Wednesday, December 22, 2010
After breakfast we had time to walk a bit more of the French Quarter.
Statue of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, who founded La Nouvelle-Orléans in 1718.
The former apothecary of Louis Dufilho, Jr. is now the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum.
Built as a residence (1795), then converted to the Louisiana Bank in 1805, the first bank in the Louisiana Purchase Territory (note "LB" in the wrought-iron balcony):
Next is Antoine's Restaurant, founded by French-born Antoine Aliatore. His son created Oysters Rockefeller.
Who is Chris Owens?
Interesting building that we thought was the Hermann-Grima House, but turned out to be its museum and shop:
The Hermann-Grima House (1831) is a Colonial structure showing the American impact on New Orleans:
The New Orleans Musical Legends Park, an open-air courtyard contains statues of notable jazz artists.
The National World War II Museum opened in 2000 as the National D-Day Museum.
It is a Smithsonian Institution affiliate. New Orleans was chosen as the museum site to honor Andrew Higgins, a local boatbuilder who developed the amphibious landing craft that was so instrumental during the Normandy Invasion.
The St Charles Avenue streetcar:
Streetcar patrons:
Next: Audubon Zoo.
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