New Orleans: CBD and French Quarter (Serious 56K Warning)

NCB · #1 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 10:42 PM**

I brought my camera into the city last weekend for the French Quarter Fest, and came back with quite a few photos from around the Quarter and the CBD. Hope you enjoy!

The first photos were taken in the CBD, from there we'll go throughout the Quarter, back through the CBD, and eventually down to the riverfront.

And now for the photos(it may take awhile to load)...

Some of the major hotels between the lower portions of Canal and Poydras

Downtown Density

Waldenberg Riverfront Park

Vieux Carre

Shops at Canal Place, an upscale downtown mall

One Canal Place

And now into the Quarter...

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founder of New Orleans

Shops along Decatur Street

Louisiana Supreme Court

Looking back down Chartres Street

Looking up Chartres

Chartres in front of the Saint Louis Cathedral

Art along the Jackson Square fence

Anti-fence jumping mechanism :lol:

Lafitte's Blacksmith Bar, built in 1772

Bourbon Street

New Orleans Musical Legends Park

And now we cross Canal Street into the CBD...

The Ritz-Carlton on Canal

Saint Charles Avenue

One Shell Square, the tallest building in Louisiana(will be topped by Trump N.O. in a few years)

Hyatt Regency, still being repaired and bares scars of Katrina's winds

First Bank and Trust Tower

Palm-lined sidewalk beside Harrah's Casino on Poydras Street

And finally, the riverfront...

That's it! Sorry about the large amount of photos, but I hope you enjoyed them!

DenverDane · #2 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 11:01 PM**

Beautiful and very colorful pictures! Great job! It's been a long time since I've been down there. It looks like it's recovering well.

FREKI · #3 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 11:26 PM**

Nice pics!

Boris · #4 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 11:35 PM**

Beautiful photography.

chris · #5 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 11:38 PM**

WOW N.O. looks really pretty. I hope they're recovering nicely from Hurricane Katrina.

Sacto · #6 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 11:40 PM**

Great photos!

Evergrey · #7 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 11:52 PM**

fantastic photos of a fascinating city

landofoz · #8 Posted **Apr 23, 2007, 12:06 AM**

thanks for the memories! I'm a southern transplant from NO...now living in Boston... ho hum, yawn.....B-O-R-I-N-G! Brings back lots of memories, ones that I would never get away with in the "Puritan State that is Massachusetts"!! Lived there for 12 years, uptown. Good to see that parts of the city (FQ) are still thriving. The city has the most character of any I've ever lived in in the US.
thanks!!

alon504 · #9 Posted **Apr 23, 2007, 1:40 AM**

Nice job....you show it like it is...I see it daily.

LouisianaRush · #10 Posted **Apr 24, 2007, 12:30 AM**

Great job man. Makes me home sick.

Xing · #11 Posted **Apr 24, 2007, 12:50 AM**

God damn mangs. New Orleans... I hope to god the city comes back, and surpasses where it was before that fucking Hurricane.

alon504 · #12 Posted **Apr 24, 2007, 12:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dick

God damn mangs. New Orleans... I hope to god the city comes back, and surpasses where it was before that fucking Hurricane.

It is...I'm watching it...but, as the saying goes down here..."Katrina has taught me patience." We all feel this way. The rest of the country needs to have patience. We are in virgin territory. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't recall ever hearing about 250,000 urban homes being flooded to the ceiling. It takes time to clean this crap up, but we are making serious headway. I'm dead serious. Come check it out. I just moved into a recovery area (Mid-City) and I love it. Everybody is coming back in this neighborhood. I saw 4 U-Hauls just on my street this past Saturday. They are moving in now....