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A kaftan or caftan (/ ˈ k æ f t æ n /; Arabic: قفطان, qafṭān; Persian: خفتان, khaftān; Turkish: kaftan) is a variant of the robe or tunic. Originating in Asia, it has been worn by a number of cultures around the world for thousands of years. In Russian usage, kaftan instead refers to a style of men's long suit with tight sleeves.
When the economy hit the skids in the 1980s with the loss of the oil business, New Orleans East became less affluent. Many residents fled to the North Shore/Slidell area, which wound up with its own mall, (North Shore Square), which had many of the same anchors and mall stores as Lake Forest. Sears was the first large anchor to close at the Plaza.
The Karnofsky family lived upstairs and owned a secondhand store and later a tailor shop on the first floor. [1] The Karnofskys took in a young Louis Armstrong, gave him a job, and encouraged him to become a musician. Later, Morris Karnofsky, Armstrong's boyhood friend, opened Morris Music, the city's first jazz record store.
The cut or shape of the caftan is distinctive to men's coats of the Adygo-Alanic tribes of the central Caucasus, although the style shows influences from Persia, Central Asia, and the nomads of the steppe. [9] The caftan is fitted to the upper body and has a flared skirt attached at the waist.
(The skyscraper is the Place St. Charles office building.) [1] Royal street tiles. The street starts at Canal Street (above Canal Street, the corresponding street is uptown New Orleans' St. Charles Avenue). Royal runs down through the French Quarter, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater, and Lower Ninth Ward neighborhoods to the Jackson Barracks.
New Orleans East (also referred to as Eastern New Orleans, N.O. East and The East) is the eastern section of New Orleans, Louisiana, a large section of the 9th Ward of New Orleans, mostly not developed until the later 20th century. This collection neighborhood sub divisions represents 65% of the city's total land area, but it is geographically ...
Norman's plan of New Orleans & environs, 1845; Exchange Place is marked as number 7. At the time, Canal Street was the dividing line between the French Quarter's Creoles and the Anglo-Americans on the CBD (Central Business District)/ Uptown Side. Peters wanted the exchange to shift more economic activity to the Anglo-American Portion of the city.
Tchoupitoulas Street (/ ˌ tʃ ɒ p ɪ ˈ t uː l ə s / ⓘ CHOP-ih-TOO-ləss) is a street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Running through uptown, it is the through street closest to the Mississippi River. Formerly, the street was heavily devoted to river shipping commerce, but as shipping concerns gravitated to other locations in ...