RCR Claiborne Venture III LLC, owned by the Robért family of Robért Fresh Market, has filed to appeal the New Orleans Historic District Landmark’s decision to deny demolition of Ted’s Frostop, one of fewer than 10 Frostop locations that remain nationwide.
The application will go before the New Orleans City Council in the coming weeks. We encourage residents to write to District A Councilmember Aimee McCarron at [email protected] and respectfully ask her to uphold the HDLC’s decision.
At the HDLC meeting on April 8, 2026, the Preservation Resource Center spoke against the demolition, noting an unfortunate pattern of dismissing midcentury modern architecture as unworthy of saving. But the more midcentury buildings we lose, the more valuable these remaining buildings become…