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  2. Albania Plantation House - Wikipedia

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    Albania Plantation is a plantation house located on the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana right outside of the town of Jeanerette, Louisiana.The home was built between 1837 and 1842 by Charles Alexandre Grevemberg, who operated a successful sugar plantation based on slave labor on the surrounding 6,500 acres (2,600 ha).

  3. Madewood Plantation House - Wikipedia

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    The Madewood Plantation House is located on the northern bank of Bayou Lafourche, on manicured grounds separated from the bayou by Highway 308.It is a two-story 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m 2) masonry, built with massive brick walls that have been finished with stucco scored to resemble stone blocks.

  4. Tipitina's - Wikipedia

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    Tipitina's stands as one of the best-known clubs in New Orleans. The building itself was constructed in 1912, and prior to becoming Tipitina's, it served as a gambling house, gymnasium, and brothel. [2] In the early years, it had a juice bar, restaurant, and a bar. The only remnant of the juice bar is the banana in Tipitina's logo. [1]

  5. List of restaurant chains in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Operates as BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, BJ's Grill, and BJ's Pizza & Grill. Black Bear Diner: Mount Shasta, California: 1995 Redding, California: 144 West Bob Evans Restaurant: Gallipolis, Ohio: 1948 New Albany, Ohio: 440 Mid-Atlantic, Midwest Boomarang Diner: Muskogee, Oklahoma: 1998 Shawnee, Oklahoma: 55 Oklahoma ...

  6. Historic districts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Old City Historic District in Philadelphia Historic districts in the United States are designated historic districts recognizing a group of buildings, archaeological resources, or other properties as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects, and sites within a historic district are normally divided into two categories, contributing and non-contributing ...

  7. Algiers, New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    [15] [16] Throughout the 1990s, homicides were the only violent crime that remained high in the district, reaching 29 in 1995 which was a slight decrease from 1991. [17] In 2015, the district tallied 25 homicides, 26 in 2021. In 2022, the district was second in homicides behind Eastern New Orleans, with 38 homicides. [18]

  8. Myrtles Plantation - Wikipedia

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    In the mid-1850s, the one-and-a-half-story house was extended south, almost doubling its size, and increased to nine bays including a new double door entrance. The entry doors are surrounded with a transom and sidelights, showcasing original hand-painted stained glass, etched and patterned after the French cross to allegedly ward off evil.

  9. Calliope Projects - Wikipedia

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    The B. W. Cooper Public Housing Development, also known as The Calliope Projects, was a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans and one of the housing projects of New Orleans. This project of New Orleans gained notoriety for its extremely high violent crime rate. It was demolished in 2014 and replaced with newer, mixed-income apartment buildings.