Connected to the French Quarter via the ferry that crosses the Mississippi River and lands at the foot of Canal Street.
Great local music.
Ice cold cheap drinks.
http://www.oldpointbarnola.com/
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Showing posts with label Mississippi River. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
OLD POINT BAR
Connected to the French Quarter via the ferry that crosses the Mississippi River and lands at the foot of Canal Street.
Great local music.
Ice cold cheap drinks.
http://www.oldpointbarnola.com/
Monday, November 21, 2016
CREOLE QUEEN
Photographed on the Mississippi River from Algiers Point, with the New Orleans CBD in the background.
http://www.creolequeen.com/
Sunday, December 7, 2014
CABILDO
LIVING HISTORY ON JACKSON SQUARE
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The Cabildo is a low cost, totally
wheelchair-accessible place to spend an hour out of the broiling New Orleans
sun.
From the Louisiana State Museum website:
“Located next to St. Louis Cathedral and
facing Jackson Square, the Cabildo was built under Spanish rule in 1795-1799
and named after the municipal governing body that was located there.”
“Before the transfer of the building to
the state museum in 1908, the Cabildo served as a city hall, a courthouse and a
prison. The building was designed by Gilberto Guillemard, who also designed St.
Louis Cathedral and the Presbytere but the third story mansard roof with cupola
was not added until 1847, replacing the original flat Spanish roof and
balustrade. On the second floor is the Sala Capitular, or "Meeting
Room", in which much of the official business of the building took place.”
“In 1803, the Cabildo was the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer, the event that acquired the Louisiana Territory for the United States, doubling its land-area. The Cabildo served as New Orleans City Hall until 1853 when it became the headquarters of the Louisiana State Supreme Court and saw the landmark Slaughterhouse and Plessy vs. Ferguson decisions.”
“In 1803, the Cabildo was the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer, the event that acquired the Louisiana Territory for the United States, doubling its land-area. The Cabildo served as New Orleans City Hall until 1853 when it became the headquarters of the Louisiana State Supreme Court and saw the landmark Slaughterhouse and Plessy vs. Ferguson decisions.”
“When the Marquis de Lafayette visited
the Crescent City in 1825, the city allowed him the use of the Sala Capitular
as his residence. In the 1870's, the building came under gunfire on three
separate occasions, all the product of Reconstruction era politics and racial
tension. “
“The building was transferred over to
the Louisiana State Museum in 1908 and has served to educate the public about
Louisiana history since. Unfortunately, in 1988 the Cabildo was severely
damaged by fire. Over the next five years, the landmark was authentically
restored using 600-year-old French timber framing technology. It reopened to
the public in 1994 with a comprehensive exhibit focusing on Louisiana's early
history.”
The Cabildo
is located along Jackson Square, adjacent to St. Louis Cathedral at 701 Chartres St.
Admission $6 Phone 504 568 6968
Tuesday -
Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Closed Monday and state holidays.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/louisiana-state-museum/museum-sites/the-cabildo
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
VETERANS DAY
A VISIT TO THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM IN NEW ORLEANS
Having been born less than two decades since the end of WWII, I grew up with so many war movies and war stories, that the imprint has lived on with me for half a century -- even though I personally never went through and air raid drill, rationing or loss of a loved one.
I certainly remember many of my school teachers in NE Ohio being WWII vets.
One whacky science teacher always said the other equally eccentric science teacher across the hall suffered from the effects of war.
We always thought teacher one was telling tales about teacher two.
Until one set up a chemistry experiment that went wrong with a minor explosion that sounded like a gun shot.
Rather than racing to our lab to check for injuries, teacher two was found cowering behind his desk.
And he made it home.
My dad, turning 80 next year, is a Korean War Vet.
Though proud of his service, he rarely told stories of his military service -- miffed that he already had a good full-time job when he was drafted and sent thousands of miles from his young wife.
He showed some old 8mm films from his base, but otherwise complained that he had to delay starting a family nearly five years because of his time in the army.
Exactly one month before Veterans Day 2014, my wife and I visited the National World War 2 Museum in New Orleans.
It is super wheelchair-accessible, which is a good thing to report.
We didn't see the films -- an additional cost and stuck in the main building.
The displays, including propaganda, of the European and Pacific Theater were the most impressive.
The enormity of a worldwide conflict is a sobering history lesson.
Our visit started with the completely barrier-free Train Car Experience, a new permanent exhibit that opened Veterans Day 2013.
The exibit recreates the sights and sounds experienced by those going off to war.
A 26-passenger replica 1940s Pullman sleeper car, along with news broadcasts, film clips and Big Band music from the era, gives visitors a sense of what it was like to leave home for basic training, and ultimately, deployment.
Servicemen and women took an estimated 44 million U.S. train rides between 1941 and 1945.
Museum admission $23 ($14 for active military and free for WWII vets)
945 Magazine St, New Orleans, open seven days a week, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Having been born less than two decades since the end of WWII, I grew up with so many war movies and war stories, that the imprint has lived on with me for half a century -- even though I personally never went through and air raid drill, rationing or loss of a loved one.
I certainly remember many of my school teachers in NE Ohio being WWII vets.
One whacky science teacher always said the other equally eccentric science teacher across the hall suffered from the effects of war.
We always thought teacher one was telling tales about teacher two.
Until one set up a chemistry experiment that went wrong with a minor explosion that sounded like a gun shot.
Rather than racing to our lab to check for injuries, teacher two was found cowering behind his desk.
And he made it home.
My dad, turning 80 next year, is a Korean War Vet.
Though proud of his service, he rarely told stories of his military service -- miffed that he already had a good full-time job when he was drafted and sent thousands of miles from his young wife.
He showed some old 8mm films from his base, but otherwise complained that he had to delay starting a family nearly five years because of his time in the army.
Exactly one month before Veterans Day 2014, my wife and I visited the National World War 2 Museum in New Orleans.
It is super wheelchair-accessible, which is a good thing to report.
We didn't see the films -- an additional cost and stuck in the main building.
The displays, including propaganda, of the European and Pacific Theater were the most impressive.
The enormity of a worldwide conflict is a sobering history lesson.
Our visit started with the completely barrier-free Train Car Experience, a new permanent exhibit that opened Veterans Day 2013.
The exibit recreates the sights and sounds experienced by those going off to war.
A 26-passenger replica 1940s Pullman sleeper car, along with news broadcasts, film clips and Big Band music from the era, gives visitors a sense of what it was like to leave home for basic training, and ultimately, deployment.
Servicemen and women took an estimated 44 million U.S. train rides between 1941 and 1945.
Museum admission $23 ($14 for active military and free for WWII vets)
945 Magazine St, New Orleans, open seven days a week, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
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