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Algiers Point in 1922. Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significant one. Since the 1970s, the name Algiers Point has also referred to the neighborhood in the immediate vicinity of that ...
Congregation moved to Holy Name of Mary in Algiers. [3] Algiers, New Orleans [3] August 3, 2008. [4] St. Lawrence the Martyr Merged with Our Lady of Divine Providence. [3] Metairie [3] 2008 [3] St. Louise Marillac Merged into Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in Chalmette. [4] Building razed in 2009. [10] 2008 [10] St. Mark Damaged by Hurricane ...
The Canal Street Ferry, also known as the Algiers Ferry, is a ferry across the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana, connecting the foot of Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans with Algiers on the West Bank. [1] It carries pedestrians only for $2.00 one way. This increase in price from (formerly) free took ...
The company was organized as the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad company to run 172 miles (277 km) from Algiers to Washington and Opelousas. The start date was likely October 1852 with an optimistic completion date set for January 1855.
Algiers was home to various jazz pioneers such as Red Allen, Peter Bocage, George Lewis, Papa Celestin, Kid Thomas Valentine and many others. Jazz musicians of the 1920s referred to Algiers as the "Brooklyn of the South", the latter for its proximity to New Orleans as compared to New York and Brooklyn, both separated by a river.
The William J. Fischer Housing Development, better known as the Fischer Projects, was a housing project in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.It was known notoriously for a series of high-profile murders in the 1970s and 1980s. [1]
The Behrman neighborhood was named after the longest-serving mayor of New Orleans, elected for five straight terms, from 1902 to 1920. Before his death in 1925, one year into his fifth term, Behrman made "considerable improvements in city services and facilities, including sewer and water systems, drainage, streets, the port, and public schools and public health facilities.