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English: The Mississippi River Trail in Algiers Point, New Orleans, with a view of the Mississippi River and the French Quarter, New Orleans skyline. Date 3 November 2016
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 ...
Check out the menu. Matt DiSanto. January 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM. The Red Roost Diner will officially welcome guests starting Jan. 27 in the former home of Mr. Hot Dog & More, pictured here in 2023.
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 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 ...
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.
On February 11, 2015, CEO Paul Mangiamele and his wife, Gwen, closed on a Management Buy Out (MBO) of the company from its parent private equity firm, for an undisclosed price. The new company, Legendary Restaurant Brands, LLC, is now the owner of the Bennigan's restaurant chain, its fast-casual concept Bennigan's On the Fly, and the Steak and ...
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.