M.S. Rau Antiques Celebrates Its Cenntennial in March 2012 as One of the Country's Oldest & Largest Antiques, Fine …
New Orleans, LA — Bill Rau, third generation owner of M.S. Rau Antiques and Fine Arts in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, started 2012 thinking ahead to the next one hundred years that his …
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M.S. Rau Antiques Celebrates Its Cenntennial in March 2012 as One of the Country's Oldest & Largest Antiques, Fine …
New Orleans permit ‘one-stop shop’ plans are still just that
It’s been three months since Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin announced plans to move the Vieux Carre Commission and Historic District Landmarks Commission staffs into the same space as the City Planning Commission.
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New Orleans permit ‘one-stop shop’ plans are still just that
Southeastern Author Writes Novel Based at the Battle of New Orleans
A Southeastern Louisiana University police investigator has released an hisotrical novel of love and war based at the historic Battle of New Orleans. “Battle Kiss” incorporates three points of view from American, British and Creole angles.
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Southeastern Author Writes Novel Based at the Battle of New Orleans
Ogden Museum of Southern Art announces new Director William Pittman Andrews
The 41-year-old native of Starkville, Miss., has been the director of the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses since 2009. NEW ORLEANS, LA.-
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Ogden Museum of Southern Art announces new Director William Pittman Andrews
New Orleans officials, French Quarter groups work to wipe out graffiti in an effort to wipe out crime
French Quarter property owners, police and other agencies have launched a coordinated crackdown on the ubiquitous graffiti that mars walls, balcony posts and other surfaces — not merely to improve the looks of the historic Quarter but to prevent more serious crimes.
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New Orleans officials, French Quarter groups work to wipe out graffiti in an effort to wipe out crime
2 dead, others injured in New Orleans shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans police are investigating two early morning fatal shootings, one in the French Quarter and the other on the edge of the historic district.
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2 dead, others injured in New Orleans shootings
New Orleans Hotel Temporarily Loses Water
It was a busy weekend for tourism in New Orleans, but guests at the historic Cotton Exchange Hotel in the 200 block of Carondelet Street said their stay turned into a nightmare.
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New Orleans Hotel Temporarily Loses Water
Historic Gretna street basks in the spotlight
THE NEIGHBORHOOD: The Gretna Historic District in Jefferson Parish, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and roughly bounded by First Street on the north, Ninth Street on the south, Amelia Street on the east and Dolhonde Street on the west.
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Archbishop Hannan, paratroop chaplain and Kennedy counselor, dies at 98
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans, a World War II paratroop chaplain who befriended and secretly counseled John F. Kennedy during and after his historic run for the White House as the first U.S. Catholic president, died Sept. 29 at age 98.
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Archbishop Hannan, paratroop chaplain and Kennedy counselor, dies at 98
Exhibition Celebrates LA Bicentennial
New Orleans – The Historic New Orleans Collection is celebrating the Louisiana’s upcoming bicentennial with a special exhibition.
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Exhibition Celebrates LA Bicentennial
