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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.
On Saturday May 26, 1979, 21-year-old rookie cop Wesley Adams, was critically wounded during a gun battle in the Fischer Projects. According to New Orleans police spokesman, the incident began when four plainclothes Gretna policemen spotted two known drug traffickers leaving a Gretna bar. The detectives including Adams then followed the men by ...
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Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge is the only revolving bar in New Orleans. (For a few decades, there was a rotating cocktail lounge at 2 Canal Street, overlooking the Mississippi River.) The 25-seat carousel bar turns on 2,000 large steel rollers, pulled by a chain powered by a one-quarter horsepower (190 W) motor at a constant ...
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Ferrer's work, and that of his heirs, helped transform New Orleans from a working-class city into a tourist destination. [3] In the 1930s, following the end of Prohibition, bar-restaurants thrived in New Orleans. Many of these, including the Old Absinthe House, developed a following in the LGBT community in that decade. [4]
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] [4]
The southern boundary of the city-regulated Algiers Point Historic District, as defined by the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission, is Newton Street. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Numerous small businesses such as bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and professional services are located here, creating a mixed use neighborhood.