Esplanade Mansion’s Guidebook
Neighborhood
Historic Treme of New Orleans
For much of the 18th century, the land just outside New Orleans' city limits -- that is, the land outside the area we call the French Quarter -- was occupied by the Morand Plantation and brickyard, much of which was later acquired by hat maker and real estate developer Claude Treme. Shortly after Treme acquired it, the Spanish government in 1794 dug the Claiborne Canal from the fledgling city to Bayou St. John, splitting the tract and, by making it more accessible, opening it up for development. According to the Data Center, Treme had sold off most of his land by 1810, and by 1812 it had been subdivided for development of the neighborhood that today bears his name.
Now, the neighborhood, which is viewed by many as ground zero of New Orleans culture, seems to be on an upswing as people who have fallen in love with the area's diverse architecture and culture are buying houses to restore. The Historic Faubourg Treme Association has been a force in this renaissance. Among the neighborhood's landmarks are St. Augustine Catholic Church and the Backstreet Cultural Museum, which houses a wealth of Mardi Gras Indian suits.
Treme is recognized as America's oldest African-American neighborhood.
Although Treme has always been a rich source of African-American culture, it has nurtured a host of black and white New Orleans musicians, including Kermit Ruffins, Shannon Powell, Louis Prima and Alex Chilton. Located at the epicenter of New Orleans culture, the neighborhood also has been home to artists, entrepreneurs, doctors and teachers, and it is being discovered by people in search of the often-elusive combination of affordable prices and architectural elegance.
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For much of the 18th century, the land just outside New Orleans' city limits -- that is, the land outside the area we call the French Quarter -- was occupied by the Morand Plantation and brickyard, much of which was later acquired by hat maker and real estate developer Claude Treme. Shortly after Treme acquired it, the Spanish government in 1794 dug the Claiborne Canal from the fledgling city to Bayou St. John, splitting the tract and, by making it more accessible, opening it up for development. According to the Data Center, Treme had sold off most of his land by 1810, and by 1812 it had been subdivided for development of the neighborhood that today bears his name.
Now, the neighborhood, which is viewed by many as ground zero of New Orleans culture, seems to be on an upswing as people who have fallen in love with the area's diverse architecture and culture are buying houses to restore. The Historic Faubourg Treme Association has been a force in this renaissance. Among the neighborhood's landmarks are St. Augustine Catholic Church and the Backstreet Cultural Museum, which houses a wealth of Mardi Gras Indian suits.
Treme is recognized as America's oldest African-American neighborhood.
Although Treme has always been a rich source of African-American culture, it has nurtured a host of black and white New Orleans musicians, including Kermit Ruffins, Shannon Powell, Louis Prima and Alex Chilton. Located at the epicenter of New Orleans culture, the neighborhood also has been home to artists, entrepreneurs, doctors and teachers, and it is being discovered by people in search of the often-elusive combination of affordable prices and architectural elegance.
Today the French Quarter of New Orleans is among the most instantly recognizable half-square miles in the world and is synonymous with the city as a whole. It is also commonly called the Vieux Carré – a term meaning “Old Square” in French, and coined around the 1890s when the Quarter was evolving into a tourist destination.
The French Quarter is located on the banks of the Mississippi River where New Orleans was established by the French in 1718. The site was selected not only because the riverfront is relatively high amid low-lying swampland, but because of its proximity to Lake Pontchartrain which, via Bayou St. John, provided a safer shortcut than the Mississippi for shipping.
Originally, buildings in the French Quarter were constructed of wood, which quickly decayed in damp surroundings. Today only one French colonial building remains – the ca. 1750 Ursuline Convent, now the Archive of the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.
In 1762 Louisiana was transferred to Spain. During its forty year tenure under Spain, the previously struggling town became wealthy. Its river trade burgeoned, particularly from newly independent Americans living west of the Appalachian Mountains whose only accessible port was New Orleans.
In 1788, the mostly wooden French Quarter was destroyed by fire, followed by another smaller conflagration in 1794. Although French tastes remained strong, after the fires, Spanish authorities initiated new regulations to prevent the spread of fire. Spanish building codes included the use of protective plaster on exterior walls and fire retardant roofing, like slate and tile, which helped give the French Quarter a more Spanish appearance than French.
In the late 18th century substantial buildings like the Cabildo, Presbytere and St. Louis Cathedral were erected. They are clues to the city’s prosperity along with a number of impressive mansions, such as those on Royal Street now occupied by Brennan’s Restaurant and Waldhorn & Adler. The French Quarter also became more closely built and its distinctive courtyards began to form as properties were walled in. Hand-forged wrought iron was introduced in the 1790s, but it was expensive and limited to large, costly buildings. In the 1830s mass produced cast iron was introduced. Less costly than wrought iron and florid in design, it took Victorian New Orleans by storm and helped the French Quarter obtain its lacy appearance.
Here's an example of mass-produced cast iron
Here’s an example of mass-produced cast iron
For about 70 years the French Quarter was all that existed of New Orleans, but as the city blossomed, suburbs sprang up when nearby plantations were subdivided by owners anxious to take advantage of the expanding real estate market. The first of these was Faubourg St. Mary carved from the Gravier Plantation in 1788. Beginning at Canal Street and extending upriver from the French Quarter, this is today’s Central Business District. It was followed in 1806 by the Faubourg Marigny which was part of the plantation of Bernard de Marigny, one of the area’s wealthiest residents whose legendarily lavish lifestyle prompted him to subdivide and sell off sections of his plantation. The Marigny begins at Esplanade Avenue and extends down river as far as modern Press Street where one of the city’s largest cotton presses was built in 1838. In 1810 Claude Tremé subdivided his plantation into Faubourg Tremé which lies just on the lakeside of the French Quarter, beginning at North Rampart.
Here's an early map
Here’s an early map
These three early suburbs were separated from the original city by the City Commons, the open land around the city (i.e., the French Quarter) which contained palisades and five small forts. As crown property at the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the City Commons became the possession of the United States Government until 1807 when it was given to the city with the stipulation that a navigation canal be dug on the property connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. The City of New Orleans planned to build a wide canal on the upriver side of the French Quarter, but it never materialized. Instead, its proposed site became Canal Street.Traversing the downriver side of the Commons, Esplanade Avenue was established in 1810 and today forms the boundary between the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny. That same year North Rampart Street was laid out along the northern portion of the Commons between the French Quarter and the Faubourg Tremé.
While Faubourg St. Mary may be the oldest suburb, initially it did not grow as quickly as Marigny or Tremé. From the start, the latter two Faubourgs proved to be popular residential areas especially for French Creoles moving from an increasingly overcrowded French Quarter. In many respects Marigny and Tremé were extensions of the French Quarter and, into the early 20th century, the three neighborhoods were often referred to as a single neighborhood with the original city as the “French Quarters.” The three displayed similar architectural styles such as multi-story Creole townhouses with businesses occupying ground floors and living quarters above. There were rows of single-story plastered and tile roofed Creole cottages – the mainstay of early-19th century working class New Orleans housing. Many Creole cottages even in the French Quarter were replaced in the late 19th century with the ubiquitous shotgun houses – by then the city’s principle working class housing.
In the early 19th century, Chartres and Royal Streets were the city’s chief business and shopping streets. Bourbon Street – named not for the beverage, but Louisiana’s 18th century French ruling family — was a splendid residential street. By the 1840s, major business was shifting to the American sector on the other side of Canal Street, and that street evolved into the city’s main shopping district. Around 1850, the area surrounding the Place d’Armes – renamed Jackson Square – was upgraded with construction of the Pontalba buildings, reconstruction of the St. Louis Cathedral, and additions to the Cabildo and Presbytere of mansard roofs and cupolas. The Square’s gardens were also redesigned for the erection of the Andrew Jackson Monument in 1857.
In spite of this, the French Quarter entered a long period of decline, as large houses were turned into rooming houses and even warehouses. Starting in the 1860s railroad tracks, warehouses and industries were built near the riverfront. Some wealthy Quarter residents relocated to Esplanade Avenue and North Rampart Street, both of which ranked among the most pleasant and attractive residential streets in the city. Today, while tree-lined Esplanade retains its elegant appearance, North Rampart became commercialized in the 20th century in its role as a main artery leading into the Faubourg St. Mary business district, now the Central Business District.
By the 20th century numerous Quarter buildings became derelict and crumbling prompting city boosters to consider the area an embarrassing slum that deserved wholesale demolition. Others felt differently, recognizing the French Quarter as irreplaceable and one of the Nation’s most significant concentrations of early buildings. Beginning in the 1910s and ’20s, there was a growing demand for protection of the Quarter, particularly as expanding gentrification brought new businesses and public improvements. In an attempt to encourage new construction, the massive Louisiana State Supreme Court building of 1911, located at 400 Royal Street, replaced an entire square block of older structures. Few followed. Unrealized projects included a large government Civic Center in the central Quarter in 1928 followed by a public housing project in 1936. Such plans were rendered moot when, in 1936, the Louisiana Constitution was amended to protect the architecture and tout ensemble of the Vieux Carré section of the French Quarter that is located between Iberville Street and Esplanade Avenue and to provide for the establishment of the Vieux Carre Commission.
Tourism has been an economic engine for New Orleans for decades and hotel construction and expansion has gone along with tourism hand in hand. Hotels have been part of the French Quarter since the early 19th century including the elegant 1830s St. Louis, demolished in 1916, that was located on the site where the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel was built in 1960. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s hotels continued to rise even to the detriment of the French Quarter’s architecture which so many visitors come to see. This ended in the 1970s when a city ordinance halted both the construction of new hotels and expansion of existing hotels in the Vieux Carré section of the French Quarter. Since then new hotels have risen on the periphery of the Vieux Carré section of the French Quarter and in nearby neighborhoods. Along Canal Street hotels include towering skyscrapers and the re-adaptive use of two of the city’s largest department store buildings, while smaller boutique hotels and bed and breakfasts can be found along the lake side of North Rampart Street and the down river side of Esplanade Avenue.
Once home to large extended families frequently living in tenements, the more gentrified French Quarter of today is composed mostly of single-family, duplexes and condominium residential units. With few apartment buildings and as a result of other factors, the Quarter’s population has declined – from about 20,000 residents in the 1920s to about 4,000 residents now. During this time, the Quarter’s nightlife evolved.
The area has long attracted numbers of locals and visitors to its world renowned night life. In the first decades of the 20th century there was the “Tango Belt” around Iberville Street where an array of dance halls, honky tonks, restaurants and theaters were located. Prohibition in the 1920s destroyed the Tango Belt, but at the same time a few clubs began turning Bourbon Street into a nightlife venue and by the end of Prohibition in 1933, Bourbon Street nightlife was replacing the Tango Belt. As a popular destination for World War II GIs, Bourbon Street was assured of becoming one of the most fabled – and well known – streets in the world.
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Today the French Quarter of New Orleans is among the most instantly recognizable half-square miles in the world and is synonymous with the city as a whole. It is also commonly called the Vieux Carré – a term meaning “Old Square” in French, and coined around the 1890s when the Quarter was evolving into a tourist destination.
The French Quarter is located on the banks of the Mississippi River where New Orleans was established by the French in 1718. The site was selected not only because the riverfront is relatively high amid low-lying swampland, but because of its proximity to Lake Pontchartrain which, via Bayou St. John, provided a safer shortcut than the Mississippi for shipping.
Originally, buildings in the French Quarter were constructed of wood, which quickly decayed in damp surroundings. Today only one French colonial building remains – the ca. 1750 Ursuline Convent, now the Archive of the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.
In 1762 Louisiana was transferred to Spain. During its forty year tenure under Spain, the previously struggling town became wealthy. Its river trade burgeoned, particularly from newly independent Americans living west of the Appalachian Mountains whose only accessible port was New Orleans.
In 1788, the mostly wooden French Quarter was destroyed by fire, followed by another smaller conflagration in 1794. Although French tastes remained strong, after the fires, Spanish authorities initiated new regulations to prevent the spread of fire. Spanish building codes included the use of protective plaster on exterior walls and fire retardant roofing, like slate and tile, which helped give the French Quarter a more Spanish appearance than French.
In the late 18th century substantial buildings like the Cabildo, Presbytere and St. Louis Cathedral were erected. They are clues to the city’s prosperity along with a number of impressive mansions, such as those on Royal Street now occupied by Brennan’s Restaurant and Waldhorn & Adler. The French Quarter also became more closely built and its distinctive courtyards began to form as properties were walled in. Hand-forged wrought iron was introduced in the 1790s, but it was expensive and limited to large, costly buildings. In the 1830s mass produced cast iron was introduced. Less costly than wrought iron and florid in design, it took Victorian New Orleans by storm and helped the French Quarter obtain its lacy appearance.
Here's an example of mass-produced cast iron
Here’s an example of mass-produced cast iron
For about 70 years the French Quarter was all that existed of New Orleans, but as the city blossomed, suburbs sprang up when nearby plantations were subdivided by owners anxious to take advantage of the expanding real estate market. The first of these was Faubourg St. Mary carved from the Gravier Plantation in 1788. Beginning at Canal Street and extending upriver from the French Quarter, this is today’s Central Business District. It was followed in 1806 by the Faubourg Marigny which was part of the plantation of Bernard de Marigny, one of the area’s wealthiest residents whose legendarily lavish lifestyle prompted him to subdivide and sell off sections of his plantation. The Marigny begins at Esplanade Avenue and extends down river as far as modern Press Street where one of the city’s largest cotton presses was built in 1838. In 1810 Claude Tremé subdivided his plantation into Faubourg Tremé which lies just on the lakeside of the French Quarter, beginning at North Rampart.
Here's an early map
Here’s an early map
These three early suburbs were separated from the original city by the City Commons, the open land around the city (i.e., the French Quarter) which contained palisades and five small forts. As crown property at the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the City Commons became the possession of the United States Government until 1807 when it was given to the city with the stipulation that a navigation canal be dug on the property connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. The City of New Orleans planned to build a wide canal on the upriver side of the French Quarter, but it never materialized. Instead, its proposed site became Canal Street.Traversing the downriver side of the Commons, Esplanade Avenue was established in 1810 and today forms the boundary between the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny. That same year North Rampart Street was laid out along the northern portion of the Commons between the French Quarter and the Faubourg Tremé.
While Faubourg St. Mary may be the oldest suburb, initially it did not grow as quickly as Marigny or Tremé. From the start, the latter two Faubourgs proved to be popular residential areas especially for French Creoles moving from an increasingly overcrowded French Quarter. In many respects Marigny and Tremé were extensions of the French Quarter and, into the early 20th century, the three neighborhoods were often referred to as a single neighborhood with the original city as the “French Quarters.” The three displayed similar architectural styles such as multi-story Creole townhouses with businesses occupying ground floors and living quarters above. There were rows of single-story plastered and tile roofed Creole cottages – the mainstay of early-19th century working class New Orleans housing. Many Creole cottages even in the French Quarter were replaced in the late 19th century with the ubiquitous shotgun houses – by then the city’s principle working class housing.
In the early 19th century, Chartres and Royal Streets were the city’s chief business and shopping streets. Bourbon Street – named not for the beverage, but Louisiana’s 18th century French ruling family — was a splendid residential street. By the 1840s, major business was shifting to the American sector on the other side of Canal Street, and that street evolved into the city’s main shopping district. Around 1850, the area surrounding the Place d’Armes – renamed Jackson Square – was upgraded with construction of the Pontalba buildings, reconstruction of the St. Louis Cathedral, and additions to the Cabildo and Presbytere of mansard roofs and cupolas. The Square’s gardens were also redesigned for the erection of the Andrew Jackson Monument in 1857.
In spite of this, the French Quarter entered a long period of decline, as large houses were turned into rooming houses and even warehouses. Starting in the 1860s railroad tracks, warehouses and industries were built near the riverfront. Some wealthy Quarter residents relocated to Esplanade Avenue and North Rampart Street, both of which ranked among the most pleasant and attractive residential streets in the city. Today, while tree-lined Esplanade retains its elegant appearance, North Rampart became commercialized in the 20th century in its role as a main artery leading into the Faubourg St. Mary business district, now the Central Business District.
By the 20th century numerous Quarter buildings became derelict and crumbling prompting city boosters to consider the area an embarrassing slum that deserved wholesale demolition. Others felt differently, recognizing the French Quarter as irreplaceable and one of the Nation’s most significant concentrations of early buildings. Beginning in the 1910s and ’20s, there was a growing demand for protection of the Quarter, particularly as expanding gentrification brought new businesses and public improvements. In an attempt to encourage new construction, the massive Louisiana State Supreme Court building of 1911, located at 400 Royal Street, replaced an entire square block of older structures. Few followed. Unrealized projects included a large government Civic Center in the central Quarter in 1928 followed by a public housing project in 1936. Such plans were rendered moot when, in 1936, the Louisiana Constitution was amended to protect the architecture and tout ensemble of the Vieux Carré section of the French Quarter that is located between Iberville Street and Esplanade Avenue and to provide for the establishment of the Vieux Carre Commission.
Tourism has been an economic engine for New Orleans for decades and hotel construction and expansion has gone along with tourism hand in hand. Hotels have been part of the French Quarter since the early 19th century including the elegant 1830s St. Louis, demolished in 1916, that was located on the site where the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel was built in 1960. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s hotels continued to rise even to the detriment of the French Quarter’s architecture which so many visitors come to see. This ended in the 1970s when a city ordinance halted both the construction of new hotels and expansion of existing hotels in the Vieux Carré section of the French Quarter. Since then new hotels have risen on the periphery of the Vieux Carré section of the French Quarter and in nearby neighborhoods. Along Canal Street hotels include towering skyscrapers and the re-adaptive use of two of the city’s largest department store buildings, while smaller boutique hotels and bed and breakfasts can be found along the lake side of North Rampart Street and the down river side of Esplanade Avenue.
Once home to large extended families frequently living in tenements, the more gentrified French Quarter of today is composed mostly of single-family, duplexes and condominium residential units. With few apartment buildings and as a result of other factors, the Quarter’s population has declined – from about 20,000 residents in the 1920s to about 4,000 residents now. During this time, the Quarter’s nightlife evolved.
The area has long attracted numbers of locals and visitors to its world renowned night life. In the first decades of the 20th century there was the “Tango Belt” around Iberville Street where an array of dance halls, honky tonks, restaurants and theaters were located. Prohibition in the 1920s destroyed the Tango Belt, but at the same time a few clubs began turning Bourbon Street into a nightlife venue and by the end of Prohibition in 1933, Bourbon Street nightlife was replacing the Tango Belt. As a popular destination for World War II GIs, Bourbon Street was assured of becoming one of the most fabled – and well known – streets in the world.
HISTORY OF MARIGNY
Faubourg Marigny was actually the 1st subdivision in New Orleans that developed from a factory area to the culturally rich neighborhood filled with Creole cottages that it is today.
The City of New Orleans started with just the area now known as the “Vieux Carre,” or the “French Quarter.” New Orleans grew north from Rampart Street into what is now Faubourg Treme, eventually linking up to Bayou St. John, in what is now “Mid City.” As the city continued to grow, plantation owners began breaking up their tracts of land into smaller lots to sell to newcomers. The first plantation owner to do this, Bernard Marigny de Mandeville, owned the land just downriver from Esplanade Avenue.
As more and more French people came to the area, the demand for residential property became greater. By 1805, exiles from both France and Haiti flocked to the city in the wake of revolutions. Forty years of Spanish control of Louisiana attracted a number of people from Spain and her colonies. Buyers would build small creole cottages on those lots. As the neighborhood grew, residents would purchase adjacent lots and build larger homes, mostly in the Greek Revival style. By the late 1820s, Faubourg Marigny was its own small town, the “Third Municipality” of the city of New Orleans. Creole families built homes. Businessmen opened shops along Frenchmen Street.
Because of the railroad connection on Elysian Fields, light industry and manufacturing developed along that street rather than shops and small businesses. The Marigny attracted factory workers, like the Germans who worked at the Columbia Brewery in the 1890s. When the city constructed a municipal sewer system in 1914, residents with some means left the Marigny, building homes in neighborhoods where they could install indoor plumbing. The older houses they left behind became rental properties, attracting factory workers and others needing low-cost housing. This trend of Faubourg Marigny as a “low-rent” neighborhood continued through the Great Depression and World War II.
The next big transition in Faubourg Marigny began in the 1970s, as young professionals began the “gentrification” process. Recognizing the potential of the old single and double shotguns as homes and small offices, young families began to acquire these properties.
Dedicated homeowners in Faubourg Marigny have worked hard over the years to preserve the neighborhood’s character, while at the same time, working with the city to add improvements (such as the new streetcar line). Restaurants, clubs, and B&Bs, particularly on Frenchmen Street and nearby blocks add an important commercial component to the area
Bernard Marigny de Mandeville is usually thought of as a Creole dandy who brought the dice game Hazard (we now call it “craps”) to North America, but his long-lasting contribution to the city he loved is the New Orleans’ first subdivision.
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Marigny
HISTORY OF MARIGNY
Faubourg Marigny was actually the 1st subdivision in New Orleans that developed from a factory area to the culturally rich neighborhood filled with Creole cottages that it is today.
The City of New Orleans started with just the area now known as the “Vieux Carre,” or the “French Quarter.” New Orleans grew north from Rampart Street into what is now Faubourg Treme, eventually linking up to Bayou St. John, in what is now “Mid City.” As the city continued to grow, plantation owners began breaking up their tracts of land into smaller lots to sell to newcomers. The first plantation owner to do this, Bernard Marigny de Mandeville, owned the land just downriver from Esplanade Avenue.
As more and more French people came to the area, the demand for residential property became greater. By 1805, exiles from both France and Haiti flocked to the city in the wake of revolutions. Forty years of Spanish control of Louisiana attracted a number of people from Spain and her colonies. Buyers would build small creole cottages on those lots. As the neighborhood grew, residents would purchase adjacent lots and build larger homes, mostly in the Greek Revival style. By the late 1820s, Faubourg Marigny was its own small town, the “Third Municipality” of the city of New Orleans. Creole families built homes. Businessmen opened shops along Frenchmen Street.
Because of the railroad connection on Elysian Fields, light industry and manufacturing developed along that street rather than shops and small businesses. The Marigny attracted factory workers, like the Germans who worked at the Columbia Brewery in the 1890s. When the city constructed a municipal sewer system in 1914, residents with some means left the Marigny, building homes in neighborhoods where they could install indoor plumbing. The older houses they left behind became rental properties, attracting factory workers and others needing low-cost housing. This trend of Faubourg Marigny as a “low-rent” neighborhood continued through the Great Depression and World War II.
The next big transition in Faubourg Marigny began in the 1970s, as young professionals began the “gentrification” process. Recognizing the potential of the old single and double shotguns as homes and small offices, young families began to acquire these properties.
Dedicated homeowners in Faubourg Marigny have worked hard over the years to preserve the neighborhood’s character, while at the same time, working with the city to add improvements (such as the new streetcar line). Restaurants, clubs, and B&Bs, particularly on Frenchmen Street and nearby blocks add an important commercial component to the area
Bernard Marigny de Mandeville is usually thought of as a Creole dandy who brought the dice game Hazard (we now call it “craps”) to North America, but his long-lasting contribution to the city he loved is the New Orleans’ first subdivision.
Sightseeing
Just steps from the French Quarter sits this public park that honors the jazz great Louis Armstrong. Look for the iconic, arched entrance"”inside you'll find sites like Congo Square (a historic meeting place for slaves in the 1800s), sculptures, duck ponds and lots of open spaces for relaxing.
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701 N Rampart StJust steps from the French Quarter sits this public park that honors the jazz great Louis Armstrong. Look for the iconic, arched entrance"”inside you'll find sites like Congo Square (a historic meeting place for slaves in the 1800s), sculptures, duck ponds and lots of open spaces for relaxing.
The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn.
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945 Magazine StThe National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn.
In many ways, Jackson Square is the heart of New Orleans. This city square is the epicenter of the French Quarter, which is the famed neighborhood that is notorious for its Mardi Gras celebrations, its beads and its lively atmosphere.
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701 Decatur StIn many ways, Jackson Square is the heart of New Orleans. This city square is the epicenter of the French Quarter, which is the famed neighborhood that is notorious for its Mardi Gras celebrations, its beads and its lively atmosphere.
Preservation Hall is an unassuming old building that has long been an institution in New Orleans known for jazz music. The historic hall still features traditional jazz by local artists.
The building is small, creating an intimate setting, and seating is limited. Opening times and events are listed on the door each day, so if you are walking past in the afternoon you can see what's happening in the evening.
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726 St PeterPreservation Hall is an unassuming old building that has long been an institution in New Orleans known for jazz music. The historic hall still features traditional jazz by local artists.
The building is small, creating an intimate setting, and seating is limited. Opening times and events are listed on the door each day, so if you are walking past in the afternoon you can see what's happening in the evening.
On the north side of Jackson Square is the St. Louis Cathedral, a landmark structure in New Orleans. It was built in 1794 on the site of two earlier churches and is known for being the United States' oldest cathedral in continuous use. Pope John Paul II visited the cathedral in 1987.
The church was built through contributions from Don Andres Almonester de Roxas, a Frenchman who spent money from his fortune to rebuild New Orleans after the second great fire.
Address: Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana
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615 Pere Antoine AlleyOn the north side of Jackson Square is the St. Louis Cathedral, a landmark structure in New Orleans. It was built in 1794 on the site of two earlier churches and is known for being the United States' oldest cathedral in continuous use. Pope John Paul II visited the cathedral in 1987.
The church was built through contributions from Don Andres Almonester de Roxas, a Frenchman who spent money from his fortune to rebuild New Orleans after the second great fire.
Address: Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana
A cruise on the paddle steamer Steamboat Natchez is a wonderful way to experience the Mississippi River and a unique way to see and learn about the city.
The harbor cruises take about two hours and provide narration on the sites, with an optional lunch of creole cuisine. The dinner cruise features a live jazz band, buffet-style dinner, and of course, wonderful views of New Orleans.
Special events cruises are also available seasonally, with special cruises offered for such occasions as Easter, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Christmas, and other holidays.
It's a good idea, particularly during high season, to book a Steamboat Natchez Harbor Cruise in advance. This tour guarantees your spot on the boat and also the lowest prices.
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400 Toulouse StA cruise on the paddle steamer Steamboat Natchez is a wonderful way to experience the Mississippi River and a unique way to see and learn about the city.
The harbor cruises take about two hours and provide narration on the sites, with an optional lunch of creole cuisine. The dinner cruise features a live jazz band, buffet-style dinner, and of course, wonderful views of New Orleans.
Special events cruises are also available seasonally, with special cruises offered for such occasions as Easter, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Christmas, and other holidays.
It's a good idea, particularly during high season, to book a Steamboat Natchez Harbor Cruise in advance. This tour guarantees your spot on the boat and also the lowest prices.
New Orleans is world famous for its elaborate Mardi Gras celebrations, drawing people from all over the world who come to enjoy the festivities that consume the city during this time period.
For a glimpse of what's involved behind the scenes in this huge event, visitors can take a Mardi Gras World tour to see working studios. The Blaine Kern Studios is one of the leading producers of floats in the world and is highly involved in the Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans each year.
You can see sculptured props, huge floats, outrageous costumes, and all kinds of figures. This is a great way to gain a good sense of the size, color, and imagination that goes into the floats and the parade. Guided tours are offered regularly each day through the workshops where artists and sculptors work.
Address: 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, Louisiana
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1380 Port of New Orleans PlNew Orleans is world famous for its elaborate Mardi Gras celebrations, drawing people from all over the world who come to enjoy the festivities that consume the city during this time period.
For a glimpse of what's involved behind the scenes in this huge event, visitors can take a Mardi Gras World tour to see working studios. The Blaine Kern Studios is one of the leading producers of floats in the world and is highly involved in the Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans each year.
You can see sculptured props, huge floats, outrageous costumes, and all kinds of figures. This is a great way to gain a good sense of the size, color, and imagination that goes into the floats and the parade. Guided tours are offered regularly each day through the workshops where artists and sculptors work.
Address: 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, Louisiana
In the south part of City Park is the New Orleans Museum of Art, one of the finest of its kind in the South. The museum features an excellent collection of French and American art, as well as African and Japanese pieces.
On site and another of the institutions highlights is the outdoor Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, with more than 60 sculptures, as well as walking paths, lagoons, and mature live oak trees.
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1 Collins Diboll CirIn the south part of City Park is the New Orleans Museum of Art, one of the finest of its kind in the South. The museum features an excellent collection of French and American art, as well as African and Japanese pieces.
On site and another of the institutions highlights is the outdoor Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, with more than 60 sculptures, as well as walking paths, lagoons, and mature live oak trees.
Along the waterfront in downtown New Orleans, within walking distance of the French Quarter, the aquarium focuses on species found in North, Central, and South America. The museum has an impressive collection of over 3,600 animals spread across over 250 species.
Beginning in the north, visitors can learn about creatures that lurk below the surface of the nearby surrounding waters, with exhibits that highlight freshwater fish of the Mississippi River and marine life from the Gulf of Mexico. This includes everything from sharks and stingrays to sea turtles.
The Great Maya Reef can be viewed from a 30-foot-long walk-through tunnel and is designed to look like a sunken Maya city, with fish swimming among the ruins.
The Amazon Rainforest offers a look at the colorful birds, exotic fish, and even the snakes of this region of South America.
Always popular are the sea otters and penguins, as well as the wildlife encounter programs. Available as optional extras are hands-on experiences with the African penguins and a chance to SCUBA dive or snorkel the Great Maya Reef.
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1 Canal StAlong the waterfront in downtown New Orleans, within walking distance of the French Quarter, the aquarium focuses on species found in North, Central, and South America. The museum has an impressive collection of over 3,600 animals spread across over 250 species.
Beginning in the north, visitors can learn about creatures that lurk below the surface of the nearby surrounding waters, with exhibits that highlight freshwater fish of the Mississippi River and marine life from the Gulf of Mexico. This includes everything from sharks and stingrays to sea turtles.
The Great Maya Reef can be viewed from a 30-foot-long walk-through tunnel and is designed to look like a sunken Maya city, with fish swimming among the ruins.
The Amazon Rainforest offers a look at the colorful birds, exotic fish, and even the snakes of this region of South America.
Always popular are the sea otters and penguins, as well as the wildlife encounter programs. Available as optional extras are hands-on experiences with the African penguins and a chance to SCUBA dive or snorkel the Great Maya Reef.
This park was created in 2014, when a formerly derelict area of the city near the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods was targeted for redevelopment.
The park runs along the river; it is 1.4 miles long and is spread out over 20 acres. The main attraction in the park, apart from the pleasant green spaces, is the Piety Street Bridge. This arch spans the railroad tracks and allows access to the waterfront.
Come here if you are in the nearby areas and want to enjoy a bit of a local secret. Looking for the ultimate photo of downtown New Orleans? Snap it from the top of the bridge and catch the curve of the river in the foreground of your shot.
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2300 N Peters StThis park was created in 2014, when a formerly derelict area of the city near the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods was targeted for redevelopment.
The park runs along the river; it is 1.4 miles long and is spread out over 20 acres. The main attraction in the park, apart from the pleasant green spaces, is the Piety Street Bridge. This arch spans the railroad tracks and allows access to the waterfront.
Come here if you are in the nearby areas and want to enjoy a bit of a local secret. Looking for the ultimate photo of downtown New Orleans? Snap it from the top of the bridge and catch the curve of the river in the foreground of your shot.