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New Orleans Police Department body camera footage shows officers responding to the scene of a New Year's terrorist attack on Bourbon Street that left 15 dead.
The New Orleans Police Department on Friday released body camera footage of the shootout between three officers and the attacker who rammed his truck into pedestrians on Bourbon Street in the ...
Bourbon Street was a desirable residential area before about 1900. [6] This changed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when the Storyville red-light district was constructed on Basin Street adjacent to the French Quarter. The area became known for prostitution, gambling and vaudeville acts. [10]
In the first hours of the New Year, the French Quarter was packed with those who wanted to be the first to welcome 2025. Drinks flowed freely. Live music played from open bar doors.
[45] [46] Among the website's features was the "Bourbocam", placed in the window of a French Quarter bar to broadcast images of Bourbon Street. During the 1996 Mardi Gras, it was one of the first internet webcams to carry a live news event. [47] In early 1998, that site was superseded by www.nolalive.com, launched by Advance Publications.
[citation needed] The French Quarter is known for its traditional-style hotels, such as the Bourbon Orleans, Hotel Monteleone (family-owned), Royal Sonesta, the Astor, and the Omni Royal Orleans. [citation needed] The Hotel St. Pierre is a small hotel also consisting of historic French Quarter houses, with a courtyard patio. [citation needed]
“I wanted to honor those people and give a little hope back to Bourbon Street and the French Quarter,” said Maria Fields, 30, standing in front of the memorial she helped create.
A picture of the well known Bourbon Street in Downtown New Orleans in 1941. In New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, downtown has historically referred to neighborhoods along the Mississippi River, downriver (roughly northeast) from Canal Street – including the French Quarter, Tremé, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater, the 9th Ward, and other ...