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New Orleans is full of incredible music everywhere you turn, but Preservation Hall on St. Peter's St. in the French Quarter is the cornerstone of New Orleans jazz and a must-visit for everyone ...
Algiers (/ æ l ˈ dʒ ɪər z /) is a historic neighborhood of New Orleans and is the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Algiers is known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. [1] It was once home to many jazz musicians [2] [3] and is also the second oldest neighborhood in the city. [4]
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
The Loyola-Riverfront Streetcar Line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana.It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). Utilizing trackage from the Rampart–Loyola Streetcar Line, Canal Streetcar Line, and Riverfront Streetcar Line, it runs for a total length of 2.4 miles (3.9 km).
Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children and Other Streets of New Orleans, 3rd Edition. Touchstone. {}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ISBN 0-684-84570-9; Elaine Lacoste (1997). Street Names & Picayune Histories of New Orleans. Ho'olauna Hawaii, Ltd. ISBN 0-9656409-0-6
The southern boundary of the city-regulated Algiers Point Historic District, as defined by the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission, is Newton Street. [ 9 ] Some of the houses and other structures in Algiers Point predate the American Civil War , but most were built in the period immediately after a catastrophic 1895 fire which ...
DeGaulle Manor was a low-income public housing complex in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. [2] The apartment complex was known for crime and was one of the oldest and most troubled apartment complexes in the city before being shut down in 2012.
Little Woods (French: La Petite Bois) was historically an unincorporated community on the shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain. The name in French, "La Petite Bois" or The Little Woods can be found on the 1883 Lafon-Alphonse Michoud Map drafted by civil-engineer George N. Grandjean. [3] "Little Woods", as a place designation that continues in local use.