Harrington College of Design alumna Jennifer Lester joined six students, instructor Peter Klick, and Crandon Gustafson in New Orleans during the end-of-summer break, for a trip emphasizing service and sustainability in design. The team rendezvoused the evening of August 29th at Acme Oyster House in the French Quarter, on the 5th anniversary of Katrina’s landfall, and exchanged experiences of local culture, food and music.
The first full day called for familiarization with New Orleans in general and hurricane-affected areas in particular, starting with a three-hour morning bicycle tour. The team pedaled behind guide Bob Rodrigue through the Quarter, Faubourg Marigny and the Ninth Ward, seeing in the latter many remaining indicators of the flooding five years earlier: residual high water lines and the spray-painted symbols rescue teams used in the first days and weeks following the flooding, designating human and pet occupants, living or dead.
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Information courtesy Crandon Gustafson. Photos courtesy Peter Klick
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