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LaSALLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts) Uptown 6048 Perrier Street ca. 1900
From Louisiana Landmarks Society:
Threats: Neglect, abandonment. The former NOCCA building in the Uptown Historic District was built in the Italianate style circa 1900. It is a prominent and unique building in this primarily residential neighborhood and is housed on a significant corner lot with plenty of land surrounding it, as well as a custodian's cottage. The large, elegant building displays rounded arch windows with corbelled hoods in relief, as well as corbels at the eaves on the façade and a pronounced entry. Prior to functioning as NOCCA it housed LaSalle Elementary School. In 2000, NOCCA moved out of the building to the riverfront and the building has been vacant ever since. Initially it was slated to become the NOCCA Academy, but those plans never materialized. Many locally- and nationally-known musicians trained at the school when it was NOCCA. Alumni include Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr., among many others. Due to neglect and deferred maintenance, the building's condition continues to worsen. Weeds are growing out of the roof and along the walls and many windows are broken leaving the building open to the elements. According to the 2008 School Facilities Master Plan for Orleans Parish, the building is slated for "complete replacement", although the structure is still viable and would function well in a variety of public or private uses.

(NOTE: The property is currently being renovated into condominiums by New Orleans developer Jim MacPhaille.)