The GUIDELINES Series is made up of 14 papers: 1. The Function and Importance of Central New Orleans; 2. Concepts of Land-Use and Zoning; 3. Access to Central New Orleans; 4. Cultural and Meeting Facilities; 5. The International Center Area; 6. Poydras Street Potentials; 7. The Vieux Carré; 8. Canal Street; 9. Parking and Truck Service; 10. Retail Development; 11. Approached to New Development; 12. Supporting Development; 13. Pedestrian Facilities; 14. Design Standards.
"This report and the series of 14 GUIDELINES papers upon which it is based deal with matters of importance to the planning and improvement of Central New Orleans. The purpose of this series is to assist the Central Area Committee in the following activities: First, to establish a body of policy and a general or schematic plan that will represent the point of view of the Committee concerning those element of Central Area development -- land-use, circulation, and public facilities -- that are essentially dependent upon public action and subject to public control; second, to promote private investment and a high type of development in several "opportunity areas" that appear to have significant and timely potential; and third, to develop a program of action that can be undertaken by the Committee, itself, to achieve its stated objectives."