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  2. New Orleans in fiction - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans is also mentioned in the episodes "Equilibrium", "Explorers", "Family Business" and "What You Leave Behind". The New Orleans class starship is named for the city. The Curb Your Enthusiasm character Leon Black was a native resident of New Orleans before moving in with Larry David after Katrina.

  3. 9th Ward of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 30.047°N 89.885°W. Map of ward boundary. The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans, Louisiana, which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city. It is geographically the largest of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. On the south, the Ninth Ward is bounded by the Mississippi River.

  4. Downtown New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, much of New Orleans' downtown (downriver from Canal Street) was still predominantly Francophone. Downtown hosted the city's French-speaking Creole communities. There was a traditional rivalry with the predominantly Anglophone uptown New Orleans on the other side of Canal Street. The broad median of Canal Street became known ...

  5. Uptown New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Uptown is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, encompassing a number of neighborhoods (including the similarly-named and smaller Uptown area) between the French Quarter and the Jefferson Parish line. It remains an area of mixed residential and small commercial properties, with a wealth ...

  6. 8th Ward of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The 8th Ward is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is one of the Downtown Wards of New Orleans, [ 1] with a Creole history. The 8th Ward is a narrow strip stretching from the Mississippi River on the south to Lake Pontchartrain in the north. East, or "down," is the 9th Ward, the boundary being Franklin Avenue, Almonaster Avenue, then ...

  7. List of tallest buildings in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Notes. 1. Hancock Whitney Center. 697 (212) 51. 1972. Has been the tallest building in New Orleans and Louisiana since 1972; tallest building in the Southeastern United States at the time of its completion; first Southeastern skyscraper to rise higher than 656 feet (200 m); tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s. [ 2][ 13] 2.

  8. Buildings and architecture of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The buildings and architecture of New Orleans reflect its history and multicultural heritage, from Creole cottages to historic mansions on St. Charles Avenue, from the balconies of the French Quarter to an Egyptian Revival U.S. Customs building and a rare example of a Moorish revival church. The city has fine examples of almost every ...

  9. New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal ( NOUPT) is an intermodal facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Located at 1001 Loyola Avenue, it is served by Amtrak, Greyhound Lines, Megabus, and NORTA with direct connections to the Rampart–St. Claude Streetcar Line . The station is the major southern terminus hub for Amtrak ...