Piazza d'Italia

The Piazza d'Italia is a square not far from Lafayette Street in New Orleans , which was designed by the architect Charles Willard Moore in the style of postmodernism on the initiative of the people of Italian origin who live there. The piazza was built between 1977 and 1978 and its style combines old and new.

In the middle of the square there is a fountain that represents Italy.

According to the New York Times , this area is "... perhaps the most significant urban space an American city has built in recent years" . In this context, it is interesting to refer to the painting “Piazza d'Italia” by Giorgio De Chirico , to which the square in New Orleans bears a striking resemblance.

The functionalist Paul Friedrich Posenenske described the Piazza d'Italia as a "pissed off Baroque blend of the worst kind" , who on top of that had the obscenity to ridicule the slum dwellers with sliding scenes.

Individual evidence

↑ ... This place ... may be the most significant new urban plaza any American city has erected in years. (New York Times) quoted in Allen Freeman (May 2004). That '70s show. In New Orleans, the third act begins on a famous outdoor stage. ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Landscape Architecture , printed on a website of Uppsala University (English; accessed November 29, 2008) and on The Piazza d'Italia ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the American Italian Renaissance Foundation (accessed November 29, 2008)
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^ Helmut Gebhard and Willibald Sauerländer (eds.): Feindbild history: Positions of architecture and art in the 20th century. P. 199

Web links

Commons : Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

That '70s show - article about the Piazza d'Italia (English)
Description on the pages of American Italian Renaissance Foundation (English)
private website about the Piazza d'Italia (English, with many photos)
Piazza d'Italia. In: arch INFORM .

29.949972222222 -90.069972222222Coordinates: 29 ° 56 '59.9 " N , 90 ° 4' 11.9" W.

[1] ... This place ... may be the most significant new urban plaza any American city has erected in years. (New York Times) quoted in Allen Freeman (May 2004). That '70s show. In New Orleans, the third act begins on a famous outdoor stage. ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Landscape Architecture , printed on a website of Uppsala University (English; accessed November 29, 2008) and on The Piazza d'Italia ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the American Italian Renaissance Foundation (accessed November 29, 2008)
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[2] Helmut Gebhard and Willibald Sauerländer (eds.): Feindbild history: Positions of architecture and art in the 20th century. P. 199