Larry Borenstein

Larry Borenstein owned several buildings in the French Quarter, had created the market for Pre-Columbian art in the United States by smuggling it from Mexico, and promoted little known artists into famous artists, such as Noel Rockmore as well as Sister Gertrude Morgan, who has been featured in the Smithsonian.

As the "Father of Preservation Hall",[4] in 1955 he turned his art gallery into a "rehearsal hall" for local musicians in his efforts to preserve the music.