Archive for May, 2009
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. ... |
May 19th, 2009
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor 5/8 Staff photographerThe 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. ... |
May 18th, 2009
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The Scary "Dime Weevel"NumisMaster.com, WIThe 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, ... |
May 17th, 2009
Louisiana Book News: New book showcases architect's workThe Daily Advertiser, LASome 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 ... |
May 16th, 2009
Traffic unaffected by streetcar breakdownThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LAby 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 ... |
May 15th, 2009
A streetcar named nostalgiaChristian Science Monitor, MABut 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 ... |
May 14th, 2009
Stella!- Streetcar Named Desire pulls into Altarena PlayhouseAlameda Sun, CATennessee 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 ... |
May 14th, 2009
New Orleans report pt. 2: Luke, Commander's PalaceCHOWIt 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 ... |