Archive for May, 2009

New edition of 'New Orleans City Guide' practical guide for the … – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

May 20th, 2009

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

New edition of 'New Orleans City Guide' practical guide for the ...
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
What: Lawrence N. Powell discusses the 'New Orleans City Guide 1938'; publisher GK Darby also appears. That new cover is illustrated by the image of a transportation worker tending a streetcar, a perfect reflection of a working New Orleanian, ...

New Orleans asks: What recession? – Chicago Sun-Times

May 19th, 2009

New Orleans asks: What recession?
Chicago Sun-Times, United States
“It's hard to believe, but New Orleans has become a legitimate city,” he says, riding the St. Charles Streetcar line to a promising follow-up interview. “It's got jobs, great culture, history, and it'sa city where people walk, which I like. ...

Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor 5/8 Staff photographer – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

May 19th, 2009

Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor 5/8 Staff photographer
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
''It's hard to believe, but New Orleans has become a legitimate city," he says, riding the St. Charles Streetcar line to a promising follow-up interview. "It's got jobs, great culture, history, and it's a city where people walk, which I like. ...

The Scary "Dime Weevel" – NumisMaster.com

May 18th, 2009

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The Scary "Dime Weevel"
NumisMaster.com, WI
The New Orleans Mint had suspended all coinage in 1909, but millions of dimes were still in circulation with the "O" mintmark. The 40-cent Ford was just a myth, but it sure stirred interest in Barber dimes. Today many of them are inexpensive, ...

A Heathen's Paradise: an analysis of power, desire, and sex in A … – Creative Loafing Tampa

May 17th, 2009

A Heathen's Paradise: an analysis of power, desire, and sex in A ...
Creative Loafing Tampa, FL
However, not until Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire premiered in 1947 had the physical act of sex been so explicitly depicted on stage as a source of power and dominance. In Streetcar, the New Orleans street, Elysian Fields, ...

Louisiana Book News: New book showcases architect's work – The Daily Advertiser

May 17th, 2009

Louisiana Book News: New book showcases architect's work
The Daily Advertiser, LA
Some of the most famous icons of New Orleans were created by architect Arthur Q. Davis who, throughout his career, worked with several of the city's most noted architecture firms. The Milton K. Latter Library, the Superdome, the Hyatt Regency and the ...

Traffic unaffected by streetcar breakdown – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

May 16th, 2009

Traffic unaffected by streetcar breakdown
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
by The Times-Picayune A stalled streetcar near Lee Circle in downtown New Orleans was not hit by lightning but sustained a mechanical malfunction, a Regional Transit Authority spokeswoman said. No one was injured when the streetcar ground to a halt ...

A streetcar named nostalgia – Christian Science Monitor

May 15th, 2009

A streetcar named nostalgia
Christian Science Monitor, MA
But today, if not for hurricane Katrina's wallop, the New Orleans' streetcar system would be the oldest continuously operated streetcar system in the world. For many New Orleanians, the future of the city lies in its past – half a century before the ...

Stella!- Streetcar Named Desire pulls into Altarena Playhouse – Alameda Sun

May 14th, 2009

Stella!- Streetcar Named Desire pulls into Altarena Playhouse
Alameda Sun, CA
Tennessee Williams' iconic play, A Streetcar Named Desire, set in the sweaty backstreets of New Orleans' French Quarter, is an exercise in primal, sexual and emotional tension. Director Sue Trigg brings this show to the Altarena Playhouse under the ...

New Orleans report pt. 2: Luke, Commander's Palace – CHOW

May 14th, 2009

New Orleans report pt. 2: Luke, Commander's Palace
CHOW
It has an eerie chewyness throughout---instead of the alternating crunch and fluff that makes New Orleans bread so wild. The atmosphere (lacking by our already ridiculously high New Orleans standards) and the shockingly bad way of attempting to ...

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