Category: New Orleans LA

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Christmas lights wrapped around palm trees and light posts help brighten Canal Street even more during the holiday season in the the heart of downtown New Orleans.

There are over 1 million lights that glow all night long on Canal Street that run from the Mississippi River to Elk Place.

Canal Street is the widest street in downtown New Orleans. Its straight and runs the length of the city with streetcars running in the middle. The streetcars are popular and used by 1000s of people daily to get around the city.

And William, it was wonderful meeting you briefly and talking camera-shop. It’s always exciting to meet other photographers on the streets of New Orleans. People come from all over the world to photograph this wonderful city. And like New York, it never sleeps.

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Hibernia Tower Apartments with its popular cupola tower is featured in background shots in many shows such as The Originals that was shot mostly on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, LA.

Cupola defined: a lighted dome or roof that serves as a beacon of sorts and a lantern for the structure.

The tower once served as a beacon for ships navigating through the Mississippi. Today, during the Holidays, the tower is lit up with red and green lights. And for Mardi Gras it’s purple, green, and gold that can be seen all over the downtown area.

2012
HRI Properties renovated the offices into 175 apartments for $63.3 million and move its corporate headquarters here.

Floors 20
Completed 1921
Height 355 (108 m)
Ranks 18th tallest
Designed by Architects Favrot & Livaudais
Hibernia Tower Apartments
812 Gravier Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
hiberniatower.com
directions: google.com/maps

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Champions Square is a outdoor concert and sports entertainment venue adjacent to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA.

Champions Square was built after the Saints won the 2010 Super Bowl. It replaced the former New Orleans Center Shopping mall after a 13.5 million renovation project.

The developers involved in the renovation project were the New Orleans Saints and the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District.

Champions Square
Lasalle St, New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 587-3663
Site: www.champions-square.com
Map: Google Maps

NEW ORLEANS, LA – The Freeport McMoRan Building is a 23-story office and retail building completed in 1984 in New Orleans, LA.

Floors 23
Completed 1984
Height 276 ft (84 m)
Ranks tied at 30th tallest

Freeport McMoRan Building
1615 Poydras St
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 582-4000
Site: fcx.com
Map: google.com/maps

New Orleans, LA – Entergy Tower is 360 feet, 28-story office tower built in 1983 in New Orleans, LA.

Floors 28
Completed 1983
Height 360 ft (110 m)
Ranks 17th tallest

Entergy Tower
639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA
Google Maps

New Orleans, LA – The Plaza Tower is a 531-foot skyscraper, onced full of offices and residential units, has been vacant since 2002 due to toxic mold and asbestos problems located in Central Business District neighborhood of New Orleans, LA.

This year Joe Yager, a successful real estate developer in New Orleans, purchased the Plaza Tower.

1964 – construction began.
1966 – construction halted.
1984 – remaining residential apartments were made into offices.
2001 – tenants start lawsuit due to exposure to toxic mold and asbestos due to lack of proper maintenance.
2002 – building evacuated.
2002 – unused since.
2005 – purchased by Giannasca Development Group LLC for $4 million and defaulted on loan after damage from Hurricane Katrina.
2007 – purchased by Plainfield Asset Management for $583,000 at auction.
2009 – mold remediation work began to rid building of toxic mold and asbestos at a cost of around $11 million.
2015 – Joe Yager, a New Orleans real estate developer purchases Plaza Tower.

Floors 45
Area 485,000 sq ft (45,058 m2)
Completed 1969
Height 530 (162)
Ranks 3rd Tallest

Plaza Tower
1001-1027 Howard Ave, New Orleans, LA