On the making of something in Louisiana

Where are the physical ramifications of an exchanged nomenclature visible in the Louisiana landscape? What is it like inside a bar which is called a grocery; how does a market inhabit the space of a dance hall? How is one thing recognized when it is not named for itself but for something else? When a restaurant is also a place for dancing, how does the building divide or combine these functions? These questions point to some observations:

-Note location of these places, to what they are adjacent, how they are sited/oriented, whether there is provision for vista (is the viewed landscape an interest), how people arrive and park (if cars or trucks are used), what signage (or lack thereof) exists.
-Investigate "rules" of entry and exit, where informal/unintentional gathering takes place (by the gas pump, the bathroom door, the cash register), how planned areas relate to eachother and function in and of themselves, exactly what functions coexist together.
-Consider why various combinations exist and whether particular building types have been adapted by particular businesses, how this adaptation is served (or not), what benefits exist physically and culturally in a typological exchange (is this a question of space, of nostalgia, or perhaps of availability.)
-Measure dance floors and boudin counters, porches and steps, dining areas and bar lengths. Relate measurements to use and to expectation (is it a huge hall which provides the most intimacy and the small boudin counter the most public eye?).
-Think about how function relates to activity. How much space does the Cajun two step require?
-Pinpoint, as much as possible, the things that are immediately visible and those that require patience or detective work to discover.

In the midst of these observations is a series of architectural responses, some of which are imagined and some which depend on what the observations reveal. These revelations are not about type but about character. A set of intersections will be necessary: these may consist of nothing more than a large tree, a view of the Mississippi, and a crossroads. Or, perhaps a street facade and an opposing block and a rear extension which allows spillage beyond a described area. Whatever the location of the building, it may incorporate some of the following:

-A dance floor which extends between the inside and outside. It may be elevated (privileging a view, a breeze, or the space underneath) or flat on the ground (suggesting a patio, square or some other architectural carpet).
-Shaded walks, porticoes, porches or breezeways which are not always conspicuous but sometimes discovered.
-Low walls which describe a functional division but which are of a scale to invite sitting and in a place to invite viewing such that the division is also a continuance or conversation.-A market area which has a similar internal/external relationship to the dance floor...things should hang from the rafters, the inside may reveal the outside with large shutters or louver doors, built-in benches (swing seats).