Tuesday, February 24, 2009

New Orleans

New Orleans Map
Katrina Damage Map

Nostalgia: from Greek nostos - return home. A wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition.

French establish New Orleans 1718
Bourbon Street/French Quarter (est. 1720s)
1803 Louisiana Purchase
Creoles
Congo Square (1817)
French Opera House (1859)
Storyville (1897-1917)
Ragtime (1890s)
Jazz (1910s)
French Quarter nightclubs (1925)
French Quarter strip clubs open (1960s)

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