NOLA is called the Crescent City as it's built at the crescent of the river. Gambling is illegal but "gaming" is not. 😉
They decided to build homes/buildings of different heights so that fire wouldn't spread as easily. The Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 destroyed over 77% of the buildings.
A Canadian, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founded the city in 1718. Bienville's monument (which gives the year as 1717) depicts him in a haughty pose, his chin held high. Standing with his back to Bienville is Father Athanase, a Recollect monk. Close to Bienville's feet is an Indian holding a peace pipe.
Two different home styles are shotgun and the larger double shotgun, so named because you could shoot a gun through the front door and it would exit through the back door. High ceilings with transoms allowed the hot air to escape.
Dormers on the orange Creole cottage indicate there were children in the home as they slept in the attic. Shutters were made out of bald cypress as that wood deters termites. Decorative corbels adorn the green cottage.
There were many murals all over the city. Below is James Booker who taught Harry Connick, Jr.
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