6th-largest urban public park in the US, approx. 50% larger than Central Park in NYC. Holds the world's largest collection of mature live oak trees. Founded in 1853, one of the oldest parks in the US.
Established 1911 as Issac Delgado Museum of Art. Noted collection of works including Degas, Monet, Renoir, Picasso, Matisse, Pissarro, Rodin, Gauguin, Braque, Dufy, Miró, Pollock, Cassatt, O'Keeffe
Discovered by the French as early as 1690. Fort St. Jean ("Old Spanish Fort") was built on the bayou at Lake Ponchartrain in 1701.
Originally Plantation of Jean Etienne de Boré, first mayor of N.O. (1803). Here Boré granulated sugar for the first time in the Louisiana Territory in 1795. Purchased for use as park in 1871.
Notably stayed open continuously during and after Hurricane Katrina, one of the few establishments in the entire city to do so. Get a frozen Irish coffee!
The bar began as a speakeasy during Prohibition, requiring a password to enter. It became a legitimate establishment in 1933, and moved to its present location in 1942.
A New Orleans institution. Established in 1905 as a small ice cream stand in the French Quarter on Decatur by A. Brocato, an immigrant from Sicily. Its present location has existed since 1978.
Named for Thomas Banks, a real estate speculator who helped survey and plan the streets in the American sector in 1855. Picayune Place in the CBD was originally named Banks Place for this same person.
The Ferry has been in regular service since 1827, connecting the foot of Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans with Algiers on the West Bank.
The park was created in the late 80s/early 90s on land that had been old wharves and warehouses along the riverfront. It is named after philanthropist Malcolm Woldenberg who helped fund its creation.
A gift from the people of France, Charles de Gaulle presented the statue of Joan of Arc to the city in 1959: an exact replica of original 1874 Frémiet statue located at Place des Pyramides in Paris.
Pedestal in this microscopic park was originally part of the 1884 World's Cotton Exhibition in Audubon Park. The statue is Clio, muse of history. Named for N.O. historian Charles Gayarré (1805-1895).
