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  2. Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The first building for the Ursuline nuns in New Orleans was designed by Ignace François Broutin in 1727 when the nuns arrived in New Orleans, at the request of Governor Étienne Perier. Michael Zeringue (Johann Michael Zehringer), the King's Master Carpenter from Franconia, Bavaria and progenitor of all "Zeringue" families in Louisiana was the ...

  3. New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans) was founded in the spring of 1718 (May 7 has become the traditional date to mark the anniversary, but the actual day is unknown) [40] by the French Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha.

  4. Magazine Street - Wikipedia

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    Magazine Street is a major thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana. Like Tchoupitoulas Street , St. Charles Avenue , and Claiborne Avenue , it follows the curving course of the Mississippi River . The street took its name from an ammunition magazine located in this vicinity during the 18th-century colonial period.

  5. Culture of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The culture of New Orleans is unique among, and distinct from, that of other cities in the United States, including other Southern cities. New Orleans has been called the "northernmost Caribbean city" [1] and "perhaps the most hedonistic city in the United States". [2] Over the years, New Orleans has had a dominant influence on American and ...

  6. Desire Street - Wikipedia

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    Desire street tiles, Bywater neighborhood Desire Street is a street in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States.In his 1949 book Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children, and Other Streets of New Orleans, John Churchill Chase claims the street is named for Désirée Gautier Montrieul, [1] the daughter of Robert Gautier de Montrieul, who owned the plantation on the land where the street now lies.

  7. City of New Orleans (song) - Wikipedia

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    "City of New Orleans" is a country folk song written by Steve Goodman (and first recorded for Goodman's self-titled 1971 album), describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans in bittersweet and nostalgic terms.

  8. Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Passing by the Faubourg Treme neighborhood, Esplanade goes through the area known alternatively as Faubourg St. John or Esplanade Ridge, near the New Orleans Fairgrounds. The house where Edgar Degas stayed during his time in New Orleans is in this section. [2] [3] Just past Carrollton Avenue is the entrance to the New Orleans Museum of Art. [1]

  9. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans soundtrack Armstrong's rendition of the song was also the theme song for the TV series Frank's Place: Marilyn Maxwell: 1947 on The Abbott and Costello Radio Show - April 17, 1947 [1] Eddie Condon: 1951 Dr. Jazz Series, Vol. 11: Frankie Laine: 1954 A Musical Portrait of New Orleans: Fats Domino: 1958 Harry James: 1958 Harry's Choice ...