The Yellow Book: Old South Baton Rouge Exhibition Preview Party

660 North Fourth Street,Baton Rouge LA 70802

30 November, 2021

Description

This photo exhibition explores the legacy of interstate construction in the Old South Baton Rouge neighborhood. This exhibition explores the legacy of interstate construction in the Old South Baton Rouge neighborhood. It is part of photographer Johanna Warwick’s larger project The Yellow Book, named after a 1955 government publication showing proposed interstate routes. Ultimately, she will document all 104 cities designated in that book. In this exhibition, Warwick examines how Interstates 10 and 110, built in the early 1960s, divided Old South Baton Rouge in two, displacing people and businesses and rupturing its sense of community. Using the elevated interstate as the framework for this series, Warwick captures the shadows they cast over this African American neighborhood. “We now have a greater understanding of how the highways we built decades ago affected people’s lives,” says Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser. “This exhibition reveals how that unfolded in Baton Rouge.”   The Capitol Park Museum features thematic exhibits on the diverse aspects of Louisiana history, industry and culture. The museum includes two permanent exhibitions, entitled Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation, and Experiencing Louisiana: Discovering the Soul of America.   Topics range from the Louisiana Purchase to Sportsmen's Paradise to Mardi Gras traditions throughout the state. Artifacts include a 48 foot wooden shrimp trawler, a Civil War submarine, a record breaking Marlin, a Krewe of lawnmowers, a New Orleans Lucky Dog cart and musical artifacts from Fats Domino, Buddy Guy, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Aaron Neville and much more!