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African-American Influences In New Orleans - New Orleans is known for its rich French and Spanish culture, but as many locals can tell you, the city’s African American culture is just as rich and equally significant. The majority of the city’s half-a-million residents is of African American descent and represents some of the most unique qualities of the city. Read more...
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The Arts and New Orleans Neighborhoods - The New Orleans arts scene has become one of the most vital and innovative in the nation. It is here that monthly art openings became public celebrations attracting thousands, a pattern now repeated in dozens of urban centers around the country. Read more...
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Living In New Orleans - When New Orleanians go home after a long day at the office, their sanctuary is enriched with the warm embrace of history. Maybe they will have driven out of the Central Business District past the Garden District’s Victorian mansions; hugging the streetcar tracks where those who have knocked off earlier strut or jog, into the shady neighborhoods of Uptown, and then away from the massive, ever-flowing Mississippi River and its barges onto Carrollton Avenue, passing restaurants they remember patronizing as children. Read more...
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Products in New Orleans - Products that come from Louisiana are desirable all over the world because they have a special personality. Louisianans live to eat, so it is no surprise that the majority of products made here for export are food related. Our products are found in grocery stores and specialty markets all around the country and the world, including beer, tea, coffee, rice, hundreds of spice blends and condiments—even potato chips. Read more...
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Literary New Orleans - Visitors leave New Orleans believing they could write a book - if they had the time. If New Orleans gives anything, it gives time. In another place, it’s easier to forget that the strength of a story is the author’s ability to admit ignorance; to see the author relaxing into the certainty that we are all unique, but part of a common search. New Orleans reminds us we cannot know it all. Ply timeless plot with a city of the same quality, and you have a New Orleans story. As averse as literature is to trends, New Orleans is more so. Time stands still. Creation happens here. Read more...
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Streetcars in New Orleans: A Ride Into the Past - For more than 200 years, Canal Street has been a vital thoroughfare for New Orleans transit. Mule-drawn carriages served as the first public transit along Canal Street in the 1860s, with electric streetcars dominating the line by the 1890s. By 1910, streetcars were running the length of Canal Street and beyond into growing suburbs. But as the years went on, buses slowly replaced streetcars on the Canal line, and in May 1964, streetcars were completely removed from Canal Street. Read more...
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Background Rhythms: History of Music in the Big Easy - West Indian slaves of African descent were the touch point of New Orleans music. On Sunday afternoons, slaves gathered in Congo Square (now part of Louis Armstrong Park on Rampart), where they performed tribal dances and chants with stirring rhythms to African percussions. Thousands gathered to watch the spectacles. Read more...
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