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French Quater street scene. Scanned slides from a 2004 trip to New Orleans. Date: 2004: Source: originally posted to Flickr as French Quarter - New Orleans, Louisiana: Author: Mark Heard: Permission (Reusing this file)
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: /ˌvjɜː kəˈreɪ/; US: /vjə kəˈreɪ/; [4] French: [vjø kaʁe]), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans ( French : Nouvelle-Orléans ) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville , the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old ...
The Supreme Court Building in March 2018, Statue of Chief Justice of the US Edward Douglass White in foreground After a 20-year renovation (and a 46-year absence from the French Quarter), the Court returned in 2004 to the c.1910 state court building in New Orleans' French Quarter. [1]
The Orleans Parish Landmarks Commission installed a bronze plaque identifying the home's history in 1958. [ 3 ] Today, the Beauregard-Keyes house is restored to its Victorian style and showcases items from Beauregard's family, as well as Keyes's studio and her collections of dolls and rare porcelain veilleuses (tea pots).
Carnival season comes to a close Tuesday with thousands of people expected to crowd the streets of New Orleans and surrounding communities for the annual Mardi Gras celebration complete with ...
Colorful architecture in New Orleans, both old and new. The buildings and architecture of New Orleans reflect its history and multicultural heritage, from Creole cottages to historic mansions on St. Charles Avenue, from the balconies of the French Quarter to an Egyptian Revival U.S. Customs building and a rare example of a Moorish revival church.
A New Orleans stuntwoman-turned-lawyer found herself in a heap of legal trouble after she was indicted in connection to an alleged scheme involving fraudulent lawsuits sparked by staged car ...
Like many French Quarter residents, Grose and neighbor Sherry Powell, 68, avoided Bourbon Street on New Year's Eve, ceding the narrow road for the night to the thousands of tourists who flooded in.