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Very nice thread. I want to see this city so badly.
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Nice, one day I'll get there as well.
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It's a great city.
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Nice! :tup:
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Love love love me some New Orleans
Thanks for these shots... what an awesome city! I love N.O.!!!
I wonder..... with the rebuilt streetcar from Canal Street to the Amtrak station.... is that abandoned skyscraper going to be converted into something???? |
I notice in one of your shots of Bourbon street, there's quite a handful of people on one balcony. Those buildings are quite old so I'd be cautious about adding too much weight on those balconies. I doubt they're strong enough. Or are they reinforced? Hmm.
Beautiful set, I love New Orleans. Such a unique city I'm glad there was enough foresight to keep the old town intact for all of us to enjoy! The crown jewel of the south no doubt. |
Thanks for the kind words guys! I also wondered about the structural integrity about some of these buildings.. But, it was amazing to see so many of them in good shape and still there in general! They must have a serious historic preservation system..
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That's awesome... I was there last week myself. I didn't get a whole lot of photos because the wife had the camera. We took a trip down to the Garden District. Nice houses. http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...psd5db3104.jpg |
Great thread, Ryan! :tup:
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Glad you enjoyed the city, and got a chance to explore much of the CBD, Quarter, and Warehouse District. The Plaza Tower (strange looking box) was bought by a local developer. He is working up a plan to convert to a mix of office and residential. He plans on starting the redevelopment in 2015. The Rault Center (building with no windows) has been vacant since a fire in the 1970's. The building needs to be demolished or redeveloped because it is a major eyesore in the CBD.
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Thanks for the stellar set! The French Quarter is looking splendid as always, but what I really dug was the downtown component of your shots. Here on SSP we seem to get glimpses of the lovely old low rises and the odd shot of a downtown skyscraper, but I haven't noticed a lot of focus on the historic highrises of New Orleans. You seemed to capture the old low rises, the modern skyscrapers, and a touch of everything in between. So many cool eras of architecture to explore.... Thanks again for a brief, but pretty well rounded tour!
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Excellent post! If I'm not mistaken, the building you mentioned in the post that you didn't know what was going on with it was a hotel that I'd stayed in while I was processing into the military in 1982. I don't know what the future plans for this building is, but I had a nice few days there. The food/breakfast buffets were very nice and I had an awesome view of One Shell Square, the building that looks like Denver's Republic Plaza. One Shell Square is still the tallest building in "Nawlins" at 697' (Republic Plaza is 714'). In fact, One Shell Square's companion building is One Shell Plaza in Houston, built around the same time (1971: 1 Shell Plaza -1972: 1 Shell Square) and at that time was the tallest building in Houston, at 714'. That title has long been relinquished to the numerous megaliths that crowd the Houston skyline, most notably, the 1,002' JP Morgan Chase Bank.
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Great photo tour!
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Plenty of other development plans around the new streetcar line, though. |
Great thread.
I have to ask, am I the only one who gets a strange vibe from New Orleans/Louisiana in general? I don't mean in that in a good or bad way, I'm just so fascinated by the aesthetics of the city, geography, and overall feel. It's like nothing else I've ever seen in the US. Even the downtown CBD looks odd to me, as though I have nothing to compare it to. I've always seen Louisiana as some mystical, hot, humid place full of secrets. Maybe I'm just weird. |
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This spring break I'm organizing a trip down to New Orleans (my first time) to see the city's atmosphere in person. |
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random comment: it's always strange to see the deck of a cruise ship slipping past/above the french quarter/bywater past the end of a street.
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