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French Quarter

Name: French Quarter
Start: 2005-01-01
Location: French Quarter, French Quarter, United States

tourist highlight French Quarter · French Quarter, United States · 2005-01-01

The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: , US: , French: [vjø kaʁe]; lit.

The record

Date	2005-01-01
Place	French Quarter, French Quarter, United States
Coordinates	29.95861, -90.065 (landmark-level precision)
Scope	Local interest
Sources	en.wikipedia · Wikidata Q602939
Added	2026-08-21 · source: wikipedia-en

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Finding photographs

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Footage

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Time layers at this place

One place, several moments in time. This location has 14 recorded time layers between 1921 and 1999 — slide through them:

1921

Union Bethel A.M.E. Church (New Orleans, Louisiana)

1933

Pat O'Brien's Bar

1953

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

1957

Girod Street Cemetery

1960

Ruby Bridges at William Frantz

1970

The Presbytere

1973

UpStairs Lounge arson attack

Hyatt Regency New Orleans

1993

New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal

1999

Smoothie King Center

1999

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

1921 — Union Bethel A.M.E. Church (New Orleans, Louisiana)
1933 — Pat O'Brien's Bar
1953 — Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
1957 — Girod Street Cemetery
1960 — Ruby Bridges at William Frantz
1970 — The Presbytere
1973 — UpStairs Lounge arson attack
1974 — Gallier Hall
1975 — The Superdome opens
1975 — Caesars Superdome
1976 — Hyatt Regency New Orleans
1993 — New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
1999 — Smoothie King Center
1999 — Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Harvested from a regional source. This entry came out of en.wikipedia rather than being written here, which is why it is short and why it is marked as needing a check. It is published as a lead for someone who knows the place: fill it in.

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