 - 21 november 1995
c.b. forgotston

appendix 3
gambling in louisiana, it's a tradition
abbye a. gorin and wilbur e. meneray

appendix 4
gov. edwin edwards era
and
harrah's jazz co.'s falling house of cards
annotated selected articles
Times-Picayune
6 december 1989 - 3 december 1995
abbye a. gorin

appendix 5
selected letters to the editor
support for the rivergate
Times-Picayune
25 may 1992 - 31 august 1994

appendix 6
selected "gambling bubble" commentaries
james gill
Times-Picayune
28 march 1993 - 13 december 1995

appendix 7
the rivergate and the gambling blitz
annonated selected articles
28 october 1993 - 3 december 1995
abbye a. gorin

appendix 8
awards: curtis and davis architects and planners
from the office of nathaniel curtis

appendix 9
published projects: curtis and davis and nathaniel curtis
from the office of nathaniel curtis

appendix 10
selected photographs

part 1
the rivergate under construction, 1965-1968
charles l. franck

part 2
the new rivergate, c. 1968
frank lotz miller

part 3
the rivergate before demolition, 1994
alan karchmer

part 4
destruction of the rivergate, 1995
abbye a. gorin

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