MISSING NEW ORLEANS presents a pictorial history of New Orleans, offering images and stories of places, entities and events that were at one time a vital part of the fabric of this city. Each vignette tells a unique story, including the once significant Claiborne Avenue Oaks, the French Opera House, Pontchartrain and Lincoln Beaches, the Gypsy Tea Room, Tulane and Pelican Stadiums, Rampart Street, K&B drugstores, the Cave and the Blue Room, Mr. Bingle and D. H. Holmes. Images celebrate grand historic structures that once stood along New Orleans thoroughfares, including the St. Louis and St. Charles Hotels in the mid-nineteenth century, the five downtown railroad stations and the Rivergate in the twentieth century. Explore the turn of the previous century when West End Park and Spanish Fort were lakefront resort destinations, when boxing and horseracing were kings of the city’s sporting world, when street vendors plied their wares and Madame Bégué served breakfast only in her classic French Quarter restaurant. Conceived and compiled by New Orleans graphic-designer Phillip Collier, the publication includes text by Director of The Ogden Museum of Southern Art J. Richard Gruber and New Orleans writers Jim Rapier and Mary Beth Romig, with a foreword by renowned musician Pete Fountain. This book chronicles the evolution of a great American city, one that will evoke memories for many who know New Orleans, and one that will serve as an important primer for all who are interested in the rich history of this city once called the “Queen of the South.”