HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Photography Forums > My City Photos


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #1  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2020, 5:15 AM
plinko's Avatar
plinko plinko is offline
them bones
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Santa Barbara adjacent
Posts: 7,388
Thumbs up The City of Yes! Yes! Oh God! Yes! (NOLA)

If you cannot have fun in New Orleans, you cannot have fun anywhere. I took my wife to New Orleans last year for Valentine's Day. Neither of us had been there before, and unbeknownst to us, Mardi Gras actually begins in January so we ended up with much more craziness than either of us expected.

New Orleans I must say is quite unlike any other US city I've been to (I've been to nearly all the major ones). It's wonderful, vibrant, colorful, very rough around the edges, and just flat out fascinating. And the people watching is made so much more fun with a to go cup.


190214-0216 NOLA 001
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 003
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 012
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 018
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 024
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 028
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 030
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 038
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 041
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 051
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 065
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 068
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 069
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 071
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 079
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 082
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 094
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 098
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 105
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 106
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 131
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 134
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 145
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 146
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 152
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 153
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 155
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 156
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 159
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 168
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 169
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 171
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 172
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 173
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 176
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 182
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 186
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 187
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 194
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 197
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 199
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 201
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 204
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 207
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 211
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 216
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 219
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 223
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 224
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 228
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 230
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 239
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 241
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 243
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 247
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 254
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 257
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 263
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 265
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 266
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 270
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 272
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 275
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 276
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 282
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 293
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 294
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 299
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 303
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 318
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 355
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 379
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 401
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 414
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 415
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 418
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 426
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 432
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 443
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 450
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 453
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 455
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 457
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 458
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 459
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 462
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 468
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 469
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 475
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 485
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 486
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 490
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 494
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 497
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 500
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 506
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 507
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 511
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 518
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 528
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 539
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 541
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 545
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 548
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 554
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 559
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 580
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 617
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 623
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 634
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 656
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 684
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 742
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 745
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 748
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 749
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 750
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 752
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 754
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 757
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 760
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 761
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 763
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 764
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 765
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 766
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


190214-0216 NOLA 767
by Michael Stroh, on Flickr
__________________
Even if you are 1 in a million, there are still 8,000 people just like you...
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #2  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2020, 12:05 PM
OhioGuy OhioGuy is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: DC
Posts: 7,649
Probably the city in the US I’d most liked to visit but still haven’t. Hopefully soon!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #3  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2020, 1:24 PM
hauntedheadnc's Avatar
hauntedheadnc hauntedheadnc is online now
A gruff individual.
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Greenville, SC - "Birthplace of the light switch rave"
Posts: 13,333
New Orleans is wonderful. I certainly hope you had enough good sense to go to the Insectarium and eat some bugs... There's some kind of mealworm or some such that they serve there, dusted with cinnamon and sugar -- delicious!
__________________
"To sustain the life of a large, modern city in this cloying, clinging heat is an amazing achievement. It is no wonder that the white men and women in Greenville walk with a slow, dragging pride, as if they had taken up a challenge and intended to defy it without end." -- Rebecca West for The New Yorker, 1947
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #4  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2020, 9:04 PM
Pedestrian's Avatar
Pedestrian Pedestrian is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 24,177
Quote:
Originally Posted by OhioGuy View Post
Probably the city in the US I’d most liked to visit but still haven’t. Hopefully soon!
You have the opportunity to take the City of New Orleans and see a lot of middle America plus relive history:

Video Link



https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/p...ule-100119.pdf
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #5  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2020, 9:18 PM
Pedestrian's Avatar
Pedestrian Pedestrian is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 24,177
Quote:
Originally Posted by plinko View Post
unbeknownst to us, Mardi Gras actually begins in January so we ended up with much more craziness than either of us expected.
Mardi Gras Season begins at Twelfth Night--12 nights after Christmas (Jan 5)--but truth be told the craziness due to Mardi Gras is minimal until the final week before Lent. If you encountered craziness, it was probably just standard NOLA craziness although early in the season there is the occasional parade and King Cakes are on sale (if you like that sort of thing). Around New years, there often are bowl games, other sporting events and conventions in town that do heighten the craziness too.

I love NOLA this time of year--in January or early February. It can get chilly and a cold fog sometimes envelopes the river banks but its all much preferable to the sweatiness of late Spring, Summer and early Fall. And later in Mardi Gras it really does get crazy, you can't get into the good restaurants etc etc.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #6  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2020, 9:24 PM
LAsam LAsam is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 2,774
Visited NOLA last year and was so impressed. The place is a cultural treasure. From the Garden, to the French Quarter, to Marigny, all great (except maybe Bourbon St). The music, the architecture, the food, the history... authentic and distinctive. Hopefully you got a chance to get out of the city and tour a plantation. I visited Whitney Plantation and it was eye opening and very memorable.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #7  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2020, 9:57 PM
Pedestrian's Avatar
Pedestrian Pedestrian is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 24,177
Quote:
Originally Posted by LAsam View Post
Hopefully you got a chance to get out of the city
If you really want to get out of the city, rent a car and take US 90 to Houma, Morgan City, New Iberia and Lafayette, then back to NOLA on I-10/12. This is Cajun Country. A quick Google search will find you some fine eating on the way.


https://www.louisiana-map.org/road-map.htm
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #8  
Old Posted Feb 11, 2020, 2:49 AM
Pedestrian's Avatar
Pedestrian Pedestrian is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 24,177
Hope you don't mind if I throw in some pics I took of NOLA a few years ago. I hope to entice more people who've never been there to go. Nobody regrets a visit to NOLA:

The CBD, Warehouse and Irish Channel neighborhoods


Central City/Mid-City Neighborhoods


Canal Street (the divide between the French Quarter, to the right, and the Central Business District to the left


What I meant by a cold fog along the river bank in winter


Where the muffuletta sandwich was born--you can't leave town without trying one


St. Louis Cathedral and park


Park in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood (I forget its name)


The French Market (basically a flea market but at the near end is the famed Cafe Du Monde serving great beignets and hot chocolate or creole style coffee)


This was Uglesich's Restaurant. In spite of the central European name, it was arguably NOLA's best cajun restaurant but Katrina (and the lire of retirement to its owners) blew it away


And lastly Dunbar's, once the home of what many considered the city's best soul food (especially the fried chicken) but also a victim of Katrina

Last edited by Pedestrian; Feb 13, 2020 at 7:40 PM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #9  
Old Posted Feb 11, 2020, 5:52 AM
L41A's Avatar
L41A L41A is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Peace Up, A-Town Down
Posts: 897
I love New Orleans. The city is sooooo authentic. It's an original. It's a birthplace of so much American culture.

As American heavy tourist destination cities (Orlando, Vegas, Miami, DC, LA, NYC) -- New Orleans is probably fav to visit.

New Orleans is interesting without trying.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #10  
Old Posted Feb 11, 2020, 5:54 AM
Murphy de la Sucre's Avatar
Murphy de la Sucre Murphy de la Sucre is online now
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Antwerp
Posts: 1,062
So everything French-relateted is cultural, like Montrael, Quebec.
__________________
I am delusional, I talked to photos.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #11  
Old Posted Feb 11, 2020, 7:13 AM
Pedestrian's Avatar
Pedestrian Pedestrian is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 24,177
Quote:
Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre View Post
So everything French-relateted is cultural, like Montrael, Quebec.
New Orleans is "Creole" meaning its culture is a combination of Spanish, French and African. Many of its people are African-American and historically it was ruled by Spain and France before being part of the Louisiana purchase in which the US bought it from France and significant numbers of English-speaking Americans began moving in.

Outside the city itself, to the south and west, is the "Cajun" region, settled by French-speaking refugees from the Acadian region of Canada (the city is often mistakenly considered part of this region), forced out when the English took control of that country.

So the southern Louisiana culture is a unique mixture with the French influence from 2 different sources (French rule of the city itself and the Acadian refugees from French Canada) plus the Spanish and African (manifested in such things as voodoo) admixture.

Video Link
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #12  
Old Posted Feb 11, 2020, 1:58 PM
Acajack's Avatar
Acajack Acajack is offline
Unapologetic Occidental
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Province 2, Canadian Empire
Posts: 67,743
Quote:
Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre View Post
So everything French-relateted is cultural, like Montrael, Quebec.
You seem to have a thing with the French language?

Is it because you're jealous that the Wallons are seen as more fun and interesting? Because of Tintin, Jacques Brel and Stromae?

Don't sweat it. You're richer than them and you have nicer cities (Brugge, Ghent, etc.). Even the Grand'Place (Grote Markt) in Brussels is mostly a Flemish creation.
__________________
Amber alerts welcome at any time
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #13  
Old Posted Feb 12, 2020, 12:50 AM
dc_denizen's Avatar
dc_denizen dc_denizen is offline
Selfie-stick vendor
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New York Suburbs
Posts: 10,999
Great pics!
__________________
Joined the bus on the 33rd seat
By the doo-doo room with the reek replete
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #14  
Old Posted Feb 12, 2020, 1:47 AM
MonkeyRonin's Avatar
MonkeyRonin MonkeyRonin is offline
¥ ¥ ¥
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 9,871
Cool cool cool.
__________________
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #15  
Old Posted Feb 12, 2020, 6:15 AM
SLO's Avatar
SLO SLO is offline
REAL Kiwi!
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: California & Texas
Posts: 17,085
I do appreciate New Orleans, love the Quarter, and the Garden district especially. I did like it better the first time I went then subsequent visits. Mainly because of those rough around the edges/high crime areas take a little away from it.
__________________
'Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*ck things up' - Barack Obama
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #16  
Old Posted Feb 13, 2020, 2:59 AM
bilbao58's Avatar
bilbao58 bilbao58 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Homesick Houstonian in San Antonio
Posts: 1,676
Quote:
Originally Posted by plinko View Post
Great city! Great photos! But I have to say, there is no accent in the word "Monde." Get it right, Café du Monde! (I still love your beignets, though!)

ETA: NEVER MIND. It's a trademark symbol.
ETA again: DAMN! I want some beignets, now!

Last edited by bilbao58; Feb 13, 2020 at 3:40 AM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #17  
Old Posted Feb 13, 2020, 3:38 AM
bilbao58's Avatar
bilbao58 bilbao58 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Homesick Houstonian in San Antonio
Posts: 1,676
Quote:
Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre View Post
So everything French-relateted is cultural, like Montrael, Quebec.
Que veux-tu dire par cela?
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #18  
Old Posted Feb 13, 2020, 7:07 AM
mthq's Avatar
mthq mthq is offline
Registirred User
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Alaska
Posts: 11,026
Lookin good!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #19  
Old Posted Feb 13, 2020, 1:28 PM
hauntedheadnc's Avatar
hauntedheadnc hauntedheadnc is online now
A gruff individual.
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Greenville, SC - "Birthplace of the light switch rave"
Posts: 13,333
Quote:
Originally Posted by bilbao58 View Post
Great city! Great photos! But I have to say, there is no accent in the word "Monde." Get it right, Café du Monde! (I still love your beignets, though!)

ETA: NEVER MIND. It's a trademark symbol.
ETA again: DAMN! I want some beignets, now!
Can someone explain the appeal of beignets to me? I had some at the Café du Monde location right smack-ass in Jackson Square, and thought to myself the entire time, "I've been had... This is a fucking funnel cake!"
__________________
"To sustain the life of a large, modern city in this cloying, clinging heat is an amazing achievement. It is no wonder that the white men and women in Greenville walk with a slow, dragging pride, as if they had taken up a challenge and intended to defy it without end." -- Rebecca West for The New Yorker, 1947
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #20  
Old Posted Feb 13, 2020, 7:36 PM
xzmattzx's Avatar
xzmattzx xzmattzx is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wilmington, DE
Posts: 6,341
Great pictures!
Reply With Quote
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Photography Forums > My City Photos
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 8:12 AM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.