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Gasaway Gasaway Bankston Architects STORY BETSY O’LEARY PHOTOS JOHNNY CHAUVIN
Spring 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of downtown Hammond’s premier architectural firm, Gasaway Gasaway Bankston Architects. Back in 1973, Andrew Gasaway, Jr., hung out his architectural shingle as “Gossen Gasaway & Associates,” the first iteration of what would become various professional collaborations with peers, proteges, o�spring, and o�ce manager of 33 years, Tonya Busch. Recently, Andrew Gasaway, Jr., son Bret Gasaway, and Chris Bankston got together to share their stories of how it all came together. A random girl in a café next to the Crescent Bar linked Andrew to the man who would literally shape his life. She worked for famed Louisiana architect John Desmond, whose wife had taught Art to her best student, Andrew Gasaway.
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