Reflection 10-17-10-19
For the next part of your context research, focus on the social and
demographic context of Downtown Baton Rouge. Demographic items to
look for: education attainment, marital status, race and ethnicity,
family status, income, travel times home to work, means of
transportation, number of people who live and work downtown, number
of people who only work downtown, etc. You will also want to
research and interpret the day to day life of the people who work and
live downtown. This information will be very useful when deciding on
a project, you must make sure that you are reaching your target user
and that there will be enough users to support your project.
Plan Baton Rouge, a plan to renew our downtown, will transform downtown into a 24-hour destination where we will be proud to bring our visitors when they come to Baton Rouge. But more importantly, downtown will become a place we can all gather together as a community. As Plan Baton Rouge progresses, Downtown Baton Rouge will attract restaurants, art galleries, retail shops, drug stores, and neighborhood service facilities neatly accented with attractive open spaces for all to enjoy together. The neighborhoods will thrive and maintain their unique character. Downtown streets will be attractive for the pedestrian and will flow with ease for those getting around by car. The potential for true rebirth in downtown Baton Rouge is amazing but the key to its reality is you - the voices of the citizens of Baton Rouge. We need your support. Plan Baton Rouge is your plan.
Links
Downtown Development District
Congress of New Urbanism
Foundation for Historical Louisiana
Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Urban Land Institute
BatonRouge.com
The Advocate (Baton Rouge Newspaper)
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Smart Growth Network
Smart Growth America
East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority
Downtown Baton Rouge had made significant progress in the past ten years under the leadership of Davis Rhorer and the Downtown Development District but still has empty storefronts, vacant buildings and numerous surface parking lots. Plans were already underway to consolidate state agencies in a Capitol Park complex, bringing 3,000 state employees to downtown. Also, plans to expand the Centroplex Arena into a convention center and the Louisiana Arts and Science Center's addition of a planetarium space theater signaled hope for growth and economic progress in downtown.
Plan Baton Rouge is a new way of approaching urban planning and development by identifying public action that will result in widespread, sustained private market reaction. It demonstrates the following principles of New Urbanism: neighborhoods should be diverse in use and population; communities should be designed for pedestrian and transit use as well as the car; cities and towns should be shaped by physically defined and universally accessible public spaces and community institutions; urban places should be framed by architecture and landscape design that celebrate local history, climate, ecology and building practice.
Plan Baton Rouge recommends administrative actions, changes in government procedures and zoning codes, transportation improvements, new legislation and development proposals. Also, the plan recommends that downtown become a special zoning district and that the city should seek state enabling legislation that would allow a more flexible rehabilitation code to be adopted. The plan includes a separate implementation section, specifically requested in the RFQ, which identifies the entities responsible for each of the recommendations, suggests potential funding sources and establishes an implementation schedule.
Downtown area in Baton Rouge and its history are composed of such buildings as
*
FHL : Preservation : Lost Baton Rouge
Welcome to our tour of old Baton Rouge.
Find buildings, many of which are no longer standing, as they looked in years past.
Beauregard Town Historic District
Historic Spanish Town
Garden District
Downtown Baton Rouge
The citys demographics has been built by many. The wide variety that live downtown range from rich to poor. The history of Baton Rouge is based around people suchas Huey P. Long and so on.
The Old Governor’s Mansion was built in 1929 by the “Kingfish,” Huey P. Long. The Mansion served as Executive Residence from 1930 until 1963 and housed nine of Louisiana’s governors including Earl K. Long and the “singing governor,” Jimmie Davis.
The Old Governor’s Mansion is a historic house museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places, an elegant venue for special events, and serves as the headquarters for the Foundation for Historical Louisiana. This is the second Governor's Mansion to occupy the site. The first Governor's Mansion, a large frame house built for Baton Rouge businessman Nathan King Knox, served as the official residence of Louisiana Governors from 1887 until 1929, when it was razed and the present Old Governor's Mansion was built. The building cost almost $150,000 to complete, and, at a cost of $22,000 (a princely sum for the time), the Mansion was furnished with the finest damask and velvet drapes, crystal chandeliers, hand-printed French wallpaper, and other fine appointments.
In 1963, a new Mansion was constructed just east of the towering State Capitol building, and in 1964 the old Mansion became the home of the Louisiana Arts and Science Center Museum. The Mansion served as headquarters for the LASC until 1976, when the Museum moved to new quarters in the Old Illinois Central Train Station. In 1978, the Mansion reopened as a historic house museum.The Mansion is four stories high, including a basement and an attic.The Mansion has undergone at least three renovations. The floor plan was modified to provide more linkage between public and private areas of the Mansion in 1937. Air conditioning was added in the 1970’s by the Louisiana Arts and Science Center for both the comfort of Mansion visitors as well as for the maintenance of museum collections. The third and most recent renovation was the major restoration completed in 1999 by the State of Louisiana, substantially returning the house to its original glory. Art Deco colors were extensively researched and replicated as close to the originals as possible. The restored Zuber wallpaper in the State Dining Room is the same wallpaper used in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms in the White House.
The Foundation for Historical Louisiana is proud to work in conjunction with the State of Louisiana to expose all visitors to preservation in progress at the Old Governor’s Mansion. Preservation is an ongoing and constant labor of love.
The Foundation’s mission for the Old Governor’s Mansion is to preserve maintain, protect, and promote the building, collection, and historical integrity of the site; to research and interpret, through educational programs, permanent and changing exhibits, the period from 1930 to 1962, when the building served as home to Louisiana Governor's; and to increase appreciation of Louisiana's social, political, and governmental history.
Baton rouge Demographics:
Baton Rouge City, Louisiana Statistics and Demographics (US Census 2000)
Number Percent
Baton Rouge Population: 227818 100.00%
Sex and Age
Male 108255 47.52%
Female 119563 52.48%
Under 5 years 15502 6.8%
5 to 9 years 15609 6.85%
10 to 14 years 15248 6.69%
15 to 19 years 21954 9.64%
20 to 24 years 27230 11.95%
25 to 34 years 31719 13.92%
35 to 44 years 30343 13.32%
45 to 54 years 27166 11.92%
55 to 59 years 9495 4.17%
60 to 64 years 7490 3.29%
65 to 74 years 13312 5.84%
75 to 84 years 9611 4.22%
85 years and over 3139 1.38%
Median age (years) 30.4
18 years and over 172121 75.55%
Male 79732 35%
Female 92389 40.55%
21 years and over 152616 66.99%
62 years and over 30456 13.37%
65 years and over 26062 11.44%
Male 9931 4.36%
Female 16131 7.08%
Race
One race 225636 99.04%
White 104117 45.7%
Black or African American 113953 50.02%
American Indian and Alaska Native 405 0.18%
Asian 5972 2.62%
Asian indian 1006 0.44%
Chinese 1347 0.59%
Filipino 200 0.09%
Japanese 120 0.05%
Korean 254 0.11%
Vietnamese 2621 1.15%
Other Asian 424 0.19%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 76 0.03%
Native Hawaiian 18 0.01%
Guamanian or Chamorro 17 0.01%
Samoan 24 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander 17 0.01%
Some other race 1113 0.49%
Two or more races 2182 0.96%
Hispanic or Latino and race
Total Population 227818 100.00%
Hispanic or Latino(of any race) 3918 1.72%
Mexican 1206 0.53%
Puerto Rican 336 0.15%
Cuban 425 0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino 1951 0.86%
Not Hispanic or Latino 223900 98.28%
White alone 101867 44.71%
Relationship
Total Population 227818 100.00%
In households 215365 94.53%
Householder 88973 39.05%
Spouse 31890 14%
Child 63607 27.92%
Own child under 18 years 46499 20.41%
Other relatives 16222 7.12%
Under 18 years 7946 3.49%
Nonrelatives 14673 6.44%
Unmarried partner 4615 2.03%
In group quarters 12453 5.47%
Institutionalized population 3406 1.5%
Non-Institutionalized population 9047 3.97%
Households by Type
Total Households 88973 100.0 %
Family households (families) 52661 59.19%
With own children under 18 years 25044 28.15%
Married-couple family 31890 35.84%
With own children under 18 years 13573 15.26%
Female householder, no husband present 16935 19.03%
With own children under 18 years 9846 11.07%
Non Family households 36312 40.81%
Householder living alone 28178 31.67%
Householder 65 years and over 7646 8.59%
Households with individuals under 18 years 29093 32.7%
Households with individuals 65 years and over 18893 21.23%
Average Household size 2.42
Average family size 3.12
Housing Occupancy
Total housing units 97388 100.00%
Occupied housing units 88973 91.36%
Vacant housing units 8415 8.64%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 321 0.33%
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent) 1.6
Rental vacancy rate (percent) 8.8
Housing Tenure
Occupied housing units 88973 100.00%
Owner-occupied housing units. 46417 52.17%
Renter-occupied housing units. 42556 47.83%
Average household size of owner-occupied units 2.58
Average household size of renter-occupied units 2.25
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demographic context of Downtown Baton Rouge. Demographic items to
look for: education attainment, marital status, race and ethnicity,
family status, income, travel times home to work, means of
transportation, number of people who live and work downtown, number
of people who only work downtown, etc. You will also want to
research and interpret the day to day life of the people who work and
live downtown. This information will be very useful when deciding on
a project, you must make sure that you are reaching your target user
and that there will be enough users to support your project.
Plan Baton Rouge, a plan to renew our downtown, will transform downtown into a 24-hour destination where we will be proud to bring our visitors when they come to Baton Rouge. But more importantly, downtown will become a place we can all gather together as a community. As Plan Baton Rouge progresses, Downtown Baton Rouge will attract restaurants, art galleries, retail shops, drug stores, and neighborhood service facilities neatly accented with attractive open spaces for all to enjoy together. The neighborhoods will thrive and maintain their unique character. Downtown streets will be attractive for the pedestrian and will flow with ease for those getting around by car. The potential for true rebirth in downtown Baton Rouge is amazing but the key to its reality is you - the voices of the citizens of Baton Rouge. We need your support. Plan Baton Rouge is your plan.
Links
Downtown Development District
Congress of New Urbanism
Foundation for Historical Louisiana
Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Urban Land Institute
BatonRouge.com
The Advocate (Baton Rouge Newspaper)
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Smart Growth Network
Smart Growth America
East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority
Downtown Baton Rouge had made significant progress in the past ten years under the leadership of Davis Rhorer and the Downtown Development District but still has empty storefronts, vacant buildings and numerous surface parking lots. Plans were already underway to consolidate state agencies in a Capitol Park complex, bringing 3,000 state employees to downtown. Also, plans to expand the Centroplex Arena into a convention center and the Louisiana Arts and Science Center's addition of a planetarium space theater signaled hope for growth and economic progress in downtown.
Plan Baton Rouge is a new way of approaching urban planning and development by identifying public action that will result in widespread, sustained private market reaction. It demonstrates the following principles of New Urbanism: neighborhoods should be diverse in use and population; communities should be designed for pedestrian and transit use as well as the car; cities and towns should be shaped by physically defined and universally accessible public spaces and community institutions; urban places should be framed by architecture and landscape design that celebrate local history, climate, ecology and building practice.
Plan Baton Rouge recommends administrative actions, changes in government procedures and zoning codes, transportation improvements, new legislation and development proposals. Also, the plan recommends that downtown become a special zoning district and that the city should seek state enabling legislation that would allow a more flexible rehabilitation code to be adopted. The plan includes a separate implementation section, specifically requested in the RFQ, which identifies the entities responsible for each of the recommendations, suggests potential funding sources and establishes an implementation schedule.
Downtown area in Baton Rouge and its history are composed of such buildings as
*
FHL : Preservation : Lost Baton Rouge
Welcome to our tour of old Baton Rouge.
Find buildings, many of which are no longer standing, as they looked in years past.
Beauregard Town Historic District
Historic Spanish Town
Garden District
Downtown Baton Rouge
The citys demographics has been built by many. The wide variety that live downtown range from rich to poor. The history of Baton Rouge is based around people suchas Huey P. Long and so on.
The Old Governor’s Mansion was built in 1929 by the “Kingfish,” Huey P. Long. The Mansion served as Executive Residence from 1930 until 1963 and housed nine of Louisiana’s governors including Earl K. Long and the “singing governor,” Jimmie Davis.
The Old Governor’s Mansion is a historic house museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places, an elegant venue for special events, and serves as the headquarters for the Foundation for Historical Louisiana. This is the second Governor's Mansion to occupy the site. The first Governor's Mansion, a large frame house built for Baton Rouge businessman Nathan King Knox, served as the official residence of Louisiana Governors from 1887 until 1929, when it was razed and the present Old Governor's Mansion was built. The building cost almost $150,000 to complete, and, at a cost of $22,000 (a princely sum for the time), the Mansion was furnished with the finest damask and velvet drapes, crystal chandeliers, hand-printed French wallpaper, and other fine appointments.
In 1963, a new Mansion was constructed just east of the towering State Capitol building, and in 1964 the old Mansion became the home of the Louisiana Arts and Science Center Museum. The Mansion served as headquarters for the LASC until 1976, when the Museum moved to new quarters in the Old Illinois Central Train Station. In 1978, the Mansion reopened as a historic house museum.The Mansion is four stories high, including a basement and an attic.The Mansion has undergone at least three renovations. The floor plan was modified to provide more linkage between public and private areas of the Mansion in 1937. Air conditioning was added in the 1970’s by the Louisiana Arts and Science Center for both the comfort of Mansion visitors as well as for the maintenance of museum collections. The third and most recent renovation was the major restoration completed in 1999 by the State of Louisiana, substantially returning the house to its original glory. Art Deco colors were extensively researched and replicated as close to the originals as possible. The restored Zuber wallpaper in the State Dining Room is the same wallpaper used in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms in the White House.
The Foundation for Historical Louisiana is proud to work in conjunction with the State of Louisiana to expose all visitors to preservation in progress at the Old Governor’s Mansion. Preservation is an ongoing and constant labor of love.
The Foundation’s mission for the Old Governor’s Mansion is to preserve maintain, protect, and promote the building, collection, and historical integrity of the site; to research and interpret, through educational programs, permanent and changing exhibits, the period from 1930 to 1962, when the building served as home to Louisiana Governor's; and to increase appreciation of Louisiana's social, political, and governmental history.
Baton rouge Demographics:
Baton Rouge City, Louisiana Statistics and Demographics (US Census 2000)
Number Percent
Baton Rouge Population: 227818 100.00%
Sex and Age
Male 108255 47.52%
Female 119563 52.48%
Under 5 years 15502 6.8%
5 to 9 years 15609 6.85%
10 to 14 years 15248 6.69%
15 to 19 years 21954 9.64%
20 to 24 years 27230 11.95%
25 to 34 years 31719 13.92%
35 to 44 years 30343 13.32%
45 to 54 years 27166 11.92%
55 to 59 years 9495 4.17%
60 to 64 years 7490 3.29%
65 to 74 years 13312 5.84%
75 to 84 years 9611 4.22%
85 years and over 3139 1.38%
Median age (years) 30.4
18 years and over 172121 75.55%
Male 79732 35%
Female 92389 40.55%
21 years and over 152616 66.99%
62 years and over 30456 13.37%
65 years and over 26062 11.44%
Male 9931 4.36%
Female 16131 7.08%
Race
One race 225636 99.04%
White 104117 45.7%
Black or African American 113953 50.02%
American Indian and Alaska Native 405 0.18%
Asian 5972 2.62%
Asian indian 1006 0.44%
Chinese 1347 0.59%
Filipino 200 0.09%
Japanese 120 0.05%
Korean 254 0.11%
Vietnamese 2621 1.15%
Other Asian 424 0.19%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 76 0.03%
Native Hawaiian 18 0.01%
Guamanian or Chamorro 17 0.01%
Samoan 24 0.01%
Other Pacific Islander 17 0.01%
Some other race 1113 0.49%
Two or more races 2182 0.96%
Hispanic or Latino and race
Total Population 227818 100.00%
Hispanic or Latino(of any race) 3918 1.72%
Mexican 1206 0.53%
Puerto Rican 336 0.15%
Cuban 425 0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino 1951 0.86%
Not Hispanic or Latino 223900 98.28%
White alone 101867 44.71%
Relationship
Total Population 227818 100.00%
In households 215365 94.53%
Householder 88973 39.05%
Spouse 31890 14%
Child 63607 27.92%
Own child under 18 years 46499 20.41%
Other relatives 16222 7.12%
Under 18 years 7946 3.49%
Nonrelatives 14673 6.44%
Unmarried partner 4615 2.03%
In group quarters 12453 5.47%
Institutionalized population 3406 1.5%
Non-Institutionalized population 9047 3.97%
Households by Type
Total Households 88973 100.0 %
Family households (families) 52661 59.19%
With own children under 18 years 25044 28.15%
Married-couple family 31890 35.84%
With own children under 18 years 13573 15.26%
Female householder, no husband present 16935 19.03%
With own children under 18 years 9846 11.07%
Non Family households 36312 40.81%
Householder living alone 28178 31.67%
Householder 65 years and over 7646 8.59%
Households with individuals under 18 years 29093 32.7%
Households with individuals 65 years and over 18893 21.23%
Average Household size 2.42
Average family size 3.12
Housing Occupancy
Total housing units 97388 100.00%
Occupied housing units 88973 91.36%
Vacant housing units 8415 8.64%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 321 0.33%
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent) 1.6
Rental vacancy rate (percent) 8.8
Housing Tenure
Occupied housing units 88973 100.00%
Owner-occupied housing units. 46417 52.17%
Renter-occupied housing units. 42556 47.83%
Average household size of owner-occupied units 2.58
Average household size of renter-occupied units 2.25
Demographic/Housing Information
Fast access to in-depth local, regional, state, and national housing and ...
Demographics 1, 3, 5 Mile
Reports, maps and charts (1, 3, 5 Mile) for any US ...
Demographics from Claritas Inc
Demographic reports, maps and databases, for your customer, sites and market ...
Evaluate, Plan and Measure Outcomes
CRP provides services addressing population/demographics, health, housing and homelessness, employment and ...
Based on 2000 US Census data. For more information on population visit U.S. Census Bureau, providing access to a full range of U.S. Census information and data products.
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