Southeastern New Orleans. As of 2010, the Superdome is still being rebuilt from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but that pales in comparison to the lack of progress made in the northeastern wards. The other photos are St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and the Robert E. Lee Monument.


The New Orleans World Trade Center, 743 Camp St. (originally built by Lighthouse for the Blind, hence the obvious shape), and a former Whitney Bank location. The lighthouse is interesting, but there are more details of the bank exterior:


See? Also interesting.


Sights of lower Canal St.


Remnants of buildings past, entering the French Quarter.


The Bank of Louisiana at 334 Royal St., constructed in 1826, and the more recent Hotel Monteleone (with closeup).


The New Orleans Court Building, which took over the Louisiana Supreme Court from the Cabildo in 1910. The state seal does indeed have a pelican on it.


Rue Conti (Conti St., but all street names are bilingual in the French Quarter) from Burgundy St. to Basin St., where there is a statue of Benito Juarez for some reason, then on deep into the French Quarter. Is Benito in the Spanish Twelfth?


A newish statue to Jean de Bienville, founder of New Orleans. The font is simplistic, the year is wrong (almost all sources give 1718), and the Native American is done crudely and without care. Honestly, here you have the proud European explorer standing triumphantly over a saddened native. By the time this statue was commissioned (must be well into the 20th century), the sculptor and city ought to have had a heart.


The French Quarter runs right into downtown with little transition. Here are some photos of colorful houses and iconic wrought iron railings, balustrades, canopies, and other trimmings.


The streets are always alive at night, but a long exposure accidentally killed the people. As ghostly images fade in the luminescence, a unicycle stands up by itself near a group of doppelgängers.


Scenes from Royal St. and Arnaud's on Bienville St. I like the tiles, but I love the horse heads.


Due to the little bit of history on the plaque, the Nicolas Girod House is also known as the Napoleon House. The refuge must have been offered quite early, as Napoleon was taken ill early in 1821 and died in May of that year.


One of the most famous and expensive places in the French Quarter, at least compared to what you get for your money (since there are plenty of fancy restaurants). Preservation Hall offers live jazz, but so does everyone else. Jazz's heyday passed many decades ago, so even if the equivalent of a Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington came here, the event would not be significant. Well-known musicians like Wynton Marsalis may come to any number of places instead of this, and the quality of music on any given night is by no means superior. Still, the name has a legacy, so it's worth walking by the entrance. Just taking a photo inside will cost you, though. Capitalism has ruined this once-great landmark.

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