The New Orleans is part of notNeutral's City Plate Collection #2 themed around "Culture and Capital(ism)" with New Orleans, Washington, DC, Las Vegas and Dubai chosen. With this theme they asked: how does a capital investment in manufacturing culture impact city form?

 

New Orleans. America's capital of culture – devastated by floods during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The massive scale of the flooding is frightfully apparent; the white area on this particular plate represents the parts of the city that were flooded. The Mississippi River curves across the plate in a swath of blue; Audubon Park – on the river's bank – and City Park, adjacent to Lake Pontchartrain, are rendered in green.

 

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this plate will go toward the recovery and rebuilding of 1300 acres of City Park that experienced serious damage to grounds, trees, infrastructure and facilities.