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Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2010 Part Eleven: Audubon Zoo

This is eleventh in a series on New Orleans neighborhoods. This time I cover the animals whose neighborhood is the Audubon Zoo. It is located where Magazine Street goes through Audubon Park at 6500 Magazine Street. I played my first golf at the course in Audubon Park and we went to the zoo a lot when I was a kid.  The zoo is part of Audubon Park and the Audubon neighborhood that is near the Tulane and Loyola Universities. These pictures were taken pre-Katrina in the Spring of 2005 but the zoo is back in operation. I start with a elephant series and finish with their bayou. 

                                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2010 Part Ten: Uptown Below Magazine Street

This is the tenth in a series of images of New Orleans neighborhoods taken in February 2010 the weekend before the Super Bowl victory and two weeks for Mardi Gras. I certainly did not have time to cover them all but this series will provide a glimpse of the city that I hope you will want to visit.

This post covers the Uptown area between Magazine Street and the river. It is roughly the same as the offical West Riverside neighborhood.   It includes the great music venue, Tipitina’s and some good eating places,  including Dick and Jenny’s, Franky and Johnny’s, and Domillise’s Po-Boys. I sampled the last two on this trip.  It was also the location for the recent movie Love Song for Bobby Long.  There are a lot of the long thin shotgun houses here. They are usually no more than 12 feet wide, with doors at each end. The term "shotgun house" came from the saying that one could fire a shotgun through the front door and the pellets would fly cleanly through the house and out the back door (since all the doors are on the same side of the house). The first picture is an example of a double shotgun and the second shows a single shot gun. You can click on any image to enlarge it. 

                                   
 
 
 
 

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2010 Part Nine: Magazine Street West of Jackson Avenue

This is the ninth in a series of images of New Orleans neighborhoods taken in February 2010 the weekend before the Super Bowl victory and two weeks for Mardi Gras. I certainly did not have time to cover them all but this series will provide a glimpse of the city that I hope you will want to visit.

Magazine Street is a great shopping street full of antique stores, funky boutiques, restaurants, clubs and many other things. You can see Tee-Eva's a wonderful Creole food stand at 5201 Magazine shown below. Magazine Street is very long so I divided the images into two sections. These photos were taken west of Jackson Avenue toward the New Orleans Audubon Park where I first played golf as a kid and Audubon Zoo featured in the next post. You can click on an image to enlarge it. 

                       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2010 Part Eight: Magazine Street East of Jackson Avenue

This is the eighth in a series of images of New Orleans neighborhoods taken in February 2010 the weekend before the Super Bowl victory and two weeks for Mardi Gras. I certainly did not have time to cover them all but this series will provide a glimpse of the city that I hope you will want to visit. 

Magazine Street is a great shopping street full of antique stores, funky boutiques, restaurants, clubs and many other things. My mother used to like to browse the antique stores. It is very long so I divided the images into two sections. This one is closest to downtown. It includes the wonderful breakfast place,Surrey’s Juice Bar and such stores at the Trashy Diva shown below, 

                                    
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2010 Part Seven: Uptown Above St. Charles Avenue

This is the seventh in a series of images of New Orleans neighborhoods taken in February 2010 the weekend before the Super Bowl victory and two weeks for Mardi Gras. I certainly did not have time to cover them all but this series will provide a glimpse of the city that I hope you will want to visit.

This post covers the area above St. Charles Avenue north of the Garden District. It is not quite as elegant as the Garden District but there is a lot of interesting architecture as you can see below. With the proximity to the St. Charles Avenue street car and the uptown music clubs and restaurants, You can see Pascal's Manale below which features BBQ shrimp. I could be very happy here. You can see the area in the map below.

                             
 
 
 
 

Painting of My Art Duffle Bag

Here is a 20" x 24" acrylic painting of the duffle bag I use to carry my art supplies. 

  

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2010 Part Six: Columns Hotel St Charles Ave

This is the sixth in a series of images of New Orleans neighborhoods taken in February 2010 the weekend before the Super Bowl victory and two weeks for Mardi Gras. I certainly did not have time to cover them all but this series will provide a glimpse of the city that I hope you will want to visit.

Okay, the Columns Hotel is not a neighborhood but it is located between the fifth and seventh neighborhoods in this series. It located on the edge of the Garden District on St. Charles Ave. and the edge of the Uptown area above St. Charles that I will cover next. My grandmother was the manager in the 1950s and I would visit her often. Her room was on the top floor and I remember the sky light and stairs (see below). I have stayed there a number of times in the past few years, including once in my grandmother's old room on the top floor. It is located at 3811 Saint Charles Avenue.

The Columns Hotel was designed by one of New Orleans' great architects, Thomas Sully. It is the only remaining example of a large group of Italianate houses that he designed in the late 1880's. It was use for the interior scenes in the Louis Malle movie, Pretty Baby.  The bar is one of the favorites in the uptown area and live music is often provided. You can see the location in the map below

                             
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Painting of My Winter Boots

I know it is Spring but here is a throw back to winter, my old winter boots. It is a 20" x 24" acrylic painting that is part of my shoe series putting shoes against brown roll paper. 

 
 

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2010 Part Five: Garden District

This is the fifth in a series of images of New Orleans neighborhoods taken in February 2010 the weekend before the Super Bowl victory and two weeks for Mardi Gras. I certainly did not have time to cover them all but this series will provide a glimpse of the city that I hope you will want to visit.

The Garden District is probably the best known area outside the downtown. It was built by transplants form New York and New England in the 1850s. They tended to build large houses with gardens on the outside, unlike the French who built their gardens hidden in the back or center of houses. It is bounded by St. Charles Ave, Jackson Ave, Louisiana Ave. and Magazine Street. I did not spend much time here this trip so it is supplemented with pictures from earlier trips. You see many of the southern live oaks planted in the early 20th century, 

There is also a picture of Commoander's Palace located at 1403 Washington Street This was my parent's favorite place to take out-of-towners for the big night out in the 1950s.  For informal seafood they went toBruning's in the West End but it got wiped out by Katrina. I have been back several times more recently and the food remains great. This first five images are from 2010.