17th Street Canal to Algiers Point

Map of the route John and I walked and documented.
Basemap courtesy Waggonner & Ball Architects
























Sketches showing typical sections through an exposed canal and its surroundings.



















How the canal interfaces with the infrastructure of the city.


















Close up of a major intersection of infrastructure (17th street canal, underground canals, I-10, the railroad, pumping station 6 and the I-10 pumping station)
























Aerial view of the drainage pipes and highway interacting with the canal.























Panorama showing the canal, drainage pipes, and highway.







Panorama showing the canal, pumping station 6, and the railroad.









Panorama showing the canal-levee condition and an open corridor from a residential street to the canal.