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Over New Orleans Contributor(s): David King Gleason(Author) ISBN: 0807112887 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub Date: June 1985 Hardcover  0.74" H x 10.56" L x 14.38" W From the Publisher In Over New Orleans photographers David King Gleason creates a breathtaking aerial mosaic of the Crescent City - a composite portrait that is at once panoramic and intimate, dramatic and subtle. Working from the skies, Gleason reveals every aspect of the city from the familiar streetcars and wrought-iron balconies to less celebrated views of the Faubourg Marigny, the Dixie Brewery on Tulane Avenue, and the palatial residences that overlook Lake Pontchartrain. From high overhead, Gleason's camera captures the dynamism of the Central Business District and the broad sweep of docks that lie along the great bed of the Mississippi. Closing in, he reveals the lush courtyards of the French Quarter and the great mansions of the Garden District. Mapping the city's environs, Gleason shows the turbid Mississippi where it meets the clear blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway leading off into a morning mist, and the cluster of chemical plants that have found their place on the river amid the swampland and graceful antebellum plantation homes Retail Price $49.95 Aerial Arts Price $44.95