Grace Tam
- ice cave
- dogs
- blueberries
San Francisco Bay "Ark"
Plowing Ahead
Mountain Playground
CFP National Championship
January 13, 2020LSU 42 Clemson 25Head coach Ed Orgeron led top-ranked LSU to its fourth national title as the Tigers completed the most dominant season in college football history with a...
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Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl / CFP National Semifinal December 28, 2019
LSU 63, Oklahoma 28LSU, behind record-setting quarterback Joe Burrow, advanced to the CFP National Championship Game with a dominant 63-28 win over No. 4 Oklahoma in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in...
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- football
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Land Building
Purchased in 1965 byThe Saint Charles Avenue Presbyterian ChurchAnd named in honor of its first pastor andPastor EmeritusThe Rev. Dr. John Samuel Land(1893-1993) Dr. Land was born in York...
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- new orleans
- religion
Captain Cooley's House
Captain Le Verrier Cooley (1855-1931) one of the last of the old-time Mississippi River steamboatmen built this house in 1896 and made it his home until 1925. Captain Cooley's career on the river...
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- riverboats
Benachi-Torre House
Erected 1859 for Nicholas M. Benachi Consul of Greece in New Orleans, the fine Greek Revival house was once known as the "Rendezvous Des Chasseurs" purchased in 1886 by Joseph and Peter Torre...
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- new orleans
- architecture
Fair Grounds Race Course
The Louisiana Jockey Club composed of prominent New Orleans citizens, opened the Fair Grounds Course on April 13, 1872. They chose this site which previously had been the scene of Agricultural...
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- new orleans
- architecture
- horse racing
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French "Impressionist" Master resided here in 1872-1873 with his maternal Creole family. Here, Degas created 18 paintings. His artistic evolution to a "more spontaneous, better art" occurred...
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Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas
French “Impressionist” master whose mother and grandmother were born in New Orleans. Painted many famous subjects on a visit here in 1872-1873 at Musson Home on Esplanade. His “Portrait...
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Walgreen's 6,000th Store
Walgreens is proud to make New Orleans the site of our 6,000th store celebration. The unwavering spirit of our employees and customers here continue to inspire us. "We believe in today and the...
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- commerce
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McDonogh No. 7 Elementary School
W.A. Freret, ArchitectJ.C. Kiddell, BuilderDedicated October 22, 1877Erected from funds bequeathed to the City of New Orleans in the will of John McDonogh, in continuous use as a public elementary...
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- new orleans
- education
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Established in 1833 by Rev. Dr. Theodore Clapp, a Congregationalist minister who served as pastor until 1856. The church became Unitarian in 1837. The first church building, known as the...
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- new orleans
- religion
Carrollton Neighborhood
In 1833, real estate investors commissioned surveyor Charles F. Zimpel to lay out the former Macarty sugar plantation into lots, squares, and streets that formed the village of...
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- new orleans
- architecture
- neighborhood
Cola(r) Residence
<br>George "Kid Sheik" Cola(r), (1908-1996), cornetist, trumpeter, pianist, and bandleader, lived here at 939 Deslonde Street from 1940 to 1988. He was a member of the Eureka Brass Band, the...
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- music
- jazz
At the crossing
On both sides of the road, mounted on the buildings as you cross Mystic drawbridge.Submitted by: Jeff Rodriguez
Mystic River Bridge
Submitted by: Jeff Rodriguez
Club Bluenote
The Club Bluenote at Yonge and Walton now has a plaque, too. The little hole-in-the-wall where big bands used to play after hours. Toronto acts like the Five Rogues, Shawne and Jay Jackson,...