MidMod Home Tour for PRC Wednesday
Take a look at three preserved midcentury homes on a self-guided tour at 5 p.m. Wednesday and enjoy a cocktail or beer by the Preservation Resource Center.
The Lakewood homes featured on the tour will include 5800 Marcia Ave. and 5790 and 5801 Bellaire Drive.
Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased at the tour. For information, visit prcno.org.
Parade of Homes features St. Jude dwelling
The Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans’ 2026 Parade of Homes tour will offer the chance to see a variety of new residences over two consecutive weekends later this month.
Tickets, which are free, will be required to explore the buildings June 20-21 and June 27-28. Plus, ticket holders can enter a raffle for a ticket to a Saints game.
Self-guided tours of the homes are from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day, with builder representatives on hand for questions and information. Neighborhoods include River Ridge; Parks of Plaquemines; Crestmont Park, Bonnabel Place and Cottam Park in Metairie; Live Oak Manner in Westwego; Garden Park in Gretna; Water Oaks in Waggaman; and English Turn and Audubon Park in New Orleans.
The association is also a supporter of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, which raffles off a new home for $100 per ticket to raise funds for the Children’s Research Hospital. The new construction, valued at $750,000, is located at 1045 Orion Ave. in Metairie.
Get maps, locations and more information at hbagno.org.
Learn to research your home’s history
The Friends of the Cabildo will help get homeowners on the road to learning about the history of local properties June 20 at the New Orleans Jazz Museum in the Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave.
Tulane University architecture lecturer Robert J. Cangelosi Jr. will present “Researching Your New Orleans Property,” an in-depth seminar about historic dwellings and their lineages, including how to find primary sources rather than using oral traditions and secondary sources, and preparing a “chain of title.”
Documents showing the ownership of a property can, in theory, go as far back as the early 1700s during the French Colonial period.
The class will be at 10 a.m. in-person and live on Zoom. Tickets start at $25. To join the class or for information, call (504) 523-3939 or visit friendsofthecabildo.org.
Volunteer projects abound at City Park
A variety of cleanup days and initiatives are on tap at City Park to improve and maintain the extensive urban green space. Those coming up include:
Urban Forest Support Initiative: 9 a.m. Saturday, Volunteer Center, 1031 Harrison Ave.Pelican Greenhouse Summer Volunteer Series: 8 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 2 Celebration Drive. Eight-week series for individual volunteers to assist in greenhouse operations.Graffiti Cleanup Krewe: 9 a.m. Tuesday, Volunteer Center, 1031 Harrison Ave.
City Park Kayak Cleanup: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. Meet at the gravel launch at the intersection of Dueling Oaks Drive and Dreyfous Drive. Volunteers are sought to join City Park’s kayak krewe that will work with staff to remove litter from waterways with the use of personal kayaks.
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