[xzmattzx]

The French Quarter, or Vieux Carre ("old square" in French), is the original townsite of La Nouvelle Orleans. The 6x11-block grid was laid out in around 1721 by Adrien de Pauger. The French Quarter and New Orleans remained French territory until 1762, when the Spanish gained control due to Louis XV ceding the land to his cousin, Carlos III of Spain. Most buildings in the French Quarter date back to Spanish colonial times, mainly because of fires in 1788 and 1794 that burned down almost all of the French architecture. The Spanish enforced a fire code that encouraged stucco, which resulted in the painting of stucco into pastel colors that are familiar today. The wrought iron and cast iron balconies and galleries complimented the pastel colors.


Restaurants on Chartres Street.

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Businesses on Iberville Street at Chartres Street.

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Businesses and apartments on Chartres Street.

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Buildings at Bienville & Chartres Streets.

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Buildings on Chartres Street.

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An old house at Chartres & Conti Streets.

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Buildings on Conti Street near Exchange Place.

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Exchange Place, an old pedestrian street that used to be a marketplace. Exchange Place was named after the City Exchange, which was New Orleans' major auction market.

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Buildings on Royal Street.

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Bars on Bourbon Street.

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An old house on Dauphine Street at Conti Street.

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The Famous Door nightclub, on Conti Street at Bourbon Street. The jazz club was founded in 1935.

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Bars and strip clubs on Bourbon Street.

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Businesses on Bourbon Street.

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Buildings on Toulouse Street.

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Bars on Bourbon Street.

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A bar at Bourbon & St. Peter Streets.

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The Bourbon Orleans Hotel, on Bourbon Street at Orleans Street. The hotel used to be the site of the Salle D'Orleans, also known as the Quadroon Ballroom. The ballroom was where White men courted Quadroon women.

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Looking up Orleans Street from Bourbon Street.

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A building at Bourbon & St. Ann Streets.

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Looking down St. Ann Street towards Royal Street, with the Bourbon Orleans Hotel on the right.

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Looking down Orleans Street from Bourbon Street at the St. Louis Cathedral, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.

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Looking west up Bourbon Street from St. Peter Street.

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A restaurant on Bourbon Street.

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Looking south down Bourbon Street towards Canal Street and the Hibernia Bank Building.

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The Inn on Bourbon, a Ramada hotel. The site used to be the location of the French Opera House, built in 1859 when the French-speaking Creole population was beginning to decline. The current structure was built in the 1960s in the Vieux Carre Revival style.

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Bars on Bourbon Street.

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The former Bank of Louisiana building, on Conti Street across from the Civil Courts Building. The structure was built in 1826.

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Buildings on Chartres Street.

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Businesses on Chartres Street.

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Businesses on Bourbon Street, including Galatoire's Restaurant. Galatoire's was started by Jean Galatoire in 1897. After purchasing Victor's restaurant from Victor Bero, patrons began calling the restaurant "Galatoire's", and the name became official in 1905.

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Buildings on Bienville Avenue.

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Businesses on Bourbon Street.

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The Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street.

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The Old Absinthe House, built in 1806, at Bourbon & Bienville Streets. The fanlight windows were once part of an entresol, a middle floor that was used in Spanish-colonial buildings as a storage space. The entresol was removed to provide a higher ceiling for the ground floor of Fat Catz, the bar that occupies the building.

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Bars on Bourbon Street, with the Astor Crowne Plaza on Canal Street in the background.

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[ColDayMan]

Awesome!

[daithi]

Great tour! Nice work!:tup: No no place like it. Shrimp po-boys, crawfish cake, muffalettas, boudin sausage, Abita beer, Purple Haze beer, banana steak at Brennan's, hurricanes from Pat O's, jazz, street cars and lucky dogs when you're drunk! Boy do I miss New Orleans!:drunk:

[ChrisLA]

Thanks for sharing, these are some cool photos. I'm a bit surprise to see people with jackets on because I was under the impression its usually warm most of the time.

I might just have to make it a priority to visit New Orleans soon. :tup:

[alon504]

Thanks for sharing, these are some cool photos. I'm a bit surprise to see people with jackets on because I was under the impression its usually warm most of the time.

I might just have to make it a priority to visit New Orleans soon. :tup:

It's not warm in the Winter...this thread has photos around Christmas. You want warm at Christmas, you need to head to Miami. Check out Christmas, 2004 in New Orleans:

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[10101000]

It's not warm in the Winter...this thread has photos around Christmas. You want warm at Christmas, you need to head to Miami. Check out Christmas, 2004 in New Orleans:

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I remember that! I was shocked! It snowed in Mob Town as well.

[Top Of The Park]

fantastique

[peanut gallery]

Great stuff! Can't wait for my next opportunity to go to New Orleans.

[BTinSF]

Lots of familiar stuff there. What you identify as "a building at Bourbon and St. Ann Sts." is the Bourbon Pub/Parade Disco, probably New Orleans's best known gay bar/disco. On weekends it's a scene as is the similar establishment just across Bourbon St. St. Ann is the defacto dividing line between the straight, raunchy upriver end of Bourbon St and the much quieter, gayer and more residential downriver end--and the Bourbon Pub is like the gatehouse.

I've also stayed at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel which you photographed though it's not my favorite.

When I'm in NOLA, Galatoire's, also photographed, is a required stop--on Sunday evening if I can manage it. Galatoire's is probably the best of the old haute Creole trinity (along with Antoine's and Arnaud's) and on Sunday evening is itself a "scene" for old New Orleans society. The waiters have all been there for decades and each family has its own who seats them and takes care of them at the table where they eat every week.

As excellent as some of the food at Galatoire's is, though, I think the best meal I've ever had in NOLA was outside the quarter at Herbsaint--braised pork belly with sweet potatoes. Mmmmmm!

[Lakelander]

Great shots.

[denveraztec]

Love seeing the streets in the Quarter!! Thank you.

[Buckeye Native 001]

I'm glad you balanced out that pic with the LSU Tigers flag with this:

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Great pictures of the French Quarter :tup:

[theWatusi]

Great pics.

I went to Mardi Gras twice and what a wild time that was. And I mean WILD!;)

[BTinSF]

Thanks for sharing, these are some cool photos. I'm a bit surprise to see people with jackets on because I was under the impression its usually warm most of the time.



A couple of years ago when I was there in January I had to go to a Banana Republic after Christmas sale and buy some gloves it was so cold. The next year--same time--it was sweaty hot. You never know.