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this was the travel
home day after a long conference week and a tiring week of evenings along
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I booked a walking
tour of the Garden District thru Gray Line tours at the hotel. Of
course you had to take a taxi or walk from the hotel to Jackson Square
where the buses where.
The tour guide was a
very knowledgeable lady who had lived in Nawlins most of her life.
The history of the homes and Garden District couldn't have been
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Lots of older homes, some original plantation style homes - the
architecture of Nawlins is / was that you found a home with a look you
liked, you told your architect to build it like that one - or to take
parts of several homes and put them together. |
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The
architecture of the homes were very interesting with great attention to
detail - craftsmanship that doesn't exist in today's world. |
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Most of the original Garden District homes were a fourth of a block in
size, to permit room for their gardens. Many of the homes over time
have sold off portions of their lots for others to build homes on. |
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Some of the entrances, gates and wrought-iron fencing were as amazing as
the houses. This home features a very interesting double column
grand-style entrance |
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Even the small balcony supports were double, to match the large columns
below. Again, the attention to detail and craftsmanship were
amazing. |
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Another Garden Home with massive columns and porches. |
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The
uniqueness and massiveness of the architectures were simply outstanding.
Most of the homes were designed for air-flow through the homes for
cooling, long before air-conditioners - one reason for the huge doors and
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Unfortunately, I
didn't charge the batteries on my camera overnight and I ran out of power
before the tour finished.
Homes like Anne
Rice's were also on the tour, with the limo that parked out front and the
butler guy walking around the grounds, keeping prying tourists away. |
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Due to a pedistrian
being hit in the Jackson Square area, the bus was not available to pick us
up after the tour ended.
Luckily, the trolley
ran thru the Garden District - $1.25 cents later, I was back on Canal
Street, 2 blocks from the hotel.
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I would like to take
a trip back to Nawlins to take a tour of the Cemeteries - they are closed
to the public Saturday afternoon and Sunday. We were only able to
look thru the gates at the above-ground tombs, while the Tour-Guide told
the history of the tombs and burial practices in Nawlins.
I have a couple of
pictures but due to the camera being out of juice, you can visit some of
the links I provided for additional pictures and information. |
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Due
to the elevation of Nawlins and the problems keeping caskets in the ground
- all of the burials take place in tombs. They have a very unique
policy of 101-days and 100 body standard tomb size. |
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