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500 St. Ann St. and 500 St. Peter St. 29°57′27″N 90°03′46″W / 29.9575°N 90.062778°W / 29.9575; -90.062778 ( Pontalba Buildings c. 1850 matching townhouse buildings with first-floor retail shops; on either side of Jackson Square , constructed by New Orleans native Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba
The audiences of the Drawing Room Players grew, and the founders rented space on the second floor of 503 St. Ann in the lower Pontalba Buildings, for $17.50 per month. Irish playwright Lord Dunsany, visiting the city, formally launched the new playhouse. In 1922, the theatre bought the property for its present location at the corner of St ...
Entrance to Pat O'Brien's on St. Peter Street. Pat O'Brien's Bar is a bar located in New Orleans, Louisiana that began operation as a legal liquor establishment on December 3, 1933, at the intersection of Royal and St. Peter streets in the French Quarter. [1]
For a long time, Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre was the only theater in New Orleans. However, in the face of competition from newer, larger theaters - Théâtre de Saint Philippe (1808) and later the Théâtre d'Orléans - the Theatre of St. Peter Street again went out of business, the building being auctioned off in 1810.
The Preservation Hall Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization primarily dedicated to Preservation Hall's educational initiatives, including but not limited to providing private lessons to youth taught by New Orleans jazz musicians, coordinating group lessons with the Preservation Hall Junior Jazz Band, presenting workshops during Preservation Hall Jazz Band tours, or maintenance of the ever ...
The suspect in the New Orleans attack that killed 14 people on New Year's Day is believed to have acted alone in a "premeditated and evil act," the FBI has said. The latest information is counter ...
Superintendent of Police for the New Orleans Police Department Anne Kirkpatrick makes a statement after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans’ Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025.
The building fronting Rue St. Peter, upriver from Jackson Square, is the upper Pontalba. The building on the other side, fronting Rue St. Ann, is the lower Pontalba Building. Baroness Pontalba died in France in 1874, and the Pontalba family retained ownership of the buildings until the 1920s; but they did not take an interest in the townhouses ...